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The assay of INTERFERON-GAMMA released from lymphocytes after their exposure to a specific test antigen, to check for IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY resulting fr…

System established by the World Health Organization and the International Committee on Thrombosis and Hemostasis for monitoring and reporting blood c…

International normalized ratio is a coagulation parameter used in bleeding risk, liver disease and anticoagulation assessment.

Skin tests in which the sensitizer is injected.

Type of microscopy used to study biological systems at high resolution.

Techniques for separation and identification of ionized molecules based on their drift through a gas phase after being accelerated by an electric fie…

Electrophoresis in which a pH gradient is established in a gel medium and proteins migrate until they reach the site (or focus) at which the pH is eq…

The pH in solutions of proteins and related compounds at which the dipolar ions are at a maximum.

Method of isolation and maintenance of a working heart for various cardiac measurements. The model allows for the separation of cardiac and systemic …

A nonlinear electrophoretic technique used to separate a variety of ionic compounds, ranging from small metal ions to large molecules like proteins. …

Techniques for labeling a substance with a stable or radioactive isotope. It is not used for articles involving labeled substances unless the methods…

Mapping of the KARYOTYPE of a cell.

Intradermal injection of a heated (pasteurized) saline suspension of sarcoid tissue obtained from a sarcoid spleen or lymph node. In patients with ac…

Test results which deviate substantially from normal ranges of REFERENCE VALUES or other qualitative results. They trigger CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVIC…

A measure of a patient's ability to break down lactose.

Techniques using a laser to cut away and harvest a specific cell or cluster of cells from a tissue section while viewing it under the microscope.

Passive agglutination tests in which antigen is adsorbed onto latex particles which then clump in the presence of antibody specific for the adsorbed …

Test for cell-mediated antitumor immunity and related serum blocking factors based on the finding that leukocytes from cancer patients, but not from …

The number of WHITE BLOOD CELLS per unit volume in venous BLOOD. A differential leukocyte count measures the relative numbers of the different types …

A DNA amplification technique based upon the ligation of OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES. The probes are designed to exactly match two adjacent sequences of a…

Concentration or quantity that is derived from the smallest measure that can be detected with reasonable certainty for a given analytical procedure.

Sensitive method for detection of bacterial endotoxins and endotoxin-like substances that depends on the in vitro gelation of Limulus amebocyte lysat…

An index for monitoring the accumulation of lipids based on the WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE measurement and the level of TRIGLYCERIDES circulating in the blo…

A microanalytical technique combining mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography for the qualitative as well as quantitative determinations of compo…

Miniaturized methods of liquid-liquid extraction.

The removal of a soluble component from a liquid mixture by contact with a second liquid, immiscible with the carrier liquid, in which the component …

Low-grade proteinuria used as a ClinicalGraph target concept for lab_medicine / lab_finding.

Techniques used for determining the values of photometric parameters of light resulting from LUMINESCENCE.

Measure of histocompatibility at the HL-A locus. Peripheral blood lymphocytes from two individuals are mixed together in tissue culture for several d…

Spectroscopic method of measuring the magnetic moment of elementary particles such as atomic nuclei, protons or electrons. It is employed in clinical…