Blood specimen

Known as: Blood Sample, blood samples 
A small volume of blood removed for testing or storage.
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Collection of blood specimen for laboratory procedureVenous blood sampling

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Blood specimen
Venous blood sampling
Collection of blood specimen for laboratory procedure

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2016
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2016
Prevalence of infection with Rickettsia helvetica in Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on non-rickettsiemic rodent hosts in sylvatic habitats of west-central Poland.
Ixodes ricinus is the most prevalent and widely distributed tick species in European countries and plays a principal role in… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a biomarker for acute renal injury after cardiac surgery.
BACKGROUND The scarcity of early biomarkers for acute renal failure has hindered our ability to launch preventive and therapeutic… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Circulating endothelial progenitor cells, vascular function, and cardiovascular risk.
BACKGROUND Cardiovascular risk factors contribute to atherogenesis by inducing endothelial-cell injury and dysfunction. We… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): study populations and data collection.
The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) is an ongoing multi-centre prospective cohort study… (More)
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2000
Highly Cited
2000
Quantitative insulin sensitivity check index: a simple, accurate method for assessing insulin sensitivity in humans.
Insulin resistance plays an important role in the pathophysiology of diabetes and is associated with obesity and other… (More)
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2000
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2000
Homeostasis model assessment closely mirrors the glucose clamp technique in the assessment of insulin sensitivity: studies in subjects with various degrees of glucose tolerance and insulin…
OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) is a reliable surrogate measure of in vivo insulin… (More)
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1998
Highly Cited
1998
Circulating concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-I and risk of breast cancer.
BACKGROUND Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, a mitogenic and antiapoptotic peptide, can affect the proliferation of breast… (More)
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1995
Highly Cited
1995
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in multicentric Castleman's disease.
Multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD) is an atypical lymphoproliferative disorder defined using clinical and pathologic criteria… (More)
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1991
Highly Cited
1991
A rapid non-enzymatic method for the preparation of HMW DNA from blood for RFLP studies.
In genetic linkage studies using the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) technique, it is essential to process… (More)
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1988
Highly Cited
1988
A simple salting out procedure for extracting DNA from human nucleated cells.
One of the obstacles encountered when extracting DNA from a large number of samples is the cumbersome method of deprotein-izing… (More)
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