Comparison of various methods for the enumeration of blood cells in urine.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the plasma of patients with both malignant and benign breast lesions was analyzed to determine whether the findings may have diagnostic and prognostic implications and to analyze the association between the levels of cfDNA and prognostic parameters. METHODS:Plasma samples were obtai...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Hashad D,Sorour A,Ghazal A,Talaat I

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of dried blood spots (DBS) for the assay of lysosomal enzymes has facilitated the implementation of pilot studies for newborn screening for lysosomal storage disorders in various developed countries. The aim of the study was to determine the influence of ambient temperature during DBS preparation and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Supriya M,De T,Christopher R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past few years, interest in xenotransplantation of porcine islets of Langerhans for the future therapy of type I diabetes has increased markedly. Therefore, we established a semiautomated digestion method for isolating islets from the porcine pancreas. However, although the isolation technique was standardi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Heiser A,Ulrichs K,Müller-Ruchholtz W

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In previous research, we found diabetes rather than obesity was an independent risk factor of breast cancer. However, why diabetes could lead to increased risk of breast cancer patients remains elusive. Long non-coding RNAE330013P06 has been shown to be upregulated in diabetes, and long non-coding RNAs gener...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Chen R,Shi P,Zhang Y,Wu H,Li X,Yang W,Luo F,JinmingXue,Yao L,Yang J,Wang W,Zhang B,Li P,Miao Y,Wang Q,Tian F

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test has long been considered the best serological test for the diagnosis of neurosyphilis. The goal of this study was to find out if the Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) could be an alternative to the VDRL. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and sera samples from patients in the follow...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Castro R,Prieto ES,da Luz Martins Pereira F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of the major VL subgroups (V lambda I, V lambda II, V lambda III, V lambda IV, V lambda VI, and V lambda VIII) among lambda-type immunoglobulins (Igs) in normal serum was determined by a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using a panel of murine anti-human V lambda-subgroup-specific mo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Abe M,Ozaki S,Wolfenbarger D,deBram-Hart M,Weiss DT,Solomon A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Mindray CAL 8000 is a cellular analysis line that consists of the BC-6800, an automated hematology analyzer, and the SC-120, an automated slidemaker/stainer. We evaluated the performances of the BC-6800 and the SC-120. METHODS:Four hundred and eight normal and abnormal samples were analyzed. The perfo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Lee HT,Park PW,Seo YH,Kim KH,Seo JY,Jeong JH,Kim MJ,Ahn JY

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, the fresh stool samples from 254 children under 5 years of age with acute gastroenteritis which were delivered between October 2012 and December 2013 were collected. METHODS:In the stool samples, rotavirus antigens were investigated using two different immunochromatographic methods which are ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Artiran S,Atalay A,Gökahmetoglu S,Ozturk MA,Balci N,Cakir N,Kilic H,Durmaz R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Feto protein (AFP) is the widely used tumor marker in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic and prognostic validity of a novel marker, serum Glypican-3 (GPC3) and to compare AFP in patients with HCC. One hundred and twenty-eight patients (75 patients with...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Ozkan H,Erdal H,Koçak E,Tutkak H,Karaeren Z,Yakut M,Köklü S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the serum total protein (TP), total sialic acid (TSA), lipid-associated sialic acid (LSA), LSA/TP, and LSA/TP values in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. Two study groups (healthy controls and type 2 DM subjects) were examined. For the type 2 DM group, 120 patients...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Ekin S,Meral I,Gunduz H,Mert N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that sample storage may have some influence on the parameters of oxidative stress status (OSS) in biological fluids. We measured four important OSS parameters in plasma of 23 healthy subjects and repeated the measurements in the same samples kept at -70 degrees C after different time intervals. Hy...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Firuzi O,Mladenka P,Riccieri V,Spadaro A,Petrucci R,Marrosu G,Saso L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, rapid assay for the pancreatic isoenzyme of human serum amylase was developed. The assay utilized an immunoabsorbent prepared by coating latex beads with a monoclonal antibody specific for pancreatic amylase. Treatment of patient serum with immunoabsorbent removed pancreatic amylase, and measurement of resid...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Landt M,Hortin GL,Smith CH,Pashos G,Vaidya HC,Rosenblum JL

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIM:Hepatitis B virus-e-antigen (HBeAg) is an affordable viral marker to assess viral replication kinetics and response to antiviral therapy. In the absence of confirmatory assays, discrepant or false-positive HBeAg results are resolved by screening for other HBV markers. We standardized an in-house HBeAg ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Fletcher GJ,Anantharam R,Radhakrishnan K,Karunakaran A,Abraham P

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, Siemens Diagnostics released a new calcium assay (CA_2) based on complex formation of calcium with Arsenazo III dye for use on the three automated, random access ADVIA Chemistry analyzers (1650, 2400, and 1200). We evaluated this method for analytical performance as well as potential interference from gadoli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Datta P,Dasgupta A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of antitetanus antibodies was developed using aluminum-absorbed tetanus toxoid as the coating antigen. The assay was tested by measuring antitetanus antibody levels in serum obtained from subjects before and after immunization with the aluminum-absorbed te...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Thiele GM,Rogers J,Collins M,Yasuda N,Smith D,McDonald TL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is believed that boundary compositions of matrix proteins might play a role in stone formation; however, few proteomic studies concerning matrix proteins in urinary stones have been conducted. In this study, we extracted low molecular weight proteins from calcium oxalate stones and measured their characteristic pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Chen WC,Lai CC,Tsai Y,Lin WY,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several retrospective studies have shown that a high level of microsatellite instability (MSI-H) is an important prognostic factor of a more favorable outcome in stage II and III colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. In this study, three commonly used polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based MSI analysis techniques were comp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Deschoolmeester V,Baay M,Wuyts W,Van Marck E,Pelckmans P,Lardon F,Vermorken JB

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) has been discovered. The detection of both antigens and antibodies in SARS-CoV from human specimens with suspected SARS plays an important role in preventing infection. We developed a novel rapid immunochromatographic test (RICT) based on the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Kogaki H,Uchida Y,Fujii N,Kurano Y,Miyake K,Kido Y,Kariwa H,Takashima I,Tamashiro H,Ling AE,Okada M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating bilirubin is thought to function as a physiological antioxidant. One of the decomposition products of this process is the biopyrrins, which include two regioisomers: biotripyrrin-a (1,14,15,17-tetrahydro-2,7,13-trimethyl-1,14-deoxy-3-vinyl-16H-tripyrrin-8,12-dipropionic acid) and biotripyrrin-b (1,14,15,17...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Ihara H,Matsumoto T,Morita Y,Hirano A,Okada M,Hashizume N,Shioji I,Yoshimura H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microparticle-enhanced nephelometric immunoassay was developed for plasminogen quantitation in human plasma. It is based on the nephelometric measurement of the light scattered by microparticle clusters formed during a sandwich reaction between plasminogen, microparticle--anti-plasminogen conjugate, and the free ant...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Marchal E,Montagne P,Cuillière ML,Béné MC,Faure G

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Selection and verification of blood collection tubes is an important preanalytical issue in clinical laboratories. Today, gel tubes are commonly used with many advantages, although they are known to cause interference in immunoassay methods. In this study, we aimed to compare SSTs of two different suppliers ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Ercan M,Fırat Oğuz E,Akbulut ED,Yilmaz M,Turhan T

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low concentration C-reactive protein (CRP) has favorable prognostic significance in patients with cardiovascular risks. METHODS:We compared the wr-CRP method with the hs-CRP method both on Roche Cobas c702 analyzer for the determination of low CRP concentration (<20 mg/L) including 200 patients treated in C...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Li R,Xue Y,Wang T,Gong L,Peng P,Xiong P,Dai M,Shao T,Hu Y,Ye X

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 103 patients seen in our Prostate Cancer Detection Clinic to determine whether a correlation exists between serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values and ultrasound-calculated prostate gland volume. Seventy men (68%) had a PSA value less than or equal to 4 ng/ml (our upper limit of normal). The men were ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Babaian RJ,Fritsche HA,Evans RB

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A convenient biosensor for real-time measurement of biomarkers for in-field psychophysiological stress research and military operations is desirable. We evaluated a hand-held device for measuring salivary amylase as a stress marker in medical technicians undergoing combat casualty care training using two dif...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Peng HT,Savage E,Vartanian O,Smith S,Rhind SG,Tenn C,Bjamason S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the role of serum periostin in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). METHOD:We conducted a retrospective study and 124 aSAH patients treated in Shenzhen People's hospital during March 1st 2015 to December 30th 2016 were included. Baseline information, neurological status and cli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Luo W,Wang H,Hu J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of diabetes is increasing in China. Glucose control is very important in diabetic patients. The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of five glucose meters used in Chinese hospitals with a reference method, in the absence and presence of various factors that may interfere with the met...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Lv H,Zhang GJ,Kang XX,Yuan H,Lv YW,Wang WW,Randall R

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rare abnormal haemoglobin (Hb) often poses a problem in the diagnosis of relative electrophoresis mobility. The rare neutral Hbs interact with the Hb S and thus can increase the severity of sickle cell anaemia. In the present study, we investigated the use of reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-H...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Yapo PA,Datté JY,Yapo A,Wachman H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modification of the assay system for peroxidase activity in human mixed saliva using 2,2'-azinobis-(-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS) as the substrate is reported. The modifications permit differentiation between glandular peroxidase (SPX) and myeloperoxidase (MPX) activity. In addition, factors endogeno...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Venezie RD,Jenzano JW,Lundblad RL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adiponectin, an adipocyte-derived protein, is known to play a key role in the processes leading to atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease (CAD) through its anti-atherogenic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, and anti-apoptotic properties. In the current study, we have studied the association of two sing...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Ghazouani L,Elmufti A,Baaziz I,Chaabane I,Ben Mansour H

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to investigate the predictive value of microRNA-146b (miR-146b) on acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) risk, and the correlation of miR-146b with disease severity and 28-day mortality in sepsis patients. METHODS:A total of 104 sepsis patients and 100 healthy controls (HCs) were consec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Chen W,Liu L,Yang J,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00