Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) TRAP. A method to improve CSF laboratory efficiency.

abstract：:In the laboratory evaluation of platelet disorders, there are a number of situations in which determining the capacity of platelets to synthesize thromboxane is of diagnostic value. An assay for thromboxane production is required for the diagnosis of cyclooxygenase and thromboxane synthetase defects and is useful in d...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Connor AM,Laposata M

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report concerns a particular benign histologic variant of Hodgkin's disease, the lymphocyte-predominant category of the Rye classification. The group of 24 cases, all involving localized disease, was first reported in 1960, and is now reappraised, incorporating subsequent data. The interpretations of the original...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wright CJ

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typical yeast-phase cells of Blastomyces dermatitidis have a characteristic appearance in tissue sections. Fungal morphologic variation occurs infrequently in the lesions of blastomycosis, yet it can complicate the differential diagnosis, particularly if fresh tissue is not available for microbiologic culture. The aut...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Watts JC,Chandler FW,Mihalov ML,Kammeyer PL,Armin AR

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) has previously been recognized to be a sensitive marker of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. In addition, anti-HBc has recently been suggested to be a surrogate marker for non-A, non-B hepatitis agents in donated blood. The authors studied prospectively the HBV antigen ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lai KN,Lai FM,Leung NW,Lo ST,Tam JS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antithrombin assay (AA) and an antithrombin assay modified by the addition of heparin (H-AA) were performed using sera from healthy subjects, patients predisposed to thrombosis, and patients with thromboembolic disease. Characteristic AA, and H-AA patterns were found in each group. Normal controls and four of 39 "p...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Innerfield I,Stone ML,Mersheimer W,Clauss RD,Greenberg J

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three commercially available enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) were evaluated for specificity and sensitivity compared to immunofluorescent assays (IFAs) for detection of IgG and IgM antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii (Toxo) and Cytomegalovirus (CMV). A panel of 78 sera were tested, including specimens known to contain Toxo IgG...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Van Enk RA,James KK,Thompson KD

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometrial vascular changes similar to atherosclerosis of toxemia of pregnancy were described and graded in 217 consecutive endometrial biopsies of known early intrauterine pregnancy. Severe vascular changes were found in 23.5% of cases. Control material consisting of endometrial biopsies of patients with known cases...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lichtig C,Korat A,Deutch M,Brandes JM

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Chondroid chordoma" is a controversial and confusing entity that was originally described by Heffelfinger and colleagues as a biphasic malignant neoplasm possessing elements of both chordoma and cartilaginous tissue. Because the premise for this distinction was based strictly on histomorphologic criteria, the light m...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jeffrey PB,Biava CG,Davis RL

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the ability to diagnose and accurately classify hepatic mass lesions by ultrasound-guided biopsy using two different needle types: a 20 gauge needle that yielded primarily cytologic material and an 18 gauge automated core biopsy needle. Slides prepared from each of the needle types were separately ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dusenbery D,Ferris JV,Thaete FL,Carr BI

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B5 fixation achieves superior morphologic detail. However, environmental concerns have led to labor-intensive and costly requirements for disposal of mercury-containing fixatives. We performed a blinded prospective study to find a safe, mercury-free alternative to B5. Morphology was evaluated with 6 fixatives, includi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bonds LA,Barnes P,Foucar K,Sever CE

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital-infantile fibrosarcoma (CIFS) is a relatively indolent sarcoma that should be distinguished from more aggressive spindle cell sarcomas of childhood. CIFSs have been found to have a novel recurrent reciprocal translocation t(12;15)(p13;q25) resulting in the gene fusion ETV6-NTRK3 (ETS variant gene 6; neurotr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sheng WQ,Hisaoka M,Okamoto S,Tanaka A,Meis-Kindblom JM,Kindblom LG,Ishida T,Nojima T,Hashimoto H

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical limit protocol requiring that all point of care glucose meter readings > 22.2 mmol/L (400 mg/dL) and < 2.2 mmol/L (40 mg/dL) be immediately confirmed by the laboratory was assessed. A total of 193 (2%) of 9,523 glucose meter determinations (63 patients) were > 22.2 or < 2.2 mmol/L. One hundred twenty-two (6...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lum G

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients treated by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) were evaluated by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for bcr-abl-specific transcripts. Nine patients were transplanted in the first chronic phase, three in the second chronic phase, and two in the accelerated ph...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Okamoto R,Harano H,Matsuzaki M,Motomura S,Maruta A,Kodama F,Mohri H,Okubo T

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:B-lymphoblastic leukemia (B-LBL) arising in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is exceedingly rare and poorly characterized. METHODS:We describe four patients with CLL and concurrent or subsequent B-LBL diagnosed by morphologic, immunophenotypic, cytogenetic, and molecular analysis and reviewe...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chakhachiro Z,Yin CC,Abruzzo LV,Aladily TN,Barron LL,Banks HE,Thomas DA,Keating M,Medeiros LJ,Huh YO

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the first comprehensive morphometry analysis of normal thyroid, adenomas, and follicular and papillary carcinomas. The mean nuclear volume and the mean nuclear surface increased, while the volume densities of rough endoplasmic reticulum and dense bodies decreased from normal thyroid through adenoma...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Johannessen JV,Sobrinho-Simóes M,Finseth I,Pilström L

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe an unusual variant of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) discovered in a patient with a 90-fold increase in serum ALP. The variant ALP was indistinguishable from the bone isoenzyme when subjected to chemical inhibition, heat inactivation, lectin precipitation, and routine electrophoresis. However, treatme...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schreiber WE,Gorecki T,Bernstein V

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the new screening and treatment guidelines and the prospect of human papillomavirus vaccination for adolescents, the current total volume of Papanicolaou (Pap) tests will be significantly reduced. We used available data to assess the current supply and demand in the cytotechnology labor market and how an expected...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Eltoum IA,Roberson J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematogones (HGs) comprise a B-lineage lymphoid precursor cell population in the bone marrow (BM) that may simulate acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoma. Increased numbers of HGs have been noted in children, but few reports describe their occurrence in adults. We identified 13 adult patients with significant numbe...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Davis RE,Longacre TA,Cornbleet PJ

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is recognized as 2 distinct diseases: anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)+ ALCL and ALK- ALCL. ALK+ ALCL occurs in younger patients and has a better prognosis. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1) is linked to the development of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), which freque...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gualco G,Chioato L,Weiss LM,Harrington WJ Jr,Bacchi CE

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-month-old girl, whose parents are first cousins, was hospitalized following a series of severe infections. Results of functional granulocytic tests permitted the diagnosis of chronic granulomatous disease (lack of nitroblue tetrazolium dye reduction, impaired bactericidal activity for Staphylococcus aureus but no...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Corberand J,De Larrard B,Vergnes H,Carrière JP

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is one of the most important monitoring procedures for long-term control of diabetes mellitus. Several analytical methods have been developed for the measurement of glycohemoglobin (GHb). Those most frequently used are ion-exchange chromatography for HbA1c and affinity chromatog...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hamwi A,Schweiger CR,Veitl M,Schmid R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing is more sensitive for the detection of cervical precancer and cancer than cervical cytology. The increased sensitivity of HPV testing and cytology combined ("cotesting") compared to cytology alone permitted professional societies to recommend 3-year screening intervals among the cote...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kinney W,Stoler MH,Castle PE

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the issue of clonality in Richter's syndrome, phenotypic, molecular genetic, and cytogenetic studies were performed on tumor tissue from a patient with concurrent chronic lymphocytic leukemia and diffuse large cell lymphoma in a single lymph node specimen. The tumor was biphenotypic for immunoglobulin (...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nakamine H,Masih AS,Sanger WG,Wickert RS,Mitchell DW,Armitage JO,Weisenburger DD

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on the cytologic features of six cases of poorly differentiated "insular" carcinoma (IC) of the thyroid, a recently described variety of thyroid tumor intermediate between well-differentiated and anaplastic neoplasms. It is characterized by trabecular and/or alveolar growth patterns, merging with fo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Pietribiasi F,Sapino A,Papotti M,Bussolati G

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic adenoiditis is defined as the presence of numerous brightly fluorescent IgE mast cells (FIEMC) demonstrated in formalin-fixed adenoid tissue by the trypsin-immunofluorescent method. A prospective study of 606 routinely accessioned cases seen during a 39-month period revealed 98 positive cases. Correlation wit...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Loesel LS

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The May-Hegglin anomaly is one of the rare forms of heriditary thrombocytopenia. Since fewer than 100 cases of May-Hegglin anomaly have been described to date, major controversies regarding the adequacy of hemostasis in vivo and abnormalities of platelet function in vitro continue to prevail. This report describes the...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hamilton RW,Shaikh BS,Ottie JN,Storch AE,Saleem A,White JG

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little information has been reported describing antigen stability in plasma cell myeloma. In this study, the expression frequency and stability of 2 potential therapeutic targets, CD20 and CD52, along with the frequently aberrantly expressed CD56 antigen, were evaluated by flow cytometric analyses in 56 patients with ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cao W,Goolsby CL,Nelson BP,Singhal S,Mehta J,Peterson LC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A parallel study of blood cultured conventionally and following processing in an Antimicrobial Removal Device (ARD) was conducted with patients suspected of being clinically bacteremic. Cultures yielded 205 isolates from 87 clinically bacteremic patients, of whom 28 were receiving antibiotics at the time their culture...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wright AJ,Thompson RL,McLimans CA,Wilson WR,Washington JA 2nd

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of signet ring cell lymphoma, a rare variant of follicular center cell lymphoma, is presented with a review of 20 other such lymphomas previously reported in the English literature. The histologic, immunocytologic, and electron microscopic features are described with speculation as to the possible relationship ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Silberman S,Fresco R,Steinecker PH

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination of kidneys of ten patients with uremia and severe hypertension treated by chronic intermittent hemodialysis revealed a deposition of glycogen within interstitial cells of the renal medulla. This is unlike any described renal distribution of glycogen. Electron microscopic studies performed in one case demon...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hughson MD,McManus JF,Fitts CT,Williams AV

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00