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.
That plan took on new importance once the United States had acquired the huge new territory from France. In May 1804, a group of 50 Americans led by Meriwether Lewis, Jefferson's personal secretary, and William Clark, an army officer, headed northwest along the Missouri River from St. Louis. Their varied instructions reveal the multiple goals that Jefferson hoped the expedition could accomplish.