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Body Surface Area

Known as: Body Surface Areas, BSA, Area, Body Surface 
A measure of the 2-dimensional extent of the body surface (i.e., the skin). Body surface area (BSA) can be calculated by mathematical formula or from… 
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Review
2014
Review
2014
A retrospective analysis of 72 patients on prior efalizumab subsequent to the time of voluntary market withdrawal in 2009.
BACKGROUND Efalizumab was voluntarily withdrawn from the market in April 2009 after four cases of progressive multifocal… 
2006
2006
Normative reference values for lung transfer factor in Isfahan, Iran
Objectives and background:  Transfer factor or carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLCO) is a particularly valuable test of the… 
2005
2005
Allergy to mammal's meat in adult life: immunologic and follow-up study.
UNLABELLED Allergy to bovine meat and Bovine serum albumin (BSA) is exceptional, especially in the adult life. BSA is considered… 
1992
1992
Estimated distributions for total body surface area of men and women in the United States.
: For the U.S. population in the age range 18 to 74 years, we estimated distributions for total body surface area for men and… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Body surface area of Africans: a study based on direct measurements of Nigerian males.
Direct measurement of body surface area (Ab) was made on 20 male adult Nigerians of African descent by coating and planimetry… 
1985
1985
Pharmacokinetics of tobramycin in patients with cystic fibrosis. Implications for the dosing interval.
The pharmacokinetics of tobramycin were evaluated in 15 patients (8 to 22 years of age) with cystic fibrosis (CF). A dose of 3.0… 
1977
1977
Measurement of guinea pig body surface area.
The body surface area (BSA) of 50 adult 2/N guinea pigs of both sexes and varying age was measured by the skinning and paper… 
1976
1976
Evidence for the involvement of IgE-basophil system in acute serum sickness.
The role of the basophils in acute serum sickness of rabbits was examined by monitoring daily the absolute number of basophils… 
1968
1968
Effect of thymosin and an antithymosin serum on allograft survival in mice.
The isolation and partial purification from calf thymus of a soluble lymphocytopoietic factor termed thymosin has been reported… 
1964
1964
IMMUNOLOGICAL UNRESPONSIVENESS TO PROTEIN ANTIGENS IN RABBITS. II. THE NATURE OF THE SUBSEQUENT ANTIBODY RESPONSE.
Rabbits made immunologically unresponsive by neonatal administration of HSA, HGG or BSA were given a course of intravenous…