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Electrical epilepsy and the EEG Test

The EEG (electroencephalograph) literally electrified the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. But for Aparna Nair the dreaded EEG tests of her adolescence were a painful ordeal.

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Autism assessments and me

When, as an adult, Mayanne Soret decided to get a formal diagnosis of her autism, she found that the series of assessments had a dishearteningly negative focus, seeming to frame her as a problem.

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Demanding a diagnosis for invisible pain

After dozens of hospital visits and handfuls of painkillers, a plethora of scans and tests bring diagnosis closer for Jaipreet Virdi.

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Are doctors medical detectives?

Do doctors really identify medical conditions in the same way that detectives solve crimes? Neurologist Jules Montague makes her diagnosis.

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  • Fragile X diagnostic test - normal
  • Fragile X diagnostic test - female carrier
  • Illustrated guidelines on good laboratory practices and precautions during testing of Infectious diseases; an AIDS prevention advertisement by Qualigens Diagnostics. Colour lithograph, ca. 1990's.
  • Fragile X diagnostic test - male, no stain
  • Fragile X diagnostic test - male, no stain
  • Looking for an accurate TPHA test? : and an incubation time of only 45 minutes? Wellcosyph HA has been developed specifically to reduce your TPHA turnaround time ... / Wellcome Diagnostics, a division of the Wellcome Foundation Lmited, Temple Hill, Dartford, England ...
  • Looking for an accurate TPHA test? : and an incubation time of only 45 minutes? Wellcosyph HA has been developed specifically to reduce your TPHA turnaround time ... / Wellcome Diagnostics, a division of the Wellcome Foundation Lmited, Temple Hill, Dartford, England ...
  • Diagnostic test for Fragile X, using presence (normal) or absence (Fragile X syndrome) of FMR-1 protein. FMR-1 protein expression in blood cells has been made visible with antibodies against the FMR-1 protein. The presence of FMR-1 protein is made visible as red staining. a: red staining in cells of normal individual. b/c: absence of staining in male patient. d: female patient; one cell is showing staining and in the other cell there is an absence of staining - this individual is a carrier.
  • Urine Testing Apparatus.
  • Apparatus for Urine Testing? Hick's papent -has Diabetes marked on brass stem.
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