DOI: 10.1055/s-00044881

Journal of Laboratory Physicians

Issue 02 · Volume 9 · April 2017 DOI: 10.1055/s-010-45707

Original Article

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Kumari, Sonam: Blood transfusion practices in a tertiary care center in Northern India
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Mukhopadhyay, Bedabrata; Sengupta, Moumita; Das, Chhanda; Mukhopadhyay, Madhumita; Barman, Shibsankar; Mukhopadhyay, Biswanath: Immunohistochemistry-based comparative study in detection of Hirschsprung’s disease in infants in a Tertiary Care Center
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Panchal, Chinjal A.; Oza, Sweta Sunil; Mehta, Sanjay J.: Comparison of four phenotypic methods for detection of metallo-β-lactamase-producing Gram-negative bacteria in rural teaching hospital
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Buch, Archana; Kaur, Supreet; Nair, Rahul; Jain, Ambuj: Platelet volume indices as predictive biomarkers for diabetic complications in Type 2 diabetic patients
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Zadbuke, Sonali Sudhir; Set, Reena; Khan, Nishat; Shastri, Jayanthi: Concurrent evaluation of microscopic observation of drug susceptibility assay for pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis
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Garg, Sachin; Saini, Nishant; Bedi, Ravneet Kaur; Basu, Sabita: Comparison of micro column technology with conventional tube methods for antibody detection
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Shinde, Shivani; Gupta, Rajarshi; Raut, Shweta S.; Nataraj, Gita; Mehta, Preeti R.: Carba NP as a simpler, rapid, cost-effective, and a more sensitive alternative to other phenotypic tests for detection of carbapenem resistance in routine diagnostic laboratories
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Hebbar, Ankitha; Murthy, Venkataramappa Srinivasa: Role of p16/INK4a and Ki-67 as specific biomarkers for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: An institutional study
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Osegbe, Ifeyinwa; Ugonabo, Martin; Chukwuka, Chinwe; Meka, Ijeoma; Nwosu, Nnamdi: Comparison of calculated versus directly-measured low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol: An evaluation of ten formulas for an HIV-positive population in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nasirian, Hosain; TarvijEslami, Saeedeh; Matini, Esfandiar; Bayesh, Seyedehsara; Omaraee, Yasaman: A clinical decision rule for streptococcal pharyngitis management: An update
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Kaur, Maninder; Sidhu, Shailpreet K.; Singh, Kanwardeep; Devi, Pushpa; Kaur, Manpreet; Singh, Nachhatar Jit: Hepatitis E virus: A leading cause of waterborne viral hepatitis in Northwest Districts of Punjab, India
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De, Asmita; Raj, Hirak Jyoti; Haldar, Jayeeta; Mukherjee, Poulami; Maiti, Prasanta Kumar: Biofilm colonization in chronic treatment refractory infections presenting with discharging sinuses: A study in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India
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Batra, Priyam; Mathur, Purva; Misra, Mahesh C.: Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections

Case Report

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Shah, Neha; Ray, Jay Gopal; Kundu, Sanchita; Sardana, Divesh: Surgical management of chronic hyperplastic candidiasis refractory to systemic antifungal treatment
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Dalal, Varsha; Kaur, Manveen; Bansal, Anju: Papillary carcinoma thyroid with anastomosing channels: An unusual morphology
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Pal, Subrata; Bose, Kingshuk; Sharma, Abhishek; Sikder, Mrinal: Microfilaria in pleural fluid cytology: A rare finding

Brief Report

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Berwal, Anupam; Chawla, Kiran; Vishwanath, Shashidhar; Shenoy, Vishnu Prasad: Role of multiplex polymerase chain reaction in diagnosing tubercular meningitis

Letter to the Editor

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Desai, Heena Maulek; Amonkar, Gayathri Prashant; Chandekar, Sushama; Valvi, Nitin; Puranik, Gururaj: The feeble antigen “Weak D”: Prevalence in a tertiary care hospital blood bank in Mumbai