Detection of human T-cell leukemia virus type I proviral sequences from fixed tissues of seropositive patients.

abstract：Objectives:To determine the impact of systemwide charge display on laboratory utilization. Methods:This was a randomized controlled trial with a baseline period and an intervention period. Tests were randomized to a control arm or an active arm. The maximum allowable Medicare reimbursement rate was displayed for tests...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schmidt RL,Colbert-Getz JM,Milne CK,Vargo DJ,Hussong JW,Hoidal JR,Markewitz BA,Walker BS,Kawamoto K

更新日期：2017-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Descriptive reports of liver histologic features in celiac disease (CD) are sparse, and the effect of a gluten-free diet (GFD) on the course of liver injury is poorly understood. We reviewed liver biopsy specimens in 30 patients with CD and performed immunostains for IgG, IgG4, IgM, and IgA. Subsequent liver biochemic...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mounajjed T,Oxentenko A,Shmidt E,Smyrk T

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of breast cancer estrogen receptor (ER) status as a predictor of tumor response to adjuvant endocrine therapy remains a mainstay of breast cancer management. Recent second generation anti-ER antibodies and new epitope retrieval methods have produced paraffin-based immunohistochemical results that correla...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nichols GE,Frierson HF Jr,Boyd JC,Hanigan MH

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method using the RNA polymerase chain reaction technique to diagnose infection retrospectively using single-stranded RNA enteroviruses in paraffin-embedded tissue blocks is reported. This method takes advantage of extreme sequence conservation in the 5' untranslated region of the enteroviral genome and uses two roun...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Redline RW,Genest DR,Tycko B

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Edoxaban, an oral direct factor Xa inhibitor, does not require routine monitoring. However, assessment of the anticoagulant effects may be required in certain situations. METHODS:We investigated the effects of edoxaban on prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), and thrombin gene...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Morishima Y,Kamisato C

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are wide variations in the preparation of histologic sections from endoscopic esophageal biopsy specimens. We evaluated serial step sections from 261 esophageal or gastroesophageal junction biopsies at 4 levels to determine the first level at which goblet cell metaplasia (GCM) was detected. Deeper step sections ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chitkara YK,Eyre CL

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A markedly elevated prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) were observed in a 24-year-old man who was admitted with a history of ethylene glycol ingestion. Further laboratory evaluation suggested that the coagulopathy was related to acquired factor deficiencies. The PT and APTT improved...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Seidelmann S,Kubic V,Burton E,Schmitz L

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:To analyze interobserver reproducibility and compare practice patterns between academic and community settings of Lower Anogenital Squamous Terminology (LAST). Methods:In total, 132 anal biopsy slides were revised as well as p16 immunostains. Results:LAST was used in 49% of cases (academic center, 68%; sat...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Roma AA,Liu X,Patil DT,Xie H,Allende D

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe 11 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising in the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses. Seven were men and four were women. The median age of the women was 76 years; the median age of the men was 45 years. The most common presenting symptoms were nasal obstruction and unilateral facial swelling....

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Frierson HF Jr,Mills SE,Innes DJ Jr

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 145 well-differentiated (tubular) carcinomas were divided into two groups: 90 pure tubular carcinomas and 55 which were mixtures in that they contained a component of infiltrating duct carcinoma occupying less than half the tumor. Axillary lymph node metastases developed in 29% of women in the mixed gro...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Deos PH,Norris HJ

更新日期：1982-07-01 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：:In the thymus, the relationship between lymphofollicular hyperplasia and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT)-type lymphoma is uncertain. We analyzed 14 cases with a diagnosis of thymic follicular hyperplasia in patients with connective tissue disease (n = 2), myasthenia gravis (n = 11), or both (n = 1). In 11 cas...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Parrens M,Dubus P,Danjoux M,Jougon J,Brousset P,Velly JF,de Mascarel A,Merlio JP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of epithelioid sarcoma in a 39-year-old woman who had metastatic lesions in her lung from a primary arm tumor is presented. A review of the literature and analysis of this case did not identify any specific light microscopic or immunohistochemical way to separate definitively the lung cytologic smear in this ca...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Niemann TH,Bottles K

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prehospital environment has not been studied for point-of-care testing. Therefore, the authors' helicopter program evaluated the performance of the i-STAT Portable Clinical Analyzer, a rapid point-of-care, hand-held instrument. The primary aim of the study was to determine if the i-STAT Portable Clinical Analyzer ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Herr DM,Newton NC,Santrach PJ,Hankins DG,Burritt MF

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a report of the histochemical and ultrastructural analysis of nevus cell aggregates in the placenta from a neonate with a giant pigmented nevus. Although the distinction between aberrant migration of neural crest elements and blood-borne metastasis from the giant pigmented nevus is not readily resolved, the au...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sotelo-Avila C,Graham M,Hanby DE,Rudolph AJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Timely reporting of immunosuppressant (ISP) drug level results is needed for transplant patient management. This study characterized the local ISP testing process, identified bottlenecks and implemented process improvements to meet turnaround time requirements. METHODS:Laboratory information time stamps, di...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Barakauskas VE,Bradshaw TA,Smith LD,Lehman CM,Johnson-Davis KL

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A teenage male, with Goodpasture's syndrome and serum antiglomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) antibodies, had a focal proliferative glomerulonephritis with crescents. Immunofluorescence microscopy of his glomeruli using anti-IgG antibodies demonstrated both intense linear GBM staining, and granular subepithelial s...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jennette JC,Lamanna RW,Burnette JP,Wilkman AS,Iskander SS

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening for serum lipid disorders is recommended by numerous specialty societies to identify patients at risk for coronary heart disease (CHD). The best screening tests will identify patients at highest risk for CHD who would benefit from intervention. This report discusses an appropriate test panel to use as the in...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hostetter AL

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of Nonspecific Crossreacting Antigen (NCA) in the immunohistological demonstration of Carcino Embryonic Antigen (CEA) in 56 benign and 92 malignant lesions of the breast was analyzed. For this purpose, the authors utilized both polyclonal antisera and monoclonal antibodies. Polyclonal anti-CEA sera wer...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nap M,Keuning H,Burtin P,Oosterhuis JW,Fleuren G

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of anti-Rh29 by erythrocytic stroma in feces was devised as a specific test for fecal occult blood. The sensitivity of this test was equivalent to that of a standard Hemoccult test, namely, 10(8) erythrocytes/g feces. Comparison of results of this test with results of Hemoccult tests of random stool specime...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rosenfield RE,Kochwa S,Kaczera Z,Maimon J

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old intravenous drug abuser with acquired immune deficiency syndrome showed elevated activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and prothrombin time, normal thrombin time and fibrinogen, and borderline low platelet counts. The patient subsequently had a fracture of the left zygomatic arch, which did not pr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ndimbie OK,Raman BK,Saeed SM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In-situ and microinvasive adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix. A clinical, cytologic and histologic study of 14 cases. Am J Clin Pathol 64: 155-70, 1975. The clinicopathologic features of 14 cases of in-situ and microinvasive adenocarcinoma of the cervix, encountered during the period 1961-1974, form the basis of thi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Qizilbash AH

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe our experience, both in meeting challenges and in reporting outcomes, of the consolidation of anatomic pathology services in the North Shore-LIJ Health System in February 2011. METHODS:We addressed issues of governance, personnel, physical plant, quality programming, connectivity, and education....

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Groppi DE,Alexis CE,Sugrue CF,Bevis CC,Bhuiya TA,Crawford JM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitroglycerin has been reported to reduce activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) values in patients treated with concurrent heparin and nitroglycerin. However, in vivo studies have yielded conflicting results. In this in vitro evaluation, nitroglycerin was added to samples of pooled plasma from normal volunteers...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Barnes AD,Horn JR,Wittkowsky AK

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：:Primary gastric non-Hodgkin lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT-NHL) is strongly related to Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infection. CagA positive H pylori strains appear to be more aggressive, as reflected by a greater degree of gastric inflammation and higher levels of Il-8 production. Using a polym...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： de Jong D,van der Hulst RW,Pals G,van Dijk WC,van der Ende A,Tytgat GN,Taal BG,Boot H

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To support our Lean culture of continuous improvement, we implemented a daily management system designed so critical metrics of operational success were the focus of local teams to drive improvements. METHODS:We innovated a standardized visual daily management board composed of metric categories of Quality,...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zarbo RJ,Varney RC,Copeland JR,D'Angelo R,Sharma G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA sequencing was used to confirm Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae nucleic acids in endocervical swab samples. DNA in residues of the samples with positive results by 2 commercial kits was subjected to nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification. The nested PCR amplicons were used as templates...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lee SH,Vigliotti VS,Pappu S

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of adult patients admitted to a general hospital showed that 1.5% had hepatitis B surface antigen in the blood and 22% had hepatitis antibody. The majority of patients with hepatitis B did not have clinical hepatitis and would not have been recognized without screening all hospital admissions for hepatitis B ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Linnemann CC Jr,Hegg ME,Ramundo N,Schiff GM

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A proportion of patients under surveillance for recurrent bladder carcinoma with no immediate evidence of bladder tumor recurrence have positive multitarget fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH; UroVysion, Vysis, Downers Grove, IL) results. The course of these "anticipatory positive" cases and the time to bladder ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yoder BJ,Skacel M,Hedgepeth R,Babineau D,Ulchaker JC,Liou LS,Brainard JA,Biscotti CV,Jones JS,Tubbs RR

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00