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BMC Clinical Pathology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of histopathology, haematology, clinical
biochemistry, and medical microbiology (including virology, parasitology, and infection
control).
BMC Clinical Pathology (ISSN 1472-6890) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
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BMC Clinical Pathology 2009, 9 :7
Changes in serum levels and activity of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in type I diabetes patients may correlate to early nephropathy, and are potentially useful as markers of people at risk of progression to chronic kidney disease.
BMC Clinical Pathology 2009, 9 :6
Mutations in the RBL2 gene, which encodes the retinoblastoma protein family cell cycle protein pRb2, were not detected in Burkitt lymphoma patients from Uganda, suggesting that RBL2 mutations may be rarer in this condition than previously suggested.
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Experiences from treatment-predictive KRAS testing; high mutation frequency in rectal cancers from females and concurrent mutations in the same tumor Mats J BMC Clinical Pathology 2009, 9 :8 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Matrix metalloproteinases in subjects with type 1 diabetes Sedegheh Gharagozlian, Katja Svennevig, Hans-Jacob Bangstad, Jan-Olof Winberg, Svein Olav Kolset BMC Clinical Pathology 2009, 9 :7 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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pRb2/p130 protein expression and RBL2 mutation analysis in Burkitt lymphoma from Uganda Sam Kalungi, Solrun J Steine, Henry Wabinga, Leif Bostad, Anders Molven BMC Clinical Pathology 2009, 9 :6 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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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Mitochondrial mosaics in the liver of 3 infants with mtDNA defects Frank Roels, Patrick Verloo, Fran BMC Clinical Pathology 2009, 9 :4 (5 [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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Risk factors for tuberculosis in dialysis patients: a prospective multicenter clinical trial Antonios I Christopoulos, Athanasios A Diamantopoulos, Panagiotis A Dimopoulos, Demetrios S Goumenos, George A Barbalias BMC Nephrology 2009, 10 :36 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Vascular endothelial growth factor - prognostic factor in children with neuroblastoma: a retrospective analysis Gordana Jakovljevic, Srdjana Culic, Jasminka Stepan, Aleksandra Bonevski, Sven Seiwerth Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 2009, 28 :143 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Coronary arteriovenous fistulas in the adults: natural history and management strategies Yusuf Ata, Tamer Turk, Murat Bicer, Mihriban Yalcin, Filiz Ata, Senol Yavuz Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2009, 4 :62 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Composite paraganglioma-ganglioneuroma in the retroperitoneum Shoji Hirasaki, Hiromitsu Kanzaki, Masato Okuda, Seiyuu Suzuki, Tetsuji Fukuhara, Toshihito Hanaoka World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009, 7 :81 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors in vestibular schwannomas and their clinical significance Sushila Jaiswal, Vinita Agrawal, Awadhesh KUMAR Jaiswal, Rakesh Pandey, Ashok KUMAR Mahapatra Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2009, 8 :9 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Russell bodies in a skin biopsy: a case report Joanne Verheij, Elisabeth H Jaspars, Paul van der Valk, Lawrence Rozendaal Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :108 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Evaluation of 7q31 region improves the accuracy of EGFR FISH assay in non small cell lung cancer Laura Casorzo, Mara Corigliano, Paolo Ferrero, Tiziana Venesio, Mauro Risio Diagnostic Pathology 2009, 4 :36 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A new method in thoracoscopic inferior mediastinal lymph node biopsy: a case report
Maruf Sanli, Ahmet F Isik, Bulent Tuncozgur, Levent Elbeyli Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :96 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Osseous hemangioma of the seventh cervical vertebra with osteoid formation mimicking metastasis: a case report Stefan Lakemeier, Christina Carolin Westhoff, Susanne Fuchs-Winkelmann, Markus Dietmar Schofer Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :92 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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High frequency of tumor cells with nuclear Egr-1 protein expression in human bladder cancer is associated with disease progression Frederikke Lihme Egerod, Annette Bartels, Nils Fristrup, Michael Borre, Torben F Orntoft, Martin B Oleksiewicz, Nils Brunner, Lars Dyrskjot BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :385 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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