Specimens were prepared in a metallic brass containing a cavity with 3 mm in diameter and 5 mm in height, longitudinally split up in to equal parts, in order to facilitate specimen removal after polymerization.
An axial map of the tibial plateau delineating the precise location of the BML was generated from these images in order to facilitate specimen harvest.
It identified illness clusters for further investigation, tracked progression of the epidemic in the United States, and facilitated specimen collection from suspect and probable case-patients for SARS diagnosis.
For splenic malignant lymphomas, EUS-FNB by using the Franseen needle with a limited number of strokes may facilitate qualified specimen acquisition.
We thank Luigi Notarangelo and Lisa Westerberg for critical review of the manuscript, Erwin Gelfand for facilitating blood specimen collection, Lauren Jones for preliminary experiments, and Jessica Cooley for contributing to blood cell processing.
Cats were sedated to facilitate blood specimen collection (0.125 mL xylazine 2% per kg body weight intramuscularly; Bayer Animal Health GmbH).
Upon termination, the micromass cultures were carefully transferred to a microcentrifuge tube, spun, and embedded in 1% sea plaque agarose to facilitate subsequent specimen handling.
To facilitate tracking specimens through the scanning and imaging process, individual cones that did not already bear an inventory number were assigned an inventory number with a CG prefix.
