Creatine kinase-MB: the journey to obsolescence.

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：:Thirteen cases of disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI), representing a total of 27 bone marrow specimens, were studied. The patients ranged from 25 to 46 years of age and included ten immunocompromised and three immunocompetent hosts. Peripheral blood findings included anemia in all patients, leukopen...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Farhi DC,Mason UG 3rd,Horsburgh CR Jr

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) normally requires about 45 min to thaw in a 37 degrees C water bath when placed inside an additional plastic overbag. That relatively prolonged time may result in non-utilization or delays in delivery of the product, especially, during emergency surgery. One report recommends the use of a mic...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Westphal RG,Tindle B,Howard PL,Golden EA,Page GA

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs-Ag) testing in a large volunteer blood donor population are described. Counterelectrophoresis and three versions of solid-phase radioimmunoassay technic are compared and evaluated. Initial results suggested that the radioimmunoassay technic are compared and evaluated. In...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dodd RY,Ni LY,Mallin WS,Greenwalt TJ

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve the positive predictive value (PPV) for high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) in primary screening, DNA ploidy was measured on the same liquid-based sample by image cytometry in 984 cases showing discrepancies between cytology and HR-HPV testing. Of the conflicting results, 14.5% corresponded to a cytolog...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lorenzato M,Bory JP,Cucherousset J,Nou JM,Bouttens D,Thil C,Dez F,Evrard G,Quereux C,Birembaut P,Clavel C

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：:In the differential diagnosis of Spitz nevus vs malignant melanoma, patient age provides a critical piece of clinical information, because Spitz nevi occur mostly in children and melanomas occur mostly in adults. Nevertheless, there is overlap in the age distributions of Spitz nevus and melanoma. The issue to consider...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Vollmer RT

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of papillary cystic tumor (PCT) of the pancreas were investigated for the presence of estrogen receptors (ERs) and progesterone receptors (PgRs). Both PCT and normal pancreas are able to specifically bind 3H-estradiol. This binding almost exclusively results from the presence of high levels of type II ER, wh...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Carbone A,Ranelletti FO,Rinelli A,Vecchio FM,Lauriola L,Piantelli M,Capelli A

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 42 patients with locally advanced breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery and radiation therapy, the effects of chemotherapy on tumor architecture, morphometric nuclear and nucleolar characteristics, DNA ploidy, proliferation index measured by mitotic activity index, expression of di...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Honkoop AH,Pinedo HM,De Jong JS,Verheul HM,Linn SC,Hoekman K,Wagstaff J,van Diest PJ

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New federal regulations require review of all available negative gynecologic smears within the previous 5 years for each patient with a current high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HGSIL) or above. Two university hospitals retrospectively reviewed all patients who had HGSIL or above and who had prior negative s...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Allen KA,Zaleski S,Cohen MB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared 1-stage clot-based, chromogenic, and immunoassay methods for measuring factor VIII in plasma with a focus on the measurement of elevated levels of factor VIII. The chromogenic assay showed the best interassay imprecision for factor VIII levels near 150 IU/dL. The best correlation was between the 1-stage cl...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chandler WL,Ferrell C,Lee J,Tun T,Kha H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serrated adenomas are the precursors of at least 5.8% of colorectal cancers; otherwise little is known of their clinical significance in comparison with conventional adenomas and hyperplastic polyps. We compared the risk of metachronous lesions in colorectal serrated adenomas, conventional adenomas, and hyperplastic p...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lazarus R,Junttila OE,Karttunen TJ,Mäkinen MJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of "standard" plasmas used by clinical laboratories to assay factor VIII concentrations of patients' plasmas was studied by assessing the credibility of their reference values. Two of three commercial reference plasmas were considered to be unreliable. The third commercial reference plasma appeared to ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Harper TA,Bailey EL,Chauhan K

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the selective staining of lysosomes in cells of neutrophilic granulocytic origin by the azo textile dye basic blue 93. Used as a single agent aqueous stain after fixation, the dye stained lysosomes black. Stained in this way, lysosomes were sharply delimited and easily visualized. Large numbers o...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kass L

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free testosterone (FT) measurement by equilibrium dialysis and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectroscopy (LCMS/MS) is the "gold standard." We hypothesized that calculated FT values could substitute for measured values; compared FT results reported by Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), Washington, DC, with r...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： DeVan ML,Bankson DD,Abadie JM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to inhibit the release reaction was found to correlate well with the ability to inhibit aggregation in washed human platelets exposed to antilymphocyte serum (ALS). However, the primary mechanism that contributes to ALS-induced aggregation in unwashed platelets appeared to be different from that found in w...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wang TY,Hussey CV,Hause LL,Fobian JE

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of sensitive immunofluorescent technics for the detection of platelet antibodies has stimulated renewed interest in the field of platelet immunology. However, the analysis of multispecific sera containing both HLA and platelet-specific antibodies requires cumbersome absorption technics and relatively l...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Boisvert A,MacPherson BR

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of microcystic adenoma (glycogen-rich cystadenoma) of the exocrine pancreas in a 62-year-old white female presenting with adult-onset diabetes mellitus is reported. Clinical, histopathologic, and ultrastructural findings are discussed with particular emphasis on the presence of myoepithelial cells, a morphologi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nyongo A,Huntrakoon M

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma biomarker analysis requires intact unbiased starting material. We analyzed the effects on plasma protein profiles of protease inhibitor cocktails and preprocessing storage. Plasma from 12 healthy subjects collected with and without protease inhibitors was prepared immediately and after 2 hours of room temperatu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ayache S,Panelli M,Marincola FM,Stroncek DF

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate diagnosis of oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL) is important because it may be an early indicator of undiagnosed HIV infection; moreover, it may be a prognostic indicator. Our purpose was to investigate the histopathologic features of subclinical OHL and to evaluate and support the rationale of detecting subclinica...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dias EP,Rocha ML,Silva JúniorA,Spyrides KS,Ferreira SM,Polignano GA,Feijó EC,Da Fonseca EC

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A practical acidimetric assay for penicillinase production using penicillin and phenol red impregnated in paper discs was developed. Blank discs were first impregnated with buffered penicillin G and, after drying, with 1% phenol red. For use, a disc was added to a bacterial suspension made in saline solution. A yellow...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tu KK,Jorgensen JH,Stratton CW

更新日期：1981-04-01 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：:Fifteen cases of low-grade B-cell lymphoma involving unusual extranodal sites have been studied in comparison to cases reported or observed arising in typical mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues. In every case, histopathologic features conformed to those characteristic for lymphomas of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Pelstring RJ,Essell JH,Kurtin PJ,Cohen AR,Banks PM

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunohistologic distribution of the feto-acinar pancreatic protein (FAP), detected by the monoclonal antibody (MoAb) J28 using an indirect immunoperoxidase technique, is described. Tests were carried out on normal adult pancreas (n = 10), chronic pancreatitis (n = 14), pancreatic adenocarcinoma (n = 17), intraabd...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Albers GH,Escribano MJ,Daher N,Nap M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to study the possible association between oral lichen planus and chronic hepatitis C in patients from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Two groups of patients were studied: group 1, 50 patients with oral lichen planus evaluated for the presence of chronic hepatitis C; and group 2, 215 patients with chroni...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： de Mattos Camargo Grossmann S,de Aguiar MC,Teixeira R,do Carmo MA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bull's algorithm has been evaluated by computer simulation studies. Varying amounts of systematic analytic error were simulated in either hemoglobin (Hgb), red blood cell count (RBC), or mean corpuscular volume (MCV) with the resulting red blood cell indices averaged in batches of 20 using Bull's algorithm. The number...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cembrowski GS,Westgard JO

更新日期：1985-03-01 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 rapid, convenient immunologic assay technic for fibrinogen is reported. Basically a latex agglutination, the assay technic, called kinetic latex agglutinometry, quantitates the increase in light transmission that occurs in a stirred suspension of anti-fibrinogen-coated latex beads after the addition of a plasma or w...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Babson AL,Opper CA,Crane LJ

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical data and histologic sections of the liver, including immunohistochemical studies for hepatitis B surface and core antigens, were reviewed in 42 autopsy cases of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Hepatomegaly, elevation of serum transaminases, and mild elevation of alkaline phosphatase were commo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Glasgow BJ,Anders K,Layfield LJ,Steinsapir KD,Gitnick GL,Lewin KJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas alcaligenes is a common soil and water inhabitant that has rarely been proven a human pathogen. We describe a fatal case of Pseudomonas alcaligenes endocarditis. The need for accurate identification of unusual organisms isolated in a clinical setting are discussed. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Valenstein P,Bardy GH,Cox CC,Zwadyk P

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00