An automated method for the analysis of T-cell receptor repertoires. Rapid RT-PCR fragment length analysis of the T-cell receptor beta chain complementarity-determining region 3.

abstract：:A 63-year-old previously healthy woman presented with acute meningitis. Cultures of the cerebrospinal fluid yielded a serotype 1/2a isolate of Listeria monocytogenes that was biochemically typical in all respects, other than the reproducible lack of catalase production. During therapy, the patient developed oculomotor...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Swartz MA,Welch DF,Narayanan RP,Greenfield RA

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of the Coulter STKS (Coulter, Hialeah, FL) was evaluated in a busy computerized teaching hospital laboratory. The STKS was compared with a Coulter S Plus IV and manually performed 400 white blood-cell differentials. The measured blood-count parameters (i.e., white blood cells [WBCs], red blood cells [R...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Warner BA,Reardon DM

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carumonam, a new monobactam, was found to have an anti-microbial spectrum similar to aztreonam. Its spectrum includes Enterobacteriaceae, Haemophilus influenzae, pathogenic Neisseria species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and some streptococci. Staphylococcus species, enterococci, and many other nonenteric gram-negative bac...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jones RN,Barry AL,Thornsberry C,Fuchs PC,Packer RR

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the result of a multistage carcinogenic process. Initiation, promotion, dependency and autonomy make up a sequence of experimentally distinguishable phases of this process. Progression--the transition from dependency on hormonal support to autonomy--is demonstrable clinically. High-affinity saturatabl...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Brennan MJ

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine cultures represent 40-50% of specimens processed by hospital clinical microbiology laboratories. An accurate rapid screening method to detect positive urine cultures could greatly improve laboratory efficiency. Three hundred eighty-two unselected urines were screened by nephelometry at 2, 4, and 5 hours of shaki...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Heinz T,Pezzlo M,Thrupp L

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Fibromatosis of the breast is an uncommon neoplasm with potential for local recurrence. Treatment has traditionally been surgical excision with current trends toward conservative management. Given the option of observation after diagnosis by core needle biopsy (CNB), we sought to evaluate the accuracy of CNB...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kuba MG,Lester SC,Giess CS,Bertagnolli MM,Wieczorek TJ,Brock JE

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We obtained data on laboratory turnaround time (TAT) and emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS). We correlated potassium test TAT outlier percentage (TAT-OP) with ED LOS and found that for each outlier percentage (potassium result > 40 minutes), a projected impact on ED LOS was approximately 2.8 additional min...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Holland LL,Smith LL,Blick KE

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer with microsatellite instability (MSI) may occur sporadically or be inherited in cases of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) syndrome. However, there is no consensus as to which patients must be tested and how to test MSI. In this study, MSI was tested by immunohistochemical analysis an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bouzourene H,Taminelli L,Chaubert P,Monnerat C,Seelentag W,Sandmeier D,Andrejevic S,Matter M,Bosman F,Benhattar J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow angiogenesis in patients with idiopathic myelofibrosis (IM) was evaluated by using a quantitative morphometric analysis test system. IM specimens had a significantly higher degree of bone marrow microvessel density (MVD) compared with control specimens. The higher degree of angiogenesis was associated with...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ni H,Barosi G,Hoffman R

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the dispensing and inoculating characteristics of the MIC-2000 micro-broth dilution system and compares its ability to determine minimum inhibitory concentrations with that of the reference macro-broth dilution method. Micro-well filling showed a coefficient of variation of 6.8%, and micro-well...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Woolfrey BF,Ramadei WA,Quall CO

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of congenital Pelger-Hüet anomaly of the peripheral blood cells is described. Electronmicroscopic examination of the blood cells revealed nuclear bridges and appendices in the polymorphonuclear leukocytes. The number of cytoplasmic granules was diminished, but the size of the secondary granules was markedly inc...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Djaldetti M,Weiss S,Gafter U

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening sera for streptococcal antibodies is a useful clinical procedure when recent streptococcal infection requires verification. Presently there are two test kits available that detect five (or more) of the antibodies that may be present. These two screening tests were compared using antistreptolysin O (ASO) and ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tolliver PR,Roe MH

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the seventh known case of blue nevus of the lymph node capsule and reviews the previously reported cases. The migration arrest hypothesis as an explanation for the occurrence of this lesion is favored rather than the "benign metastasis" hypothesis. The importance of the recognition of this pheno...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lamovec J

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histologic follow-up of patients with the Bethesda system cervical-vaginal diagnosis of atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance (AGUS), "favor endocervical origin", or "not otherwise specified" (NOS) shows a high percentage of clinically significant (neoplastic or preneoplastic) lesions. Using the criter...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Raab SS,Snider TE,Potts SA,McDaniel HL,Robinson RA,Nelson DL,Sigman JD,Thomas PA

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical Path Method (CPM) and Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) are quantitative network planning strategies that facilitate management of projects with many interrelated activities. They determine the minimum time necessary to complete a project and identify which activities are critical to achieving th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kost GJ

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clq precipitins were assayed in a model system by absorption nephelometry. Polyethylene glycol was used to extract immune complexes so that sufficient sensitivity with minimal interference could be achieved. Using a double beam spectrophotometer, we found that the reaction of immune complexes with Clq occurred rapidly...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Levinson SS,Goldman J

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique case of intramural uterine tumor composed of malignant epithelium and benign smooth muscle, adipose tissue, and cartilage is reported. This tumor, which the authors designated "carcinomesenchymoma," apparently represents an example of a previously unreported variant of mixed müllerian tumor that is composed o...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen KT,Vergon JM

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the occurrence of JAK2(V617F) and JAK2 exon 12 mutations in a clinical cohort of polycythemia vera (PV) in Taiwan. Of 22 patients with PV, 17 (77%) had the V617F mutation, and all 5 V617F-negative patients (23%) had the exon 12 mutation. We found 3 different exon 12 mutations: 3 N542-E543del, 1 F537-K539de...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yeh YM,Chen YL,Cheng HY,Su WC,Chow NH,Chen TY,Ho CL

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic thyroid carcinomas usually pose no problems in histologic diagnosis because of the obvious invasive growth, high cellularity, and frank anaplasia. Two cases of a variant of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma with peculiar gross and histologic features closely mimicking those of Riedel's thyroiditis are described ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wan SK,Chan JK,Tang SK

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports of sex steroid receptor expression in chordoma suggest that these tumors may be responsive to hormone manipulation therapy. Immunohistochemical stains for estrogen receptor (ER)-alpha, ER-beta, progesterone receptor (PR), androgen receptor (AR), and cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2), were performed on a tissue microarr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fasig JH,Dupont WD,Olson SJ,Lafleur BJ,Cates JM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors and pseudotumors of the liver account for fewer than 2% of the tumors in children and vary considerably in incidence throughout the pediatric age range, with hepatoblastoma, infantile hemangioendothelioma, and mesenchymal hamartoma seen most frequently in the first 2 years of life and hepatocellular carcinoma, ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stocker JT

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) are now available for immunophenotyping non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs) in paraffin-embedded tissue sections. To determine the reliability of these reagents in predicting the genotype, 44 cases of NHL were studied with the alkaline phosphatase-anti-alkaline phosphatase technique wi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Elghetany MT,Kurec AS,Schuehler K,Forbes BA,Duggan DB,Davey FR

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This practice parameter, developed by the Practice Parameters and Outcomes Measurement Committee of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP), is a guideline for the development of reasonable stat lists. Stat testing lists vary according to practice setting. Furthermore, although stat lists exist, extenuati...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hilborne L,Lee H,Cathcart P

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Meningiomas usually can be readily diagnosed on H&E alone, although occasionally immunohistochemistry (IHC) confirmation is desirable. Studies exploring the diagnostic utility of either podoplanin (D2-40) or E-cadherin IHC in meningiomas have conflicted, and no studies exist in which the two IHCs have been u...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mrachek EK,Davis D,Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte subpopulations were studied in the peripheral blood, lymph nodes, and spleens in a group of 17 patients with untreated Hodgkin's disease. In 12 of 15 cases, diminished absolute levels of T-lymphocytes in the peripheral blood were found; however, this was correlated with total lymphopenia. No direct relation...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bukowski RM,Noguchi S,Hewlett JS,Deodhar S

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) exhibit similar but distinct immunophenotypic profiles. Many cases can be diagnosed readily by flow cytometry (FCM) alone; however, ambiguous cases are frequently encountered and necessitate additional studies, including immunohistochemical staining for c...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zare H,Bashashati A,Kridel R,Aghaeepour N,Haffari G,Connors JM,Gascoyne RD,Gupta A,Brinkman RR,Weng AP

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using Venn diagrams derived from set theory, a mathematic model is presented that allows triple-label immunophenotypic analysis of cells based upon double-label measurements. Practical applications of this method are illustrated and discussed. Using this model, triple-label data concerning Leu-8 and Leu-9 (CD7) antige...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wood GS

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine laser microdissection and mass spectrometry (LMD-MS), which has emerged as a new tool to aid in typing amyloid proteins. RESULTS:ALECT-2 is a potential cause of hepatic amyloidosis best detected by LMD-MS. METHODS:One of the more recently reported proteins is ALECT-2 (leukocyte cell-derived chem...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Damlaj M,Amre R,Wong P,How J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe an unusual variant of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) discovered in a patient with a 90-fold increase in serum ALP. The variant ALP was indistinguishable from the bone isoenzyme when subjected to chemical inhibition, heat inactivation, lectin precipitation, and routine electrophoresis. However, treatme...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schreiber WE,Gorecki T,Bernstein V

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary thymic epithelial neoplasms have been the subject of much controversy in recent years owing to the difficulties posed by these tumors for precise histopathologic typing and prognostication. A number of classification schemes using different terminology have been proposed, none of which has satisfactorily manag...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Suster S,Moran CA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00