A unique bone-like variant of alkaline phosphatase.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop reference ranges for platelet aggregation using the Multiplate analyzer (Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany) in blood anticoagulated with sodium citrate (Na-citrate), lithium heparin (Li-heparin), or hirudin. METHODS:The study was performed at three sites on consented, healthy adults (n = 193) ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Peerschke EI,Castellone DD,Stroobants AK,Francis J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histologic findings in liver biopsy specimens obtained from 88 patients before and one and two years after end-to-end jejunoileal bypass are compared. In addition to the expected fatty changes, mild changes of centrilobular, pericellular fibrosis were present in the initial biopsies in 8.6%; a year later they had beco...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Marubbio AT Jr,Buchwald H,Schwartz MZ,Varco R

更新日期：1976-10-01 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：:Experiences of the CAP Survey Program in reticulocyte counts and morphologic identification of reticulocytes from 1971 to 1974 are reviewed. Problems of morphologic identification are reflected in an excessive variance of reticulocyte counts. Statistical sources of variations in counting are identified. The older, ori...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gilmer PR Jr,Koepke JA

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorders (PT-LPDs) occurring in T-cell depleted (TCD) allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipients seem to be different from those that arise in solid organ recipients in their early development, the high incidence of extensive dissemination at presentation, and their aggressiv...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Orazi A,Hromas RA,Neiman RS,Greiner TC,Lee CH,Rubin L,Haskins S,Heerema NA,Gharpure V,Abonour R,Srour EF,Cornetta K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven monoclonal antibodies of rat origin were generated against human epidermal keratins and were assayed by immunoblot and by immunoperoxidase staining of frozen sections from various human epithelial tissues. By immunoblotting, the antibodies recognized two different subsets of high molecular weight cytokeratin pol...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chin NW,Lai BT,Lanks KW

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Criteria for assessing adequacy of cervicovaginal smears according to the Bethesda System include cellular composition and quantity, specimen preservation, fixation, and absence of obscuring elements. The reproducibility of adequacy assessment using these parameters was the focus of this study. Specimens were chosen t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Spires SE,Banks ER,Weeks JA,Banks HW,Davey DD

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transbronchoscopic biopsies of lung (transbronchial) or bronchus (endobronchial) have a high diagnostic of yield when performed by a single expert bronchoscopist or a small group of expert bronchoscopists. This procedure's diagnostic yield was evaluated in a general hospital where biopsies are performed by a diverse g...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jenkins R,Myerowitz RL,Kavic T,Slasky S

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Endocervical curettage (ECC) specimens may be limited by scant tissue. We evaluated whether a cellular concentration processing method could improve their diagnostic quality. METHODS:Between October 2018 and June 2019, ECC specimens were assigned chronologically to one of two groups: nonconcentrated ECC (NE...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ramia de Cap M,Jou D,Chen Y,Hecht JL,VanderLaan PA,Chen AL

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Several adulterants are used to mask tests for abused drugs in urine. Adulterants such as "Klear" and "Whizzies" contain potassium nitrite, and "Urine Luck" contains pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC). The presence of these adulterants cannot be detected by routine specimen integrity checks (pH, specific gravity, and tem...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dasgupta A,Wahed A,Wells A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer software package written in Dibol for a PDP 8/E computer is described that is designed for the needs of the cytology department of a moderate-sized private medical laboratory. Computerized accessioning of cases, report preparation and printing, historical filing, activity summary reports, and direct patient...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ashworth CT,McConnell TH,Ashworth RD,Nielsen CR,Sanford J

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae with greatly increased resistance to penicillin (minimal inhibitory concentrations or MICs, 1--8 microgram/ml) were recovered in cultures of blood from patients in South Africa and from one in Minnesota who had serious pneumococcal infections. The authors undertook a study...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Maki DG,Helstad AG,Kimball JL

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for a simple, sensitive, specific, and inexpensive test for immunoglobulin M antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc IgM). A solid phase passive hemagglutination test (SP-PHA) was developed for this purpose and compared with the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test. Hepatitis B core an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Petchclai B,Khupulsup K,Kurathong S

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new generation hematology analyzer, Abbott CELL-DYN 4000 (CD 4000), capable of providing 26 parameters, including fully automated reticulocyte, nucleated RBC, blast, band, and immature granulocyte, and variant lymphocyte counts, was evaluated by using the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards H20-A pr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Grimaldi E,Scopacasa F

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review various anticoagulation therapies and related laboratory monitoring issues, with a focus on factor X-related chromogenic assays. METHODS:A case-based approach is used to review pertinent published literatures and product inserts of anticoagulation drugs and to look back on clinical use of factor X...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wool GD,Lu CM,Education Committee of the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists.

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combined experience of four university medical centers with fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of the mediastinum is reviewed. This series includes 189 cases, with 100 males and 89 females, 6 months to 86 years of age. The majority (71%) of diagnoses were neoplastic with the remainder equally distributed between...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Powers CN,Silverman JF,Geisinger KR,Frable WJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HMB45 is a melanoma-specific monoclonal antibody that has found widespread use in diagnostic pathology. Recent reports, however, have suggested that this antibody may cross-react with a small number of carcinomas and other epithelial cells. The authors tested the hypothesis that these latter reports represent examples...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bonetti F,Pea M,Martignoni G,Mombello A,Colombari R,Zamboni G,Scarpa A,Piubello Q,Bacchi CE,Gown AM

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to determine if the diagnosis of nephrogenic adenoma (NA) can be made on cytologic criteria alone and if pair box gene transcription factor 8 (PAX8) is useful in the diagnosis of NA in daily cytology practice. METHODS:Cytologic features of NA previously described in a literature wer...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： McCroskey Z,Pambuccian SE,Wojcik EM,Barkan GA

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single oral dose of tetracycline deposits in bone and is readily identified with fluorescence microscopy. Two such time-spaced labels can be used to determine bone dynamic features. This is as accurate as conventional three-day labeling periods. The simplicity, improved compliance, and substantial reduction in time ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sherrard DJ,Maloney NA

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of an anterior mediastinal mass arising in a 64-year-old woman that showed on histologic, immunopathologic, and ultra-structural examination features of a poorly differentiated (insular) thyroid carcinoma. The tumor in this patient most likely arose from ectopically displaced thyroid tissue on the ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dominguez-Malagon H,Guerrero-Medrano J,Suster S

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By application of combined structural and functional analyses, most lymphoid neoplasms may be categorized as of T- or B-cell origin. T lymphocyte neoplasms include types of acute and chronic lymphocytic leukemias, certain cutaneous and node-based lymphomas, and lymphomas of thymocytes (convoluted lymphocytic lymphomas...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Collins RD,Waldron JA,Glick AD

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative morphometry was used to evaluate the homogeneity of lymphoid cell populations in fine-needle aspiration cytology smears of lymph nodes from eight non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and four benign lymphoid proliferations. Using the standard deviation of log-transformed nuclear areas as the measure of lymphoid cell h...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dawsey SM,Korn EL,Layfield LJ

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mesothelin (MSLN) is a differentiation antigen found to be overexpressed in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) and is a potential treatment target in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. METHODS:From institutional archives, 114 cases of resected pancreatic mucinous cysts were identified, includin...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Frank R,Li S,Ahmad NA,Sepulveda AR,Jhala NC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 8 cases of hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma (HSTCL) involving bone marrow and correlate histologic findings with disease progression. Immunophenotypic analysis demonstrated mature, aberrant gamma/delta T-cell immunophenotypes. Isochromosome 7q was identified in 4 cases; 1 case showed the t(7;14)(q34;q13). Seven...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Vega F,Medeiros LJ,Bueso-Ramos C,Jones D,Lai R,Luthra R,Abruzzo LV

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cases of five patients who had sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy accompanied by osseous involvement by the disease are presented. Four of the five patients were children. The bone lesions were multiple in four cases and solitary in one. The long bones were most commonly involved (three patients); ot...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Walker PD,Rosai J,Dorfman RF

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective double-blind trial was performed to investigate the safety of long-term oral anticoagulant control when dosaged adjustment depends on the prothrombin times assessed with one type of thromboplastin being calculated as if assayed by another type. The three main types of thromboplastin, i.e., bovine (Thromb...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Boekhout-Mussert MJ,van der Kolk-Schaap PJ,Hermans J,Loeliger EA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasion of the visceral pleura is an important component of lung carcinoma staging, and in some studies is an independent prognostic indicator. Evaluation of invasion by H&E may be indeterminate. Elastic stains can be helpful but are performed rarely. We reviewed all lung carcinoma resections from 1993 for 13 histolo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bunker ML,Raab SS,Landreneau RJ,Silverman JF

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil function was determined in resting and phagocytic cells by an assay of hexose monophosphate shunt activity performed on small volumes of whole blood. This new micromethod clearly differentiated between zymosan-stimulated and unstimulated hexose monophosphate shunt activity. Furthermore, the whole blood micr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： King JW,McCall CE

更新日期：1980-07-01 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：:Wild-type apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I)-derived amyloid commonly occurs in atherosclerotic plaques. To clarify apo A-I amyloid formation, plasma levels of apo A-I and cholesterol were related to the presence of amyloid in atherosclerotic plaques in 15 patients with peripheral atherosclerosis, subjected to arterial reco...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mucchiano GI,Jonasson L,Häggqvist B,Einarsson E,Westermark P

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00