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Evaluation of sFlt-1/PlGF Ratio for Predicting and Improving Clinical Management of Pre-eclampsia: Experience in a Specialized Perinatal Care Center by Caillon, Hélène, Tardif, Cécile, Dumontet, Erwan, Winer, Norbert, Masson, Damien

“…Management of pregnant women at high risk of pre-eclampsia (PE) requires frequent monitoring, with referral to specialized perinatal care centers. Reliable…”
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Role of the neutrophil-lymphocyte count ratio in the differential diagnosis between pulmonary tuberculosis and bacterial community-acquired pneumonia by Yoon, Neul-Bom, Son, Choonhee, Um, Soo-Jung

“…Differential diagnosis between pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and bacterial community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is often challenging. The neutrophil-lymphocyte…”
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Rapid clinical bacteriology and its future impact by van Belkum, Alex, Durand, Géraldine, Peyret, Michel, Chatellier, Sonia, Zambardi, Gilles, Schrenzel, Jacques, Shortridge, Dee, Engelhardt, Anette, Dunne, Jr, William Michael

“…Clinical microbiology has always been a slowly evolving and conservative science. The sub-field of bacteriology has been and still is dominated for over a…”
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Biomarkers for Prognosis and Treatment Response in COVID-19 Patients by Bivona, Giulia, Agnello, Luisa, Ciaccio, Marcello

“…During a severe infection such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the level of almost all analytes can change, presenting a correlation with disease…”
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Purpose and criteria for blood smear scan, blood smear examination, and blood smear review by Gulati, Gene, Song, Jinming, Florea, Alina Dulau, Gong, Jerald

“…A microscopic examination of an appropriately prepared and well-stained blood smear by a knowledgeable laboratory professional is necessary and clinically…”
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Performance evaluation of the OraQuick hepatitis C virus rapid antibody test by Cha, Young Joo, Park, Quehn, Kang, Eun-Suk, Yoo, Byung Chul, Park, Kyoung Un, Kim, Jin-Wook, Hwang, Yoo-Sung, Kim, Myung Hee

“…A reliable rapid assay for hepatitis C virus (HCV) may be helpful in various clinical settings. We evaluated the performance of the OraQuick HCV Rapid Antibody…”
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Guidelines for Laboratory Diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Korea by Hong, Ki Ho, Lee, Sang Won, Kim, Taek Soo, Huh, Hee Jae, Lee, Jaehyeon, Kim, So Yeon, Park, Jae Sun, Kim, Gab Jeong, Sung, Heungsup, Roh, Kyoung Ho, Kim, Jae Seok, Kim, Hyun Soo, Lee, Seung Tae, Seong, Moon Woo, Ryoo, Namhee, Lee, Hyukmin, Kwon, Kye Chul, Yoo, Cheon Kwon

“…The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which began in December 2019, is still ongoing in Korea, with >9,000 confirmed cases as of March 25, 2020…”
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The Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as an Inflammatory Marker in Rheumatic Diseases by Gasparyan, Armen Yuri, Ayvazyan, Lilit, Mukanova, Ulzhan, Yessirkepov, Marlen, Kitas, George D

“…The platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) has emerged as an informative marker revealing shifts in platelet and lymphocyte counts due to acute inflammatory and…”
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A Novel Heterozygous Missense Variant (c.667G>T;p.Gly223Cys) in USH1C That Interferes With Cadherin-Related 23 and Harmonin Interaction Causes Autosomal Dominant Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss by Song, Ju Sun, Bahloul, Amel, Petit, Christine, Kim, Sang Jin, Moon, Il Joon, Lee, Jinhyuk, Ki, Change Seok

“…Pathogenic variants of , encoding a PDZ-domain-containing protein called harmonin, have been known to cause autosomal recessive syndromic or nonsyndromic…”
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Identification of a Novel CHD7 Mutation in a CHARGE Syndrome Patient in Indonesia by Brajadenta, Gara Samara, Utari, Agustini, Patri, Sylvie, Bilan, Frédéric, Faradz, Sultana Muhammad Hussein, Kitzis, Alain, Thoreau, Vincent

“…KCI Citation Count: 0…”
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Elevated levels of T helper 17 cells are associated with disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Kim, Jimyung, Kang, Seongwook, Kim, Jinhyun, Kwon, Gyechul, Koo, Sunhoe

“…Interleukin-17 (IL-17)-producing T helper (Th) 17 cells are considered as a new subset of cells critical to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We…”
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Application of Next Generation Sequencing in Laboratory Medicine by Zhong, Yiming, Xu, Feng, Wu, Jinhua, Schubert, Jeffrey, Li, Marilyn M

“…The rapid development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology, including advances in sequencing chemistry, sequencing technologies, bioinformatics, and…”
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Clinical Performance of the Standard Q COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test and Simulation of its Real-World Application in Korea by Lee, Jaehyeon, Kim, So Yeon, Huh, Hee Jae, Kim, Namsu, Sung, Heungsup, Lee, Hyukmin, Roh, Kyoung Ho, Kim, Taek Soo, Hong, Ki Ho

“…The rapid antigen test (RAT) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) represents a potent diagnostic method in situations of limited molecular testing resources…”
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Role of Genetic Variants and Gene Expression in the Susceptibility and Severity of COVID-19 by Choudhary, Sarita, Sreenivasulu, Karli, Mitra, Prasenjit, Misra, Sanjeev, Sharma, Praveen

“…Since its first report in December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has…”
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Unreliable Automated Complete Blood Count Results: Causes, Recognition, and Resolution by Gulati, Gene, Uppal, Guldeep, Gong, Jerald

“…Automated hematology analyzers generate accurate complete blood counts (CBC) results on nearly all specimens. However, every laboratory encounters, at times,…”
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Update on procalcitonin measurements by Meisner, Michael

“…Procalcitonin (PCT) is used as a biomarker for the diagnosis of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock. At the same time, PCT has also been used to guide…”
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BRCA1 / BRCA2 Pathogenic Variant Breast Cancer: Treatment and Prevention Strategies by Lee, Anbok, Moon, Byung In, Kim, Tae Hyun

“…Hereditary breast cancer is known for its strong tendency of inheritance. Most hereditary breast cancers are related to / pathogenic variants. The lifelong…”
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Usefulness of a rapid real-time PCR assay in prenatal screening for group B streptococcus colonization by Park, Jeong Su, Cho, Dong-Hee, Yang, Jae Hyug, Kim, Moon Young, Shin, Son Moon, Kim, Eui-Chong, Park, Sung Sup, Seong, Moon-Woo

“…Group B streptococcus (GBS) infection is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Here, we present the analytical and diagnostic…”
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Hormone Immunoassay Interference: A 2021 Update by Ghazal, Khaldoun, Brabant, Severine, Prie, Dominique, Piketty, Marie-Liesse

“…Immunoassays are powerful qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques. Since the first description of an immunoassay method in 1959, advances have been…”
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Progress in Automated Urinalysis by Oyaert, Matthijs, Delanghe, Joris

“…New technological advances have paved the way for significant progress in automated urinalysis. Quantitative reading of urinary test strips using reflectometry…”
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