Sentence examples for specimens were retrospectively from inspiring English sources

The specimens were retrospectively divided into two groups on the basis of histological findings and investigated whether significant differences in ultrasonic analysis could be found between the two (group H: hyaline-like cartilage group, successful; group F: fibrous tissue group, failure).

A total of 3,527 breast cancer patient specimens were retrospectively analyzed.

Paraffin-embedded blocks containing whole-tumour sections from the surgical specimens were retrospectively obtained from the referring institutions.

Specimens were retrospectively retrieved from Parc de Salut Mar Biobank (MARBiobanc, Barcelona, Spain) and Fundación Jiménez Díaz Biobank (Madrid, Spain).

A total of 303 Xpert assay results from 109 smear-positive and 194 smear-negative respiratory specimens were retrospectively reviewed.

Clinical data, including demographic characteristics, the presence of underlying diseases and conditions and the microbiological results for respiratory specimens, were retrospectively collected.

DNA from 100 breast tumour specimens was retrospectively analysed to reveal the amplification of genes involved in cell cycle progression and survival, including CCND1, AKT1, INSR, AKT2 and EGFR.

When tissues were limited and volumetric measurements could not be reasonably performed (a total of only 3 cases), specimen slides were retrospectively reviewed by a pathologist, who measured the length and width of material on each slide.

Finally, all the cerebrospinal fluid specimens prior to October 2003 were retrospectively tested using PCR targeting repeated sequences, and the specimens sampled between October 2003 and February 2004 were tested using both regular and repeat PCR.

The surgical specimens were studied retrospectively.

Archived, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor specimens were collected retrospectively for immunohistochemical (IHC) analysis.