Micronema deletrix meningoencephalitis in an adult man.

abstract：:The development of a precise, mathematical relationship between blood pressure and renal microvascular abnormalities would be highly desirable. Such a relationship would require that abnormalities be quantitative on a rational scale. The dominant abnormality in nephrosclerosis occurs in arcuate and cortical arteries o...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tracy RE,Mercante DE,Moncada A,Berenson G

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Society for Hematopathology and European Association for Haematopathology workshop, from October 27 to 29, 2011, in Los Angeles, CA, exhibited many exemplary skin biopsy specimens with interesting inflammatory changes mimicking features of cutaneous lymphoma. This article reviews features observed in cutaneous lym...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sarantopoulos GP,Palla B,Said J,Kinney MC,Swerdlow SM,Willemze R,Binder SW

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:α1-Antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is associated with an increased risk for lung and liver disease. Identification of AAT deficiency as the underlying cause of these diseases is important in correct patient management. METHODS:AAT deficiency is commonly diagnosed by demonstrating low concentrations of AAT foll...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Suh-Lailam BB,Procter M,Krautscheid P,Haas J,Kumar S,Mao R,Grenache DG

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the beta-catenin immunohistochemical profile in tumors expressing shadow cells: pilomatricoma, 10 cases; calcifying odontogenic cyst, 6 cases; and craniopharyngioma, 9 cases. There was strong membranous, cytoplasmic, and nuclear staining of the immature basaloid cells in all of these tumors. Shadow cells we...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hassanein AM,Glanz SM,Kessler HP,Eskin TA,Liu C

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In 2001, the University of New Mexico Hospitals implemented a rapid screening tool for the triage of suspected hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome based on peripheral blood smear morphology. Five criteria guided clinical decisions: thrombocytopenia, hemoconcentration, granulocytic left shift, absence of toxi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dvorscak L,Czuchlewski DR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the genus Pseudomonas are widely implicated in human disease. Although most isolates are P. aeruginosa, there have been serious outbreaks of infection with other members of the genus. The susceptibility patterns of 5) Pseudomonas isolates are reported. It was notable that of the four antibiotics tested, uni...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tilton RC,Steingrimsson O,Ryan RW

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To demonstrate the impact of genetics specialists on identifying test order errors and improving reimbursement for genetic testing. METHODS:Forty-four cases in which whole exome sequencing (WES) was performed but not reimbursed were reviewed by a genetic counselor through simulated prospective and retrospec...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Conway ME,Kalejta CD,Sternen DL,Singh IR

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to determine whether the in vitro (or "spiked curve") method for the therapeutic heparin range is an accurate and valid method for heparin monitoring. Many laboratories use the in vitro method for determining the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)-based unfractionated heparin (UFH) therapeuti...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gausman JN,Marlar RA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To increase transplantation access, particularly in living-donor renal transplantation, efforts have been made to overcome the barrier of ABO incompatibility. In adults, the most successful cases have involved renal transplantation. Although the overall goal of reducing antibodies against donor ABO before and after tr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Warner PR,Nester TA

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of giant-cell arteritis of uterus were found incidentally in association with uterine prolapse. One similar case has been reported in the literature. Microscopic examination disclosed fragmentation of the elastic laminae of the myometrial arteries with a giant-cell and mononuclear infiltrate. The relationshi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Pirozynski WJ

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A systematic review of the literature was performed to identify whether minimum formalin fixation time may be reduced for reliable immunohistochemical assessment of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). METHODS:PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochra...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kalkman S,Barentsz MW,van Diest PJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of our study was to clarify the prognosis of lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) of the lung, which is rare. We analyzed the clinicopathologic features of 32 cases of pulmonary LELC and compared the cases with 84 cases of pulmonary non-LELC with available long-term follow-up information. The results sh...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Han AJ,Xiong M,Gu YY,Lin SX,Xiong M

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In normal subjects, mean platelet volume (MPV) has an inverse, nonlinear relation with platelet count, while platelet volume heterogeneity has a direct, nonlinear relation with MPV. Compared with the reference range established for normal subjects, patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, atherosclerotic heart dise...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bessman JD,Williams LJ,Gilmer PR Jr

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenocarcinomas of the sigmoid colon and rectum were studied for the presence of blood group substances of the A, B, H system using the method of specific erythrocytic adherence. Of 17 adenocarcinomas studied, eight were found to have reactivity for blood group substances. All eight tumours showing reactivity for bloo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cooper HS,Haesler WE Jr

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With various methods, BRAF mutations have been detected in 73.4% to 87.1% of papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) in Korea. We assessed the ability of allele-specific polymerase chain reaction using a dual priming oligonucleotide system, compared with direct sequencing and pyrosequencing, to detect BRAF mutations in fi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lee HJ,Choi J,Hwang TS,Shong YK,Hong SJ,Gong G

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, light microscopic, and immunohistochemical features of 14 sinonasal malignant melanomas were studied to show their diverse morphologic appearance and distinction from therapeutically more amenable neoplasms that occur in this region. The tumors arose in 6 men and 8 women (median age, 70 years). Eleven pa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Franquemont DW,Mills SE

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody prepared against estrogen receptor has been shown to be specific and sensitive for the detection of estrogen receptor in human breast lesions by use of immunohistochemical methods. Two hundred selected cases of primary breast carcinoma were assayed for estrogen receptor content by biochemical and...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bacus S,Flowers JL,Press MF,Bacus JW,McCarty KS Jr

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the clinical utility of and demand for the creatine kinase (CK)-MB assay. METHODS:We examined the number of CK-MB tests from 2007 through 2013 while we progressively deemphasized their use. We first removed CK-MB from the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) panel and then from the main menu and observ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Singh G,Baweja PS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The resources needed to operate a clinical chemistry laboratory are known only as rough approximations. In order to gather more information about these resources, a 13-page questionnaire was completed by 50 pathology departments of which 38 departments provided adequate information about their clinical chemistry secti...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Elin RJ,Robertson EA,Sever G

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical techniques applied to fresh frozen sections of metastatic malignant melanoma tissue revealed abundant fibrinogen (or fibrin I) in perivascular areas throughout the tumor connective tissue stroma. Fibrin was readily detected in a focal distribution in the connective tissue around nodules of viable t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wojtukiewicz MZ,Zacharski LR,Memoli VA,Kisiel W,Kudryk BJ,Rousseau SM,Stump DC

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the significance of 40% or more leukemic cells in hand-mirror configuration in the bone marrow (hand-mirror cell leukemia), eight of 34 cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and one of 17 cases of acute myeloblastic leukemia were collected from a six-year period. Five of the eight patients who ha...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Glassy EF,Sun NC,Okun DB

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, has explored various management of organizational approaches over the past seven years. The Centralized Processing Area supported by a computerized information system has evolved from these efforts. Despite a decrease in U.W. hospital usage since 1968-69...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nussbaum B,Minckler T,Roby R,Ackerman E

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoperoxidase technics were used to examine the immunoglobulin content of sections of pulmonary tissue from two typical cases of lymphomatoid granulomatosis and two cases of pneumonic processes initially diagnosed as lymphomatoid granulomatosis but representing different processes on review. Both "typical" cases an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bender BL,Jaffe R

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation of the change in the former close relationship between the patient and his physician, and the contribution of the pathologist to its development, is presented. The effect of these changes on the interest in and care of the patient by all in the hospital in this changing medical scene is decried; the pati...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Angrist AA

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several technics are currently being used to detect hepatitis type A antigen or its antibody. These include immunoelectronmicroscopy, immune adherence, and complement fixation. This paper describes another promising technic, a microtiter solid-phase immunoradiometric assay, in which hepatitis A antigen and antibody ar...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hollinger FB,Bradley DW,Dreesman GR,Melnick JL

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), using repetitive alpha satellite probes to chromosomes 9 and 17, was performed on 27 paraffinembedded bladder specimens from 18 Egyptian patients affected with bilharzial carcinoma. Fluorescence in situ hybridization results in the carcinomas and benign mucosa of patients wit...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ghaleb AH,Pizzolo JG,Melamed MR

更新日期：1996-08-01 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：:The international sensitivity index (ISI) calibration of point-of-care-test (POCT) prothrombin time (PT) whole blood monitors is complex, requiring manual PT testing of 60 patients' and 20 healthy subjects' plasma samples. The possibility of reducing these numbers was studied by a Monte Carlo Bootstrap study for 2 POC...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Poller L,Keown M,Chauhan N,van den Besselaar AM,Tripodi A,Jespersen J,Shiach C

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infusible platelet membranes (IPMs) prepared from fresh or outdated human platelets have been shown to correct prolonged bleeding times in thrombocytopenic rabbits. In previous trials, IPMs did not seem to be immunogenic and lacked dose-limiting toxicity. The present study was undertaken to explore whether the platele...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Graham SS,Gonchoroff NJ,Miller JL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few studies that examine prevalence, quantity, and cellular proclivity of latent human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) in healthy populations. We examined 69 tonsils with paired blood specimens from children without evidence of acute infection. By polymerase chain reaction (PCR), HHV-6 was detected at low levels in 10...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Roush KS,Domiati-Saad RK,Margraf LR,Krisher K,Scheuermann RH,Rogers BB,Dawson DB

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00