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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a one case of" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly; the correct form would be "one case of" without the article "a."
Example: "There was one case of the flu reported in our town last week."
Alternatives: "a single instance of" or "one example of".
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All triple-negative tumors were positive for CK5/6 (therefore described as basal-like in Table 1) whereas three cases of Luminal A, one case of Luminal B and three cases of HER2 type were positive for CK5/6.
[C4.] Japan Still Closed to U.S. Beef Six months after American negotiators thought they had a deal to resume beef exports to Japan, the market remains closed, because of a one case of mad-cow disease detected in Washington State in December 2003.
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