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When cells were inoculated at high density, ultramicroextensions appeared earlier, but ultramicroextensions were rarely seen even after incubation for prolonged periods in sparse cultures or when the cells did not make contact (data not shown).
From here the coast road ascends very sharply amid sparse, windblown greenery, and the drop seawards can be frighteningly steep.
The hybridization signal was estimated on a scale of 1+ to 4+ as originally described by Meunier [ 29 ] : +, silver grains sparse, but positive hybridization; ++, silver grains are numerous but do not cover the cell type in question; +++, silver grains are very numerous and begin to merge in some places; ++++, silver grains are very dense and form a near uniform mass above the cell type in question; +/-, there was heterogeneity in the hybridization signal, e.g., some of the histological units contained a signal, others did not; -, no detectable hybridization signal.
The recurrence risk data in relatives are sparse for stroke.
For baseline comparisons of the HCV positive and negative individuals, we used the chi-square test (or Fisher's Exact test when there was sparse data) for categorical variables.