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BMC Clinical Pathology 2009, 9 :2
The MTBDRplus assay system provides a suitable test for drug-resistant tuberculosis in sputum samples from patients in Samara, Russia, demonstrating high sensitivity and specificity and being more rapid than conventional laboratory tests.
BMC Clinical Pathology 2009, 9 :1
Mycobacteria are found in a wide range of extrapulmonary tissues and body fluids in Mexican patients diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis, although most were non-tubercular and were sensitive to rifampacin.
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Improved Methodology for Assessment of mRNA Levels in Blood of Patients with FMR1 Related Disorders David E Godler, Danuta Z Loesch, Richard Huggins, Lavinia Gordon, Howard R Slater, Freya Gehling, Trent Burgess, KH Andy Choo BMC Clinical Pathology 2009, 9 :5 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Validation of human papillomavirus genotyping by signature DNA sequence analysis Sin Hang Lee, Veronica S Vigliotti, Jessica S Vigliotti, Suri Pappu BMC Clinical Pathology 2009, 9 :3 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Performance of the Genotype Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy, Yanina Balabanova, Tatyana Simak, Nadezhda Malomanova, Ivan Fedorin, Francis Drobniewski BMC Clinical Pathology 2009, 9 :2 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Molecular analysis of Mycobacterium isolates from extrapulmonary specimens obtained from patients in Mexico Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel, Nora Garc BMC Clinical Pathology 2009, 9 :1 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Immunophenotypic studies of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance Horatiu Olteanu, Huan-You Wang, Weina Chen, Robert W McKenna, Nitin J Karandikar BMC Clinical Pathology 2008, 8 :13 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Derivation and internal validation of an equation for albumin-adjusted calcium Matthew T James, Jianguo Zhang, Andrew W Lyon, Brenda R Hemmelgarn BMC Clinical Pathology 2008, 8 :12 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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External quality assurance as a revalidation method for pathologists in pediatric histopathology: Comparison of four international programs Consolato Sergi, Gregor Mikuz BMC Clinical Pathology 2008, 8 :11 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Use of cultivation-dependent and -independent techniques to assess contamination of central venous catheters: a pilot study Mette KS Larsen, Trine R Thomsen, Claus Moser, Niels H BMC Clinical Pathology 2008, 8 :10 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Serum S100B levels after meningioma surgery: A comparison of two laboratory assays Sharon Einav, Eyal Itshayek, Jeremy D Kark, Haim Ovadia, Carolyn F Weiniger, Yigal Shoshan BMC Clinical Pathology 2008, 8 :9 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The potential biomarkers in predicting pathologic response of breast cancer to three different chemotherapy regimens Linbo Wang, Zhinong Jiang, Meihua Sui, Jianguo Shen, Chaoyang Xu, Weimin Fan BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :226 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Genomic profiling of breast tumours in relation to BRCA abnormalities and phenotypes Olafur Andri Stefansson, Jon Gunnlaugur Jonasson, Oskar Thor Johannsson, Kristrun Olafsdottir, Margret Steinarsdottir, Sigridur Valgeirsdottir, Jorunn Erla Eyfjord Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11 :R47 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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p16 as a diagnostic marker of cervical neoplasia: a tissue microarray study of 796 archival specimens Iana Lesnikova, Marianne Lidang, Stephen Hamilton-Dutoid, Jorn Koch Diagnostic Pathology 2009, 4 :22 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Schwannoma of the larynx Jorg Ebmeyer, Ulf Reineke, Hans-Bjorn Gehl, Ulrich Hamberger, Robert Mlynski, Matthias Essing, Tahwinder Upile, Holger Sudhoff Head & Neck Oncology 2009, 1 :24 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Comparison of different methods to obtain and store liver biopsies for molecular and histological research Gaby Hoffmann, Jooske Ijzer, Bas Brinkhof, Baukje A Schotanus, Ted SGAM van den Ingh, Louis C Penning, Jan Rothuizen Comparative Hepatology 2009, 8 :3 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Increased levels of active c-Src distinguish invasive from in situ lobular lesions Donghui Zou, Han-Seung Yoon, Ahmad Anjomshoaa, David Perez, Ryuji Fukuzawa, Parry Guilford, Bostjan Humar Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11 :R45 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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