Automation in clinical microbiology.

abstract：:The cytopathologic findings of 196 cases of cancer of the breast were correlated with the hormonal receptor levels. The strict cytologic criteria that allow a positive diagnosis to be used as bases for definitive treatment include adequate cellularity, lack of cohesion, and nuclear abnormalities, including increased n...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kern WH

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, one a follicular mixed cell type and the other a diffuse large cell type (Working Formulation), appeared 7 and 12 years, respectively, after the initial histopathologic diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease (nodular sclerosis) in an elderly male. The clinicopathologic implications of non-Hodgkin'...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shimizu K,Hara K,Kunii A

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterize error rates for genetic test orders between medical specialties and in different settings by examining detailed order information. METHODS:We performed a retrospective analysis of a detailed utilization management case database, comprising 2.5 years of data and almost 1,400 genetic test orde...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mathias PC,Conta JH,Konnick EQ,Sternen DL,Stasi SM,Cole BL,Astion ML,Dickerson JA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. Increasing evidence suggests involvement of inflammation in the atherosclerotic process. We examined cytokines and other inflammatory markers in 865 patients with chest pain in whom coronary angiography revealed no evidence of CAD or CAD...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Martins TB,Anderson JL,Muhlestein JB,Horne BD,Carlquist JF,Roberts WL,Carlquist JF

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic control achieved by an anticoagulant clinic may be assessed by calculation of the proportion of time spent by the patients within the prothrombin time target range aimed for by the clinic. Three calculation methods for such assessment have been described by other investigators. The three methods were compa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： van den Besselaar AM,van der Meer FJ,Gerrits-Drabbe CW

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human intravenous immunoglobulins prepared by the cold ethanol fractionation technique of Cohn are considered safe with respect to infectivity. However, there have been several instances of transmission of both hepatitis B and non-A,non-B hepatitis viruses after administration of intravenous immunoglobulins. To determ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dodd LG,McBride JH,Gitnick GL,Howanitz PJ,Rodgerson DO

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nodule of the liver was incidentally noted during left colectomy for a large villous adenoma in a 74-year-old man. Microscopic examination disclosed a granuloma of the liver containing numerous Enterobius vermicularis ova and a cross-section of the nematode. This is the fourth reported case of hepatic oxyuriasis and...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mondou EN,Gnepp DR

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Counterimmunoelectrophoresis was used to detect Cryptococcus neoformans capsular polysaccharide in the body fluids of infected patients. Using rabbit anti-C. neoformans A15 globulin, counterimmunoelectrophoresis detected 1.25 microgram of purified cryptococcal polysaccharide per ml of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or urin...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Maccani JE

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neoplastic transformation of epithelial cell sis commonly associated with altered synthesis of mucin glycoproteins. Few studies have been performed on the correlation between MUC 1 expression and pancreatic carcinoma using immunohistochemical methods. We compared the patterns of MUC 1 expression in normal pancreatic t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Monges GM,Mathoulin-Portier MP,Acres RB,Houvenaeghel GF,Giovannini MF,Seitz JF,Bardou VJ,Payan MJ,Olive D

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the differential counts of normal and abnormal bone marrow from touch imprints with those from aspirate smears to determine whether the touch imprint was reliable for independent routine use in the examination of bone marrow and the classification of hematologic abnormalities. Normocellular bone marrow spe...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Aboul-Nasr R,Estey EH,Kantarjian HM,Freireich EJ,Andreeff M,Johnson BJ,Albitar M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who had masses in the breasts clinically suggestive of neoplasia had fibrous mastopathy and striking deposition of ochronotic pigment within the soft tissue of the breast. The gross appearance and light microscopic features are illustrated. The histochemical features of ochronotic pigment and the difficulty ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lefer LG,Rosier RP

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thickness of eosinophilic band in collagenous colitis (CC) was assessed by 3 methods: histologic estimates (22 observers), conventional measurements using a calibrated micrometric scale (1 observer), and semiautomatic micrometric measurements (1 observer). By the histologic estimate technique, 7.4% of the results ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rubio CA,Orrego A,Höög A,Porwitz A,Petersson F,Elmberger G,Glaessgen A,Eriksson E,Kanter L,Jaremko G,Egevad L,Laforga J,Liljefors M,Löfdahl B,Norman P,Larsson O,Wanat R,Wejde J,Zickert P,Björk J,Caini S,Palli D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the clinical utility of and demand for the creatine kinase (CK)-MB assay. METHODS:We examined the number of CK-MB tests from 2007 through 2013 while we progressively deemphasized their use. We first removed CK-MB from the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) panel and then from the main menu and observ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Singh G,Baweja PS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FNAB is the most important advance in the management of thyroid nodules in the past two decades. Dr Mazzaferri has said that finding a thyroid cancer in a thyroid nodule is like finding a needle in a haystack. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy is like applying a strong electromagnet to find that needle. It should be avail...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Greenspan FS

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, infection with hepatitis viruses remains a major clinical and public heath concern. The laboratory is an integral part of the diagnosis of these infections since many of the manifestations are nonspecific, and the various hepatitis viruses show overlapping symptomatology. In this article, we discuss the lab...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Harris KR,Dighe AS

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients infected with HIV, high-grade B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL), including the small noncleaved cell (SNCC) category, exhibit pleomorphic features, which makes precise definition difficult. Sixty-nine pathologic specimens with HIV-related systemic lymphomas, including 42 SNCC, 20 immunoblastic lymphomas...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Carbone A,Gloghini A,Gaidano G,Cilia AM,Bassi P,Polito P,Vaccher E,Saglio G,Tirelli U

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunochemical characterization of the light chains of the mesangial immunoglobulin A (IgA) deposits were studied in 45 patients with IgA nephropathy. Kappa and lambda light chains were detected with direct immunofluorescence (IF) method, using monospecific rabbit anti-human anti-kappa and anti-lambda anti-sera. T...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lai KN,Chan KW,Mac-Moune F,Ho CP,Yan KW,Lam CW,Vallance-Owen J

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine a system of quality assurance in which microscopic slides from all surgical cases were subject to peer review before completion of the final pathology report. Three thousand surgical pathology cases were evaluated and the diagnoses entered on preliminary diagnosis sheets. Micro...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Whitehead ME,Fitzwater JE,Lindley SK,Kern SB,Ulirsch RC,Winecoff WF 3rd

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited giant platelet disorders are extremely rare. The aim of this article is to review the clinical and laboratory features of this heterogeneous group and to arrive at a working classification. We conducted our literature search using the National Library of Medicine database. A total of 12 clinical entities wer...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mhawech P,Saleem A

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine pulmonary infarction is extremely rare. In a series of 775 stillborn and newborn infants, only a few cases of acute pulmonary infarction were reported. The authors present the findings from a full-term infant who died at 9 hours of age of a chronic pulmonary infarction. Several pathogenic mechanisms, incl...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mirkin LD,Wong RC

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of blood transfusion on DNA profiles of an individual is a significant issue in the forensic context. In the present study, the effects of blood transfusion in 5 recipients were studied by performing restriction fragment length polymorphism and polymerase chain reaction HLA-DQA1 and Polymarker (LDLR, GYPA, ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Giroti RI,Biswas R,Mukherjee K

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the value in cervical cytology of a recently developed technique by which it is possible to remove thick tissue specimens, called microbiopsies, from cervical smears and to process them for histologic examination. In 12 (48%) of 25 cervical smears in which microbiopsies were found, the histologic sections ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mravunac M,Verbeek DH,Sanders-Eras M,Besseling R,Wijnen-Dubbers C,Smedts F

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mucinous cystic neoplasm of the liver is characterized by neoplastic mucinous and/or biliary epithelium surrounded by ovarian-type stroma. Immunohistochemical studies have shown that the ovarian-type stroma expresses estrogen receptor, suggesting potential hormonal responsiveness. The molecular biology of mu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Van Treeck BJ,Lotfalla M,Czeczok TW,Mounajjed T,Moreira RK,Allende DS,Reid MD,Naini BV,Westerhoff M,Adsay NV,Kerr SE,Rizvi SH,Smoot RL,Liu Y,Davila J,Graham RP

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians are often forced to make decisions about the use of laboratory resources without adequate access to earlier results and related supporting information. Less than optimal use of the laboratory may result. The authors developed and deployed a clinical workstation meant to provide ready access to laboratory in...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Connelly DP,Sielaff BH,Willard KE

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present what, to our knowledge, is the first reported case of nephrogenic metaplasia of the ureter. Nephrogenic metaplasia involves the transitional epithelium of the urinary tract and results in the formation of epithelial tubules, which are histologically similar to renal tubules. Special stains demonstrated both...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lugo M,Petersen RO,Elfenbein IB,Stein BS,Duker NJ

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of reports have highlighted discrepancies between the DuPont aca and fibrometer-based methods for quantitating plasma fibrinogen levels. Although many authors have suggested that the presence of fibrin(ogen) degradation products are in some way responsible for the discrepancies, no direct test of this hypothe...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hoffman M,Greenberg CS

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ligand assay specific for cobalamin that uses mouse stomach as the source of intrinsic factor has been developed. When mouse stomach extract incubated with radiocobalamin is fractionated by gel chromatography, the radioactive complex elutes as a single peak with apparent molecular weight of 54,900. Formation of the ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reynoso G,Tuggey R,Hansen H,Fontelo PA,Konopka S,Miller JT

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with normal cytogenetics represents approximately 40% to 50% of de novo AML. This heterogeneous AML subgroup constitutes the single largest cytogenetic group with an intermediate prognosis. Previous studies have suggested that the Fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 internal tandem duplication (FLT...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rausei-Mills V,Chang KL,Gaal KK,Weiss LM,Huang Q

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may be complicated by non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. We describe eight cases of B-cell extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma occurring during the course of chronic HCV-related hepatic disease (low-grade of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue [MALT]-type; diffuse large cell; Burkitt; diffuse small ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ascoli V,Lo Coco F,Artini M,Levrero M,Martelli M,Negro F

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fatal case of an apparently congenital form of hemophagocytic reticulosis is reported. The onset was manifested by hyperbilirubinemia and hepatosplenomegaly which were present at birth and persisted throughout life. Fever, anemia and pancytopenia developed at 1 month of age and became progressively worse. A splenect...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Koto A,Morecki R,Santorineou M

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00