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index case

NOUN
  1. the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study

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  • Trisomy 18 was shown, in an index case, by G-banded karyotyping. Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • To account for this effect, when there was more than one unaffected sibling we selected the one furthest in age from the index case.
  • The index case was identified through routine yellow fever surveillance system.
  • The index case was identified as a 43 year-old male farmer who presented with clinical symptoms of fever, jaundice and haematuria (blood in urine).
  • This aberration was corroborated by interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization, using a chromosome 18 pericentromeric probe, in the basaloid epithelial component of 7 of 11 pilomatricomas, including the index case. Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • Methods 532 core families were obtained based on index cases Epi Info and SAS.
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