Immunoglobulin G Fc(gamma) receptor expression on polymorphonuclear cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of HIV-infected and HIV-seronegative patients with bacterial pneumonia.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous competitive inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase plays an important role in endothelial dysfunction processes. Recent studies have linked high ADMA levels with several pathological conditions. The interest as a marker of endothelial dysfunction has increased in...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Gervasoni J,Bonelli F,Zuppi C,Zappacosta B,Mordente A,Calvani R,Persichilli S

更新日期：2011-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria infection with Plasmodium falciparum is an important basic health problem in the tropical and sub-tropical countries. The standard diagnostic method is blood film examination to visualize parasite morphology. However, in cases of low parasitemia or mixed infection with very low cryptic species, micro...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Potipitak T,Ngrenngarmlert W,Promptmas C,Chomean S,Ittarat W

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aging is the result of several mechanisms which operate simultaneously. Among them, glycation is of particular interest because it is a reaction which affects slowly renewing tissues and macromolecules with elevated half-life, like the dermis, a skin compartment highly affected by aging. Glycation produces c...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Pageon H,Zucchi H,Rousset F,Monnier VM,Asselineau D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Some clinical chemistry measurement methods are vulnerable to interference if hemolyzed serum samples are used. The aims of this study were: (1) to obtain updated information about how hemolysis affects clinical chemistry test results on different instrument platforms used in Nordic laboratories, and (2) to...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Gidske G,Aakre KM,Rustad P,Sandberg S,Norling A,Pelanti J,Henriksen G,Thorsteinsdottir I,Kristensen GBB

更新日期：2019-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating blood platelets play a central role in the maintenance of hemostasis. They adhere to subendothelial extracellular matrix proteins that become exposed upon vessel wall damage, which is followed by platelet activation, further platelet recruitment, platelet aggregation and formation of an occlusive, or non-o...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Provost P

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Matrix differences among serum samples from non-pregnant and pregnant patients could bias measurements. Standard Reference Material 1949, Frozen Human Prenatal Serum, was developed to provide a quality assurance material for the measurement of hormones and nutritional elements throughout pregnancy. Methods:...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Boggs ASP,Kilpatrick LE,Burdette CQ,Tevis DS,Fultz ZA,Nelson MA,Jarrett JM,Kemp JV,Singh RJ,Grebe SKG,Wise SA,Kassim BL,Long SE

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Reference intervals in clinical chemistry are commonly based on results of measurements in reference populations or are taken from the literature. A reference population should represent a defined group of individuals and be as similar as possible to the patients under investigation. Frequently, reference populations ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Kallner A,Gustavsson E,Hendig E

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition states that if IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase (tTG) exceeds 10 times the upper limit of normal (ULN), there is the possibility to diagnose celiac disease (CD) without duodenal biopsy, if supported by anti-endomysium testing and human leukocy...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Oyaert M,Vermeersch P,De Hertogh G,Hiele M,Vandeputte N,Hoffman I,Bossuyt X

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombopoietin (TPO), a growth factor primarily involved in regulating thrombopoiesis, has been recently implicated in the pathogenesis of sepsis. TPO levels are, indeed, greatly increased in patients with sepsis compared to control subjects, and correlate with sepsis severity. The aim of this study was to e...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Segre E,Pigozzi L,Lison D,Pivetta E,Bosco O,Vizio B,Suppo U,Turvani F,Morello F,Battista S,Moiraghi C,Montrucchio G,Lupia E

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction methods to detect the AML1/ETO rearrangement in the M2 subtype of acute myeloid leukaemia those of Downing et al. (Blood 1993; 81: 2860-5) and Satake et al. (Br J Haematol 1995; 91: 892-8) were evaluated. Bone marrow samples, one at diagnosis and two in complete remi...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Barragán E,Bonanad S,López JA,Bolufer P,Sanz MA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated plasma total homocysteine is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the randomized trials of dietary supplementation with B-vitamins to lower homocysteine have not yet provided clear evidence of benefit on vascular risk. METHODS:Cumulative meta-analysis of all randomized trials assessi...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Clarke R,Armitage J,Lewington S,Collins R,B-Vitamin Treatment Trialists' Collaboration.

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been proposed that only anti-thyroid-peroxidase (TPOAb) and not anti-thyroglobulin (TgAb) antibodies should be assayed in the diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD). METHODS:We analyzed the thyroid autoantibody profile with a multiplex bead array system, which allows simultaneous measurement ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Tozzoli R,Villalta D,Kodermaz G,Bagnasco M,Tonutti E,Bizzaro N

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is some evidence from recent observational studies that hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for cognitive dysfunction, including Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. There are only a few intervention studies, and the results are disappointing for such a frequent disease. Prospective double-blind and plac...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Joosten E

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-induced cardiotoxicity is a major clinical problem; cardiotoxic drugs may induce both cardiac dysfunction and myocardial injury. Several recent studies reported that cardiac troponins measured with high-sensitivity methods (hs-cTn) can enable the early detection of myocardial injury related to chemotherapy or abu...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Cardinale DM,Zaninotto M,Cipolla CM,Passino C,Plebani M,Clerico A

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Galectin-3 is an emerging biomarker of heart failure and of myocardial fibrosis risk. Monitoring of galectin-3 is essential during treatment with galectin-3 inhibitors. The aim of our study was to assess long-term biological variability in a specific group of unhealthy subjects. METHODS:The biological varia...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Franeková J,Kubíček Z,Hošková L,Kotrbatá M,Sečník P,Kautzner J,Jabor A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of prealbumin dates back to the early forties and may be divided into three parts, based on a chronological and functional approach. The first part--the discovery and the identification of prealbumin--was essentially based on classical protein chemistry methods. The second--the demonstration of prealbumin ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： De Nayer P

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) has been suggested as the most promising biomarker of acute kidney injury. However, there are no reliable data on analytical sensitivity and reference limits of urinary NGAL (uNGAL) assay in pediatric age. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the analy...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Cangemi G,Storti S,Cantinotti M,Fortunato A,Emdin M,Bruschettini M,Bugnone D,Melioli G,Clerico A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are large differences in the use of laboratory tests between hospitals in Sweden. These differences are not only due to differences between the patients treated but also to differences in practice. Use of laboratory test seems to reflect local traditions to a large extent. These large variations in practice are ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Larsson A,Palmer M,Hultén G,Tryding N

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), especially MMP-2 and MMP-9, play an important role in tumor invasion and metastasis. This study aimed to determine the serum levels of MMP-2, MMP-9, 130- and 225-kDa gelatinolytic bands and conventional tumor markers, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cancer antigen (CA) 19...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Emara M,Cheung PY,Grabowski K,Sawicki G,Wozniak M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The identification of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variations, especially single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), is important for many applications. The PCR-ligase detection reaction (LDR) method can reduce false-positives and eliminate the need for both post-PCR and post-ligation purifications ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Luo Y,Tang S,Gao W,Chen L,Yang X,Huang T,Gao Y

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancers of the respiratory tract (lung and head and neck) share common aetiologies, risk factors and molecular characteristics. Epigenetic reprogramming is one of the hallmarks of cancer and DNA methylation is currently the best-studied form. There are a number of characteristics of DNA methylation, which seem advanta...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Markopoulou S,Nikolaidis G,Liloglou T

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:External quality assessment/proficiency test (EQA/PT) organizers play an important role in monitoring the performance of HbA1c measurements. With increasing quality of the assays, HbA1c is increasingly used for diagnosis of diabetes and the demands on EQA/PT organizers themselves are rising constantly. EQA o...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Kaiser P,Spannagl M,van Campenhout C,Lenga Y,Siebelder C,Weykamp C

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to provide inter-laboratory imprecision comparisons of different groups of diagnostic systems as well as a comparison of professional laboratories with medical offices performance on the basis of 88,429 glucose results obtained in external quality assessment (EQA) schemes organized ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Morandi PA,Deom A,Kesseler D,Cohen R

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transition from communications (abstracts) of an Argentinean congress and their publication as full papers was analyzed. No similar report was found for clinical laboratory in Latin America. METHODS:A total of 388 communications from five congresses were identified, and searches were performed on the intern...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Martínez AM,Fink NE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the relatively short time frame since the introduction of next generation sequencing, it has become a method of choice for complex genomic research studies. As a paradigm shifting technology, we are now witnessing its translation into clinical diagnostic laboratories for patient care. Multi-gene panels for a variet...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Coonrod EM,Margraf RL,Voelkerding KV

更新日期：2011-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Portable meters for blood glucose concentrations are used at the patients bedside, as well as by patients for self-monitoring of blood glucose. Even though most devices have important technological advances that decrease operator error, the analytical goals proposed for the performance of glucose meters have been rece...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Sánchez-Margalet V,Rodriguez-Oliva M,Sánchez-Pozo C,Fernández-Gallardo MF,Goberna R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Many of the mobile applications (apps) used for delivering health interventions involve laboratory medicine data. This survey was conducted to search the online market for health apps that manage laboratory medicine data. The aim was to review them and perform a quality evaluation. Methods Apps search crite...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Jovičić S,Siodmiak J,Watson ID,European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Working Group on Patient Focused Laboratory Medicine.

更新日期：2019-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metabolic syndrome is closely related to several disturbances in lipid and lipoprotein metabolism. The aim of this study was to determine the association between apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotypes and the risk of metabolic syndrome and/or coronary heart disease complications. METHODS:The study included 279 s...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Sima A,Iordan A,Stancu C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complexity, cost, and content are three important factors that can impede translation of clinical protein mass spectrometry (MS) tests at a larger scale. Complexity stems from the many components/steps involved in bottom-up protein MS workflows, making them significantly more complicated than enzymatic immunoassays (E...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Nedelkov D,Hu Y

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper describes the evolution, structure, operation and some outcomes of the Brazilian Laboratory Indicators Program created by the Brazilian Society of Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine (Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica/Medicina Laboratorial, or SBPC/ML), in partnership with ControlLab, a...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Shcolnik W,de Oliveira CA,de São José AS,de Oliveira Galoro CA,Plebani M,Burnett D

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00