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Synonyms for horseshoe crab

large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail

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Lack of clinical usefulness of the limulus test in the diagnosis of endotoxemia.
Meta-analysis of clinical studies of diagnostic tests: developments in how the receiver operating characteristic "works"
Endotoxin in the medium was less than 1 ng/ml by the Limulus test (Endotoxin test-D; Seikagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan).
Antitumor and immunostimulating effects of Anoectochilus formosanus Hayata
The results of other tests were negative limulus test (endotoxin) and fungal D-glucandetection, negative interferon determination of peripheral lymphocyte culture, and positive TB antibody (38 kD).
Tuberculosis of Lymph Node Combined with Pulmonary Mucormycosis
Gram-negative sepsis: detection of endotoxemia with the limulus test: with studies of associated changes in blood coagulation, serum lipids and complement.
Bubonic plague: detection of endotoxemia with the limulus test. Ann Intern Med.
Concordance of Endotoxemia With Gram-Negative Bacteremia
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