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.
Lewis also talked with fur traders who had been up the Missouri River, and obtained maps made by earlier explorers. On March 9, 1804, Meriwether Lewis attended a special ceremony in St. Louis, during which the Upper Louisiana Territory was transferred to the United States.