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Showing papers in "Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine in 1960"





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TL;DR: This article describes a simple enzymatic method for the quantitative detection of phenylalanine in blood by using snake venom, which is rapid and precise and useful as a test for diagnosis of the disease phenylketonuria.

99 citations



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TL;DR: A method and medium have been developed for the isolation of L. monocytogenes from mixed cultures as it commonly occurs in biologic materials and could be easily differentiated by their appearance.

92 citations


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TL;DR: A paper spot test using toluidine blue reagent is described for the detection of chondroitin sulfuric acid and urine specimens from patients with Hurler's syndrome and newborn infants during the first few days of life gave positive tests.

89 citations














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TL;DR: The data clearly demonstrate total body magnesium deficiency and underline the need for magnesium repletion, either by diet, parenteral injection, or both, in patients with chronic alcoholism with tremor and hyperkinesis.






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TL;DR: In this article, a colorimetric method for the determination of the activity of human serum on α-benzoyl-l-arginine ethyl ester is described, and some data on the kinetic considerations of these enzymes are given.