Predictive value of a screening test for antibodies to HTLV-III.

abstract：:The authors have assessed the clinical value of an "accurate" band count as a correlate to infection in 33 patients with a culture proven bacterial infection and a normal total leukocyte count. Thirty hematologically normal outpatients, presumably with no infections, were selected for the control group. Manual 500 cel...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ardron MJ,Westengard JC,Dutcher TF

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Possible increased activation of the coagulation pathway was measured in a group of patients with neoplastic diseases. In addition to standard tests, the thromboplastin generation test, thrombin generation test and immunologic and coagulant activities of both Factor VIII and antithrombin III were utilized in the evalu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Losito R,Beaudry P,Valderrama JC,Cousineau L,Longpré B

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) is a marker of lymphoblastic disorders. Previously, the technique for determining TdT on smears was by indirect immunofluorescence. An immunoperoxidase procedure for detecting TdT on smears is reported. Results are in a comparable range with the indirect immunofluorescent te...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stass SA,Dean L,Peiper SC,Bollum FJ

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated the Yellow IRIS automated urinalysis instrument (International Remote Imaging Systems, Chatsworth, CA 91311) in terms of its analytic performance as well as its ease of use. The Yellow IRIS is a system using automated intelligence microscopy (AIM), coupled with a dipstick reader and specific grav...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Roe CE,Carlson DA,Daigneault RW,Statland BE

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine laser microdissection and mass spectrometry (LMD-MS), which has emerged as a new tool to aid in typing amyloid proteins. RESULTS:ALECT-2 is a potential cause of hepatic amyloidosis best detected by LMD-MS. METHODS:One of the more recently reported proteins is ALECT-2 (leukocyte cell-derived chem...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Damlaj M,Amre R,Wong P,How J

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:A multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay using oligonucleotide primers to detect mecA and 16S ribosomal RNA gene was developed to aid in identification of methicillin-resistant staphylococci. Validation included 99 isolates of staphylococcus grouped into one of five categories: methicillin-susceptible coagula...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Salisbury SM,Sabatini LM,Spiegel CA

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old diabetic woman developed polymicrobial anaerobic meningitis secondary to a meningorectal fistula one year after receiving neutron beam therapy for a rectal adenocarcinoma. The meningitis was refractory to chloramphenicol and penicillin but responded to oral metronidazole. Sustained eradication of meningi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Walsh TJ,Weinstein RA,Malinoff H,Breyer MD,Berelowitz BA

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two atypical human non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs) that exhibited unusual genotypic and in situ immunophenotypic abnormalities are described. Immunophenotypically, both NHLs lacked surface Ig heavy chains. With the exception of the MB2 B-cell-associated antigen, no B- and T-cell differentiation antigen was detected in ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： De Re V,Carbone A,Dolcetti R,Tirelli U,Folegotto C,Boiocchi M

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the predictive value of growth patterns in patients undergoing sorafenib treatment for metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinomas (CCRCCs). METHODS:Forty-eight patients were analyzed, each of whom underwent nephrectomy and received sorafenib treatment for metastatic CCRCC. Progression-free surv...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Araki H,Tsuzuki T,Kimura T,Tanaka K,Yamada S,Sassa N,Yoshino Y,Hattori R,Gotoh M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unilateral multicystic mass in the connective tissue adjacent to the vas deferens in a 46-year-old man is reported. Anatomically, it was distinct from the epididymis and vas and contained no sperm. The epithelial lining was simple, ciliated, and cuboidal to columnar. The cysts were surrounded by connective tissue co...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schned AR,Seremetis GM,Rous SN

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this research was to determine test intervals between intraoperator case reviews to minimize the impact of recall. METHODS:Three pathologists were presented with a group of 120 slides and subsequently challenged with a study set of 120 slides after 2-week and 4-week intervals. The challenge...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Campbell WS,Talmon GA,Foster KW,Baker JJ,Smith LM,Hinrichs SH

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In today's environment, many laboratories and pathology practices are challenged to maintain or increase their quality while simultaneously lowering their overall costs. The cost of improving specimen processes is related to quality, and we demonstrate that actual costs can be reduced by designing "quality at the sour...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Carlson RO,Amirahmadi F,Hernandez JS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte subpopulations in the intestinal tissues of seven patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS-related complex (ARC) were studied by immunohistologic technics at two different locations, the small bowel and the rectum. Intraepithelial and lamina propria lymphocyte subsets stained with mon...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ellakany S,Whiteside TL,Schade RR,van Thiel DH

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of automated anti-Xa heparin assays provides the opportunity to manage patient unfractionated heparin levels directly, rather than by the activated partial thromboplastin time. Because critically ill patients can acquire an antithrombin deficiency, we compared the performance of 3 anti-Xa heparin assa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lehman CM,Rettmann JA,Wilson LW,Markewitz BA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the distribution of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH-1) (H4) in normal, ischemic, and necrotic myocardium using the peroxidase-antiperoxidase technic, the authors studied formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections of human (n = 11) and canine (n = 28) myocardium. All normal control myocardium showed positive immunos...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Herscher LL,Siegel RJ,Said JW,Edwalds GM,Moran MM,Fishbein MC

更新日期：1984-02-01 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 results of a direct anaerobic susceptibility testing method were compared with those of a standardized method. Seventy-three blood culture isolates and eight antimicrobial agents were used. The results of the direct and standardized testing methods were within one two-fold dilution for 95.2% of the 584 anaerobe-an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Murray PR,Christman JL

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterize error rates for genetic test orders between medical specialties and in different settings by examining detailed order information. METHODS:We performed a retrospective analysis of a detailed utilization management case database, comprising 2.5 years of data and almost 1,400 genetic test orde...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mathias PC,Conta JH,Konnick EQ,Sternen DL,Stasi SM,Cole BL,Astion ML,Dickerson JA

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To compare next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms with mutation-specific analysis platforms in a clinical setting, in terms of sensitivity, mutation specificity, costs, capacity, and ease of use. METHODS:We analyzed 25 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded lung cancer samples of different size and tumor per...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hinrichs JW,van Blokland WT,Moons MJ,Radersma RD,Radersma-van Loon JH,de Voijs CM,Rappel SB,Koudijs MJ,Besselink NJ,Willems SM,de Weger RA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measuring HER-2 is important for selecting optimal therapy and predicting prognosis in breast cancer patients. Current methods for evaluating HER-2 include measuring protein overexpression by immunohistochemistry (IHC), measuring gene copy number by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), and measuring shed antigen ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yeh IT

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mastocytosis, an unusual disorder of bone marrow-derived, clonally transformed hematopoietic progenitor cells, exhibits a broad spectrum of clinical and morphologic features ranging from a self-limiting benign disorder (ie, juvenile cutaneous mastocytosis) to highly aggressive neoplasms like mast cell leukemia. Princi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Horny HP

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While plasmacytosis is a common occurrence in early post-bone marrow transplantation biopsy specimens, the significance of plasma cells in such specimens from patients with multiple myeloma (MM) is unknown. We attempted to retrospectively determine, by morphologic assessment of plasma cell percentage, immunohistologic...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Maia DM,Kell DL,Goates JJ,Warnke RA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with isolated trisomy 4 is rare. Associations with KIT mutations on chromosome 4q12 have been documented. The clinicopathologic features and mutational status of KIT, FLT3, NPM1, CEBPA, and RAS were assessed in 13 AML cases with isolated trisomy 4. There were 9 men and 4 women with a media...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bains A,Lu G,Yao H,Luthra R,Medeiros LJ,Sargent RL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic ulcerative granuloma with stromal eosinophilia (TUGSE) is a benign lesion of the oral mucosa of an unclear pathogenesis. We analyzed the profile of the inflammatory infiltrate in 12 cases of TUGSE by using immunohistochemical analysis and polymerase chain reaction-based repertoire analysis to detect T- and B...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hirshberg A,Amariglio N,Akrish S,Yahalom R,Rosenbaum H,Okon E,Kaplan I

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional cytogenetic studies have suggested that trisomy 12 may be a characteristic nonrandom numerical chromosome anomaly in benign ovarian tumors, particularly sex cord-stromal tumors. To confirm this finding, and to avoid possible culture artifact introduced during cytogenetic analysis, the authors performed fl...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Persons DL,Hartmann LC,Herath JF,Keeney GL,Jenkins RB

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Tissue confirmation of the intrauterine location of a pregnancy can be difficult grossly, necessitating a frozen section diagnosis. First-trimester tissue is often scant and can be exhausted by frozen section. We examined 39 endometrial curettings performed for rule-out ectopic pregnancy by touch prep to exa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen AL,Tambouret RH,Roberts DJ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The overall performances of several enzyme reagent kits for alkaline phosphatase, creatine kinase, lactic dehydrogenase, and aspartate aminotransferase were evaluated using an ABA-100 Bichromatic Analyzer. Interassay precision using this instrument with commercial reagents compared well with published data for similar...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Beckala HR,Agrell J,Forsman RW,Homburger HA

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the Affirm VPIII molecular test (Becton Dickinson, Burlington, NC) with morphologic identification used in routine Papanicolaou (Pap) test screening in the detection and identification of Candida species, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Gardnerella vaginalis, we identified 431 cases with a concomitant Pap test a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Levi AW,Harigopal M,Hui P,Schofield K,Chhieng DC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00