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    Inappropriate Requesting of Glycated Hemoglobin (Hb A1c) Is Widespread: Assessment of Prevalence, Impact of National Guidance, and Practice-to-Practice Variability Concentration
    		Driskell, Owen J.2012-05Slides
    Microtube Device for Selectin-Mediated Capture of Viable Circulating Tumor Cells from Blood
    		Hughes, Andrew D.2012-05Slides
    Accuracy of 6 Routine 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Assays; Influence of Vitamin D Binding Protein Concentration
    		Heijboer, Annemieke C.2012-03Slides
    		Klee, Eric W.2012-03Slides
    ​Rosuvastatin, Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Concentrations, and LDL Cholesterol Response: the JUPITER Trial
    		Awan, Zuhier2012-01Slides
    ​Absolute and Relative Kinetic Changes of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T in Acute Coronary Syndrome and in Patients with Increased Troponin in the Absence of Acute Coronary Syndrome
    		Mueller, Matthias2012-01Slides
    Long-Term Biological Variation of Serum Protein Electrophoresis M-Spike, Urine M-Spike, and Monoclonal Serum Free Light Chain Quantification: Implications for Monitoring Monoclonal Gammopathies
    		Katzmann, Jerry A.2011-12Slides
    Comparison of Serum Human Epididymis Protein 4 with Cancer Antigen 125 as a Tumor Marker in Patients with Malignant and Nonmalignant Diseases
    		Escudero, Jose M.2011-11Slides
    Snapback Primer Genotyping of the Gilbert Syndrome UGT1A1 (TA)n Promoter Polymorphism by High-Resolution Melting
    		Farrar, Jared S.2011-09Slides
    Prognostic Utility of Secretory Phospholipase A2 in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease
    		O'Donoghue, Michelle L.2011-09Slides
    Oral Fluid Cannabinoids in Chronic, Daily Cannabis Smokers During Sustained, Monitored Abstinence
    		Lee, Dayong2011-08Slides
    Improved Reflexive Testing Algorithm for Hepatitis C Infection Using Signal-to-Cutoff Ratios of a Hepatitis C Virus Antibody Assay
    		Lai, Keane K.Y.2011-07Slides
    Between-Method Differences in Prostate-Specific Antigen Assays Affect Prostate Cancer Risk Prediction by Nomograms
    		Stephan, Carsten2011-07Slides
    Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Testing in an Ethnically Diverse US Population
    		Rohlfs, Elizabeth M.2011-06Slides
    Prevalence of Blood Doping in Samples Collected from Elite Track and Field Athletes
    		Sottas, Pierre-Edouard2011-05Slides
    Maternal Serum Visfatin at 11–13 Weeks of Gestation in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
    		Ferreira, Ana Fatima A.2011-04Slides
    Nonfasting Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Apolipoproteins in Individuals With and Without Diabetes: 58 434 Individuals from the Copenhagen General Population Study
    		Langsted, Anne2011-03Slides
    Agreement Between Fasting and Postprandial LDL Cholesterol Measured with 3 Methods in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
    		Lund, Søren S.2011-02Slides
    Plasma Myeloperoxidase Predicts Incident Cardiovascular Risks in Stable Patients Undergoing Medical Management for Coronary Artery Disease
    		Tang, W.H. Wilson2011-01Slides
    Simultaneous Quantification of Apolipoprotein A-I and Apolipoprotein B by Liquid Chromatography-Multiple Reaction Monitoring/Mass Spectrometry
    		Agger, Sean A.2010-12Slides
    Plasma Renin Activity by LC-MS/MS: Development of a Prototypical Clinical Assay Reveals a Subpopulation of Human Plasma Samples with Substantial Peptidase Activity
    		Bystrom, Cory E.2010-10Slides
    Patient Misidentifications Caused by Errors in Standard Barcode Technology
    		Snyder, Marion L.2010-10Slides
    Glucose Meter Performance Criteria for Tight Glycemic Control Estimated by Simulation Modeling
    		Karon, Brad S.2010-08Slides
    Lipoprotein(a) and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
    		Mora, Samia2010-08Slides
    Seven Direct Methods for Measuring HDL and LDL Cholesterol Compared with Ultracentrifugation Reference Measurement Procedures
    		Miller, W. Greg2010-06Slides
    Quantification of Galactose-1-Phosphate Uridyltransferase Enzyme Activity by Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry
    		Li, Yijun2010-05Slides
    γ′ Fibrinogen: Evaluation of a New Assay for Study of Associations with Cardiovascular Disease
    		Lovely, Rehana S.2010-05Slides
    Enrichment and Detection of Rare Alleles by Means of Snapback Primers and Rapid-Cycle PCR
    		Zhou, Luming2010-05Slides
    LOX Index, a Novel Predictive Biochemical Marker for Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke
    		Inoue, Nobutaka2010-04Slides
    Maternal Plasma DNA Analysis Using Massively Parallel Sequencing by Ligation for Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis of Trisomy 21
    		Chiu, Rossa W.K.2010-03Slides
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