Marios C Papadopoulos1, Paulo M Abel, Dan Agranoff

  • 1Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.

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まとめ

新しいプロテオミクシグネチャー分析により,ヒトのアフリカトライパノソミアシス (睡眠病) を100%の感度と98.6%の特異性で正確に診断できます. この新しい診断アプローチは,この見捨てられた熱帯病に対する既存の方法よりも高い精度を提供します.

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