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The Empower project : a new way of assessing and monitoring test comparability and stability [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Manufacturers and laboratories might benefit from using a modern integrated tool for quality management/assurance. The tool should not be confounded by commutability issues and focus on the intrinsic analytical quality and comparability of ...
De Grande, Linde, Goossens, Kenneth, Stöckl, Dietmar, Thienpont, Linda, Van Uytfanghe, Katleen   +4 more
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Evaluation of prostate-specific antigen testing: An empirical survey of laboratories in Nigerian tertiary care centers

International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2022
Background: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing has been recommended for prostate cancer screening by the World Health Organization. The combined use of total and free PSA and digital rectal examination is said to improve the sensitivity and ...
Ijeoma A Meka, Chika J Okwor, Ekene J Arum, Michael I Ogamba, Babatunde I Omotowo, Okezie O Kanu   +5 more
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The UK register of HIV seroconverters: Methods and analytical issues [PDF]

, 2009
A Register of HIV-infected persons who have had a negative antibody test within 3 years of their first antibody positive test (seroconverters) is being set up in the UK to monitor the distribution of times from HIV seroconversion to AIDS (the incubation ...
Babiker, A, Beral, V, Brettle, RP, Carne, C, Darbyshire, JH, Evans, BG, Gilson, RJC, Goldberg, D, Hawkins, DA, Jeffries, D, Johnson, AM, Johnson, MA, McMichael, AJ, Mortimer, PP, Phillips, AN, Porter, K, Pozniak, A, Weber, J, Wellsteed, S   +18 more
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Influence of anticardiolipin and anti-β2 glycoprotein I antibody cutoff values on antiphospholipid syndrome classification [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Anticardiolipin (aCL) and anti-beta 2 glycoprotein I (a beta 2GPI) immunoglobulin (Ig) G/IgM antibodies are 2 of the 3 laboratory criteria for classification of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS).
de Laat, Bas, Devreese, Katrien, Kelchtermans, Hilde, Musial, Jacek, Vanoverschelde, Laura   +4 more
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Quantitative Assessment of Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta [PDF]

, 2016
Assessments of children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) are typically limited to a physical exam and observations from a clinician during a hospital visit.
Caudill, Angela, Flanagan, Ann, Graf, Adam, Harris, Gerald F., Krzak, Joseph, Smith, Peter   +5 more
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Nutritional and Behavioral Intervention for Long‐Term Childhood Acute Leukemia Survivors With Metabolic Syndrome

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common complication in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemia (AL), and a major risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease, type‐2‐diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
Visentin Sandrine, Béliard Sophie, Renard Cécile, Caussy Cyrielle, Hamidou Zeinab, Romano David, Gacem Mélanie, Petit Arnaud, Saultier Paul, Borentain Patrick, Michel Gérard   +10 more
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Proficiency of Clinical Laboratories in and near Monterrey, Mexico, To Detect Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1999
Early detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci is important for preventing its spread among hospitalized patients. We surveyed the ability of eight hospital laboratories in and near Monterrey, Mexico, to detect vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus ...
L. Clifford McDonald, Luis R. Garza, William R. Jarvis   +2 more
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Prolonged Corrected QT Interval as an Early Electrocardiographic Marker of Cyclophosphamide‐Induced Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cyclophosphamide (CY) is associated with potentially fatal cardiotoxicity, yet no electrocardiographic indices have been established for early detection of CY‐induced cardiomyopathy. This study aimed to determine whether corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation can predict early onset of CY‐related cardiac dysfunction in pediatric ...
Junpei Kawamura, Kentaro Ueno, Takuro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Koji Nakae, Yasuhiro Okamoto   +5 more
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Novel approach to adherence assessment based on parent drug and metabolite pharmacokinetics: pilot study with spironolactone

Biomedical Papers
Aim. The aim of this study was to evaluate adherence to spironolactone in a group of unselected patients with arterial hypertension by analysis of measured serum spironolactone and canrenone concentrations according to a proposed two-step decision scheme
Alena Pilkova, Martin Sima, Jan Miroslav Hartinger, Thi Minh Phuong Nikrynova Nguyen, Vera Maresova, Ivana Kurcova, Ondrej Slanar, Jiri Widimsky   +7 more
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Barnes Hospital Record [PDF]

, 1953
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/bjc_barnes_record/1075/thumbnail ...

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