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Differential proteomic analysis of plasma-derived exosomes as diagnostic biomarkers for chronic HBV-related liver disease

Scientific Reports, 2022
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is still a major public health problem worldwide. We aimed to identify new, non-invasive biomarkers for the early diagnosis of chronic HBV-related diseases, reveal alterations in the progression of chronic hepatitis B ...
Bo Ye, Yifei Shen, Hui Chen, Sha Lin, Weilin Mao, Yuejiao Dong, Xuefen Li   +6 more
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Improving statistical inference on pathogen densities estimated by quantitative molecular methods: malaria gametocytaemia as a case study [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Quantitative molecular methods (QMMs) such as quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (q-PCR), reverse-transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR) and quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (QT-NASBA) are increasingly used to ...
A Gelman, André Lin Ouédraogo, B Hoadley, C Eisenhart, C Fraser, C Osborne, CE McCulloch, Cornelus Hermsen, D Lunn, DJ Lunn, DJ Spiegelhalter, DL Massart, EC Fieller, F Ferre, FA Graybill, G Marsaglia, GK Shulka, HG Niesters, HS Mubarak El, J Jiang, J Wain, JF Cohen, JH McCulloch, JM Ruijter, JN Miller, JO Beer De, JS Murray, JS Yuan, K Danzer, K Khairnar, KK Lai, LC Okell, LJ Naszódi, M Plummer, M Sivaganesan, M Woodhead, Martin Walker, María-Gloria Basáñez, NM Ferguson, P Schneider, P Schneider, P Vankeerberghen, PF Mens, R Wampfler, S Nadarajah, SA Bustin, SA Bustin, SA Fiscus, T Nolan, T Ponnudurai, TD Schmittgen, Teun Bousema, Thomas S Churcher, TS Churcher, World Health Organization, Y Karlen, YW Tang   +56 more
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Organisation of Health Care During an Outbreak of Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1999. [PDF]

, 2004
Organising health care was one of the tasks of the International Scientific and Technical Committee during the 1998-1999 outbreak in Durba/Watsa, in the north-eastern province (Province Orientale), Democratic Republic of Congo.
Borchert, M, Colebunders, R, Kinuani, L, Libande, M, Mustin, J P, Muyembe-Tamfum, J J, Olinda, L A, Pirard, P, Sleurs, H, Tshioko, F, Tshomba, A   +10 more
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SPARK EROSION IMPLANT-SUPPORTED OVERDENTURES: CLINICAL AND LABORATORY TECHNIQUES

Implant Dentistry, 1992
Overdentures can be utilized effectively in treatment plans involving implants. Usually soft tissue support is necessary, which requires a conventional denture base. Implant-supported overdentures do not require conventional denture base extension unless necessitated by functional or esthetic considerations.
T J, Salinas, I M, Finger, J J, Thaler, R S, Clark   +3 more
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Microcomputed Tomography Applications in Bone and Mineral Research [PDF]

, 2013
Microcomputed tomography (μCT) has evolved as a development of simple X-ray imaging into an indispensable technique used in both laboratory research and clinical diagnostics. Commercially available systems are capable of creating images at sub-micrometer
Bart, Zachary R., Wallace, Joseph M.
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Color Blindness Defect and Medical Laboratory Technologists: Unnoticed Problems and the Care for Screening [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2010
Color -blindness is the inability to perceive differences between some color that other people can distinguish. Using a literature search , the results indicate the prevalence of color vision deficiency in the medical profession and its on medical skills.
Hossein Dargahi, Nahid Einollahi, Nasrin Dashti   +2 more
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A modified standardized nine hole peg test for valid and reliable kinematic assessment of dexterity post-stroke

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2019
Background Impairments in dexterity after stroke are commonly assessed by the Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT), where the only outcome variable is the time taken to complete the test.
Gudrun M Johansson, Charlotte K Häger
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Large scale use of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-based detection tests: a three-month experience in Guatemala, June-August 2020

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2023
Objectives. To measure protocol adherence and antigen-based detection tests (AgDT) negative predictive value after 3 months of massive use as a diagnostic tool for COVID-19 in Guatemala. Methods.
Lorena Gobern, Liz Parra, Antonio A. Paredes, Rafael A. León, Jairo Mendez-Rico, Marc Rondy   +5 more
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Standardization of Clinical Assessment and Sample Collection Across All PERCH Study Sites. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND.: Variable adherence to standardized case definitions, clinical procedures, specimen collection techniques, and laboratory methods has complicated the interpretation of previous multicenter pneumonia etiology studies.
Awori, Juliet O, Baggett, Henry C, Brooks, W Abdullah, Bunthi, Charatdao, Crawley, Jane, Deloria Knoll, Maria, DeLuca, Andrea N, Driscoll, Amanda J, Ebruke, Bernard E, Feikin, Daniel R, Goswami, Doli, Hammitt, Laura L, Hidgon, Melissa M, Howie, Stephen RC, Karron, Ruth A, Kazungu, Sidi, Kotloff, Karen L, Kourouma, Nana, Levine, Orin S, Mackenzie, Grant, Madhi, Shabir A, Moore, David P, Mudau, Azwifari, Murdoch, David R, Mwale, Magdalene, Nahar, Kamrun, O'Brien, Katherine L, Park, Daniel E, PERCH Study Group, Piralam, Barameht, Prosperi, Christine, Scott, J Anthony G, Seidenberg, Phil, Sylla, Mamadou, Thea, Donald M   +34 more
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Shorter laboratory turnaround time is associated with shorter emergency department length of stay: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background A longer emergency department length of stay (EDLOS) is associated with poor outcomes. Shortening EDLOS is difficult, due to its multifactorial nature. A potential way to improve EDLOS is through shorter turnaround times for diagnostic testing.
Bram E. L. Vrijsen, Saskia Haitjema, Jan Westerink, Cornelia A. R. Hulsbergen-Veelken, Wouter W. van Solinge, Maarten J. ten Berg   +5 more
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