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Blood specimen
Known as:
Blood Sample
, blood samples
A small volume of blood removed for testing or storage.
National Institutes of Health
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Collection of blood specimen for laboratory procedure
Venous blood sampling
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Genetic basis for clinical response to CTLA-4 blockade in melanoma.
A. Snyder
,
V. Makarov
,
+18 authors
T. Chan
The New England journal of medicine
2014
Corpus ID: 25947954
BACKGROUND Immune checkpoint inhibitors are effective cancer treatments, but molecular determinants of clinical benefit are…
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Isolation of rare circulating tumour cells in cancer patients by microchip technology
S. Nagrath
,
L. Sequist
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+12 authors
M. Toner
Nature
2007
Corpus ID: 4371056
Viable tumour-derived epithelial cells (circulating tumour cells or CTCs) have been identified in peripheral blood from cancer…
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Case report 3
M. Dalinka
,
R. Brennan
,
A. Patchefsky
Skeletal Radiology
2004
Corpus ID: 35232160
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection poses a serious threat to immunocompromised patients in early life. Transmission of CMV to…
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Brief Communication: Sleep Curtailment in Healthy Young Men Is Associated with Decreased Leptin Levels, Elevated Ghrelin Levels, and Increased Hunger and Appetite
K. Spiegel
,
E. Tasali
,
P. Penev
,
E. Cauter
Annals of Internal Medicine
2004
Corpus ID: 207535784
Context Studies in animals and humans suggest that sleep duration is an important regulator of metabolism. Contribution In this…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Circulating endothelial progenitor cells, vascular function, and cardiovascular risk.
Jonathan M. Hill
,
G. Zalos
,
+4 authors
T. Finkel
The New England journal of medicine
2003
Corpus ID: 29844251
BACKGROUND Cardiovascular risk factors contribute to atherogenesis by inducing endothelial-cell injury and dysfunction. We…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Quantitative insulin sensitivity check index: a simple, accurate method for assessing insulin sensitivity in humans.
A. Katz
,
S. Nambi
,
+4 authors
M. Quon
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and…
2000
Corpus ID: 7612943
Insulin resistance plays an important role in the pathophysiology of diabetes and is associated with obesity and other…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
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…
E. Bonora
,
G. Targher
,
+5 authors
M. Muggeo
Diabetes care
2000
Corpus ID: 15089319
OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) is a reliable surrogate measure of in vivo insulin…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The risk of cancer associated with specific mutations of BRCA1 and BRCA2 among Ashkenazi Jews.
J. Struewing
,
P. Hartge
,
+6 authors
M. Tucker
The New England journal of medicine
1997
Corpus ID: 7928871
BACKGROUND Carriers of germ-line mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 from families at high risk for cancer have been estimated to have…
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
A rapid non-enzymatic method for the preparation of HMW DNA from blood for RFLP studies.
D. Lahiri
,
J. Nurnberger
Nucleic acids research
1991
Corpus ID: 12568290
In genetic linkage studies using the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) technique, it is essential to process…
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A simple salting out procedure for extracting DNA from human nucleated cells.
S. Miller
,
D. Dykes
,
H. Polesky
Nucleic acids research
1988
Corpus ID: 31828360
One of the obstacles encountered when extracting DNA from a large number of samples is the cumbersome method of deprotein-izing…
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