Therefore, when the scenario of a high alpha defensin and a low CRP in the synovial fluid occurs, we report an accompanying warning that the Synovasure result could potentially be a false positive. For these cases, we recommend that the physician seriously consider all clinical information for diagnosis.
Route of Corps of Discovery. Leaving Washington DC on March 15, 1803, Lewis traveled via horseback through the eastern towns preparing himself for the western expedition. Lewis attended crash courses on botany, paleontology, navigation and field medicine.
Map of the Northwestern United States depicts the route taken by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their first expedition from the Missouri River (near St. Louis, Missouri) to the mouth of the Columbia River (at the Pacific Ocean in Oregon), and their return trip, 1804 - 1806. (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images)