Patients were excluded from this analysis if more than a single RFLP type was recovered on the culture of
the skin biopsy specimen or if no blood culture was done.
To reduce confounding, the study analyzed persons from whom only a single RFLP type was recovered from a culture of
a skin biopsy specimen.
Not exact matches
Similarly,
biopsies are obtained from many subjects and
skin cells (fibroblasts) are isolated from these
specimens, dedifferentiated to iPS lines, and reprogrammed and studied as neural and glial lines in culture.
In addition, biological
specimens like blood, urine, and
skin biopsies were collected from some patients.
We read all
skin -
biopsy specimens submitted to our Diagnostic Laboratory through the university clinics and from private practitioners.