If you use MiRNAQCD in published research, please cite the following papers.

The primary work concerning the method implemented in the package is:

Ricci L, Del Vescovo V, Cantaloni C, Grasso M, Barbareschi M, Denti M (2015). “Statistical analysis of a Bayesian classifier based on the expression of miRNAs.” BMC Bioinformatics, 16, 287. doi: 10.1186/s12859-015-0715-9.

The publication describing the software package is:

Castelluzzo M, Perinelli A, Detassis S, Denti M, Ricci L (2020). “MiRNA-QC-and-Diagnosis: An R package for diagnosis based on MiRNA expression.” SoftwareX, 12, 100569. doi: 10.1016/j.softx.2020.100569.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    title = {Statistical analysis of a Bayesian classifier based on the
      expression of miRNAs},
    author = {Leonardo Ricci and Valerio {Del Vescovo} and Chiara
      Cantaloni and Margherita Grasso and Mattia Barbareschi and
      Michela Alessandra Denti},
    journal = {BMC Bioinformatics},
    year = {2015},
    volume = {16},
    pages = {287},
    doi = {10.1186/s12859-015-0715-9},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {MiRNA-QC-and-Diagnosis: An R package for diagnosis based
      on MiRNA expression},
    author = {Michele Castelluzzo and Alessio Perinelli and Simone
      Detassis and Michela Alessandra Denti and Leonardo Ricci},
    journal = {SoftwareX},
    year = {2020},
    volume = {12},
    pages = {100569},
    doi = {10.1016/j.softx.2020.100569},
  }