Effect of pneumatic tube delivery system rate and distance on hemolysis of blood specimens.

abstract：:The presence of high-molecular intestinal ALP (HIALP) overlapping with bone ALP in the alpha(2)beta region has been demonstrated. In this study we evaluated a method of separating HIALP after its conversion into ALP(5) by the action of protease. Serum samples from patients were mixed with protease at a ratio of 5:1 an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Ooi K,Shiraki K,Morishita Y,Nobori T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type IV collagen is a major component released from the glomerular and tubular basement membranes. To investigate the alteration of renal type IV collagen turnover in early stage diabetic nephropathy, urinary type IV collagen was measured by a highly sensitive one-step sandwich enzyme immunoassay (EIA). Urinary sample...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Iijima T,Suzuki S,Sekizuka K,Hishiki T,Yagame M,Jinde K,Saotome N,Suzuki D,Sakai H,Tomino Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:We report nine donations with ABO inconsistency in reverse typing caused by partly or entirely missing antibodies. A and B antigens and antibodies were examined by serological blood typing, and ABO deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analyses were performed by sequence-specific priming and sequencing. A B101 allele was demons...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Deng ZH,Zeng JQ,Yu Q,Su YQ,Liang YL,Lu L,Zhu WG,Yang BC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioimmunoassay (RIA) that involves purification of the analyte by organic solvent extraction is widely used. Although the extraction RIA is reliable when properly validated, it is time consuming and radioactive, we measure urinary total testosterone with a highly sensitive rapid and accurate time-resolved fluorescen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Bao S,Peng Y,Sheng S,Lin Q

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate consistency of lymphocyte immunophenotype between labial gland and peripheral blood in patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS). METHODS:Seventy-one pSS patients and 35 patients with maxillofacial trauma were included in the study. Based on the ratio of CD20 to CD3 in labial gland from 7...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Sun W,Zhang N,Zhang Y,Shao Z,Gong L,Wei W

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The trends in usage of tumor markers, including CEA, SCC, NSE, Cyfra21-1, and ProGRP, in Chinese lung cancer patients in the real-world setting are not fully investigated. METHODS:A retrospective descriptive study was conducted using the database of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, China between Januar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Wang H,Zhang J,Li X,Zhang C,Zheng S,Chi Y,Sheng X,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to investigate the status of internal quality control (IQC) for cardiac biomarkers from 2011 to 2016 so that we can have overall knowledge of the precision level of measurements in China and set appropriate precision specifications. METHODS:Internal quality control data of cardiac biomarker...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Li T,Wang W,Zhao H,He F,Zhong K,Yuan S,Wang Z

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that the Rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cell line expresses human acetylcholine receptor (AChR) based on the following evidences: 1. Soluble AChR can be isolated from RD cells following the isolation procedure for AChR from human muscle; 2. Intact RD cells bind to alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha Butx) in a time-dependent an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Wu JT,Astill M,Lloyd C,Salmon VC

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Second- and higher-order degradation reactions sometimes cannot be approximated with linear or exponential relationships and need to be appropriately modeled. Events above the COULTER HmX Analyzer white blood cell (WBC) counting threshold were recorded for the HmX PAK reagent system stored at five elevated temperature...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Magari RT,Murphy KP,Fernandez T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate the differential plasma levels of lipocalin 2 (LCN2) and its complex with MMP-9 (where MMP is matrix metalloproteinase) before and after antibiotic treatment in hospitalized adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). METHOD:Plasma LCN2 and LCN2/MMP-9 com...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Yeh YH,Chang JL,Hsiao PC,Tsao SM,Lin CH,Kao SJ,Chou MC,Yang SF,Chien MH

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delta neutrophil index (DNI) is a new inflammatory marker and the present study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of the DNI for the presence of a perforation in elderly with acute appendicitis. METHODS:This retrospective observational study was conducted on 108 consecutive elderly patients (≥65 years ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Shin DH,Cho YS,Kim YS,Ahn HC,Oh YT,Park SO,Won MH,Cho JH,Kim YM,Seo JY,Lee YH

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to establish a rapid staining method sensitive enough to stain the protein bands on cellulose acetate membrane and suitable for the analysis of urinary proteins in healthy subjects, we conducted a detailed examination of Kovarik's method designed for the analysis of proteins in cerebrospinal fluid in detail. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Hiratsuka N,Shiba K,Shinomura K,Hosaki S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to evaluate the association of circular RNA La-related RNA-binding protein 4 (circ-LARP4) with clinical features and prognosis in osteosarcoma patients, and further explore its effect on chemosensitivity in osteosarcoma cells. METHODS:Seventy-two osteosarcoma patients with Enneking stage II...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Hu Y,Gu J,Shen H,Shao T,Li S,Wang W,Yu Z

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In this paper, a novel, sensitive and rapid method to simultaneously determine the free and total prostate-specific antigen (fPSA and tPSA) in serum by combining a time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay (TRFIA) and immunomagnetic separation was described. METHODS:The new approach uses magnetic particles as an immo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Zhou B,Zhang J,Lv Z,Fan J,Zhang Y,Huang B

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-acrocentric satellited chromosomes mostly result from familial balanced insertions or translocations with p12 or p13 of any acrocentric. Although all non-acrocentrics have been involved, only 12 instances of chromosome 6 involvement are known. CASE PRESENTATION:A female infant exhibited clinical feature...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Domínguez MG,Rivera H,Dávalos-Pulido RM,Dávalos-Rodríguez IP

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated a new latex nephelometric test for the quantitation of myoglobin in human serum. The assay consists of incubating the diluted serum sample (20-fold) for 12 min at room temperature with latex particles covalently coated with anti-myoglobin antibodies and then quantifying the change of light-scatter pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Borque L,Rus A,Ruiz R

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：:Premortem diagnosis of the DiGeorge syndrome and its partial variants relies on the demonstration of a primary defect in cell-mediated immunity, generally in the setting of an infant with congenital heart disease, hypocalcemia, absence of a thymic shadow, and typical dysmorphic features. Although T-cell enumeration is...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Slade HB,Greenwood JH,Beekman RH 3rd,McCoy JP Jr,Hudson JL,Pahwa S,Schwartz SA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:DRI cotinine assay is suitable only for screening for cotinine in urine specimens. We studied the reliability of DRI cotinine semiquantitative values by comparing them with the cotinine concentration obtained with a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method. METHODS:Semiquantitative c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Dixon RB,Dasgupta A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite advances in diagnostic techniques, many cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remain underdiagnosed in remote centers unequipped with these technologies. We hypothesized that the automated cellular indices with scatter plots and flags may aid in rapid and cost-effective screening of AML. METHODS:C...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Virk H,Varma N,Naseem S,Bihana I,Sukhachev D

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress is an imbalance between the reactive oxygen species and antioxidant system. In this study, total oxidative stress (TOS) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) were investigated with a new and practical method in childhood iron-deficiency anemia. METHOD:During the study period 80 children betw...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Akça H,Polat A,Koca C

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, several studies have investigated the relationship between Pre-miR-27a rs895819 polymorphism and risk of various cancers. However, the relationship between rs895819 and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has not been well known. METHODS:In this study, we conducted a case-control study to explor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Tang W,Xu H,Ma D,Ma R,Wu J,Yu X,Feng J,Liu Q

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), early detection of engraftment would be of critical value for clinicians. The aim of this study was to identify faster parameters for engraftment. METHODS:We evaluated blood cell parameters including complete blood count (CBC), differential counts, and v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Yahng SA,Lee JW,Kim Y,Kim M,Oh EJ,Park YJ,Lee JW,Cho B,Han K

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphical representation of laboratory data speeds up recognition of abnormalities. The Chernoff face is an excellent tool to represent patient data; the human eye and mind are exquisitely sensitive to subtle changes in facial appearances and expression. One of the best uses of the faces is in illustrating trends in t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Lott JA,Durbridge TC

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lupus nephritis is one of the most serious manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Novel biomarkers are necessary to enhance the diagnostic accuracy, prognostic stratification, monitoring of treatment response, and detection of early renal flares. METHODS:Our study was conducted on 90 particip...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Mohammed MF,Belal D,Bakry S,Marie MA,Rashed L,Eldin RE,El-Hamid SA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Today, the genetic and genomic research entered in a new era of high-throughput genotyping technology. However, mutagenic polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) is still a choice of genotyping method in molecular epidemiological research. It has been extensively used fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Sharma N,Awasthi S,Phadke SR

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium is an important intracellular pathogen, particularly in AIDS patients. It also shows the second frequency among nontuberculous mycobacteria infections in Korea. Point mutations of domain V region of the 23S rRNA gene has been known to confer clarithromycin resistance to M. avium. In order to isolat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical laboratory analysis

authors： Lee SH,Park YK,Kim CK,Kim HJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 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