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  2. Neonatal heel prick - Wikipedia

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    The blood of a two-week-old infant is collected for a Phenylketonuria, or PKU, screening. The neonatal heel prick is a blood collection procedure done on newborns. It consists of making a pinprick puncture in one heel of the newborn to collect their blood.

  3. Blood test - Wikipedia

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    A venipuncture performed using a vacutainer. A venipuncture is useful as it is a minimally invasive way to obtain cells and extracellular fluid from the body for analysis.. Blood flows throughout the body, acting as a medium that provides oxygen and nutrients to tissues and carries waste products back to the excretory systems for disp

  4. Blood bank - Wikipedia

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    Blood bank in France. A blood bank is a center where blood gathered as a result of blood donation is stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion.The term "blood bank" typically refers to a department of a hospital usually within a clinical pathology laboratory where the storage of blood product occurs and where pre-transfusion and blood compatibility testing is performed.

  5. List of ICD-9 codes 780–799: symptoms, signs, and ill-defined ...

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    This is a shortened version of the sixteenth chapter of the ICD-9: Symptoms, Signs and Ill-defined Conditions.It covers ICD codes 780 to 799.The full chapter can be found on pages 455 to 471 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9.

  6. Plasma protein - Wikipedia

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    Separating serum proteins by electrophoresis is a valuable diagnostic tool, as well as a way to monitor clinical progress.Current research regarding blood plasma proteins is centered on performing proteomics analyses of serum/plasma in the search for biomarkers.

  7. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate - Wikipedia

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    The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR or sed rate) is the rate at which red blood cells in anticoagulated whole blood descend in a standardized tube over a period of one hour.

  8. King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives

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    One of King Abdulaziz's vehicles on display at the King Abdulaziz Memorial Hall, 2012. King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives (KAFRA) (Arabic: دارة الملك عبد العزيز), better known as Darah, [1] is a cultural institution in the Al Murabba neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located between the Murabba Palace compound and the National Museum.

  9. American Society for Microbiology - Wikipedia

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    The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), originally the Society of American Bacteriologists, is a professional organization for scientists who study viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae, and protozoa as well as other aspects of microbiology.