Evaluation of a commercial exoantigen test system for the rapid identification of systemic fungal pathogens.

abstract：:Blood gas measurements performed at the central laboratory and at a satellite laboratory of Brigham and Women's Hospital were studied to determine the differences in quality, turnaround time (TAT), and cost. The quality in both laboratories, as determined by results on proficiency and quality control samples, satisfac...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Winkelman JW,Wybenga DR

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major histocompatibility complex probably plays a crucial role in the efficacy of the cellular immune response against virally infected cervical diseases. Therefore, the allele-specific histocompatibility-related leukocyte antigens (HLA) class I and II expression on normal (n = 10), premalignant (n = 25), and mali...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hilders CG,Houbiers JG,Krul EJ,Fleuren GJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific radioimmunoassays, sensitive to plasma levels of less than 1% of normal, were developed for protein C and Factor X. In 31 normal subjects, mean plasma antigen levels were as follows: protein C, 3.23 +/- 0.79 microgram/mL (2 SD); Factor X, 7.74 +/- 1.81 microgram/mL. In patient son chronic warfarin therapy, pr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Epstein DJ,Bergum PW,Bajaj SP,Rapaport SI

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a method of spectrophotometric detection of BCR/ABL chimeric sequences amplified by multiplex reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), enabling the use of archival hematologic slides as RNA sources. Multiplex PCR amplified b3a2, b2a2, and e1a2 break points of the BCR/ABL translocation and ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Attadia V,Alosi M,Improta S,Zagonel V,Martinazzo G,Carbone A,Pinto A

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute paraplegia developed in a 53-year-old man with pulmonary aspergilloma because of contiguous extension of Aspergillus infection to the epidural and subdural spaces and spinal cord. Histopathologic findings of the spinal cord showed Aspergillus hyphae penetrating the myelin sheath and myelomalacia, predominantly i...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sheth NK,Varkey B,Wagner DK

更新日期：1985-12-01 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：:The cytopathologic findings of 196 cases of cancer of the breast were correlated with the hormonal receptor levels. The strict cytologic criteria that allow a positive diagnosis to be used as bases for definitive treatment include adequate cellularity, lack of cohesion, and nuclear abnormalities, including increased n...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kern WH

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory Branch Complement Fixation and FIAX (fluorescence immunoassay) were compared for the detection of antibodies to herpes simplex virus and cytomegalovirus in human sera. Of 68 sera with no antibodies to herpes simplex virus by complement fixation, one specimen was positive by FIAX (specificity, 98.6%). Of 75 ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Segar JE,Smith TF,Ilstrup DM

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We optimized fluorogenic thrombin-generation assays with regard to sample volume, calibration, analytic corrections, and activation reagents. Lower sample volumes (40 vs 80 microL) were associated with better recovery of thrombin activity, lower interference due to absorbance of light, and higher total thrombin genera...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chandler WL,Roshal M

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of re-engineering rests on computer coordination of information. As a management tool, it has been tested and found to be ambiguous. At best it sharpens laboratory objectives, but at worst it fragments skills and threatens the community attitudes needed for teamwork. Experience with its most fruitful compo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lincoln TL

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that extensively keratinized squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs) are difficult to grade precisely by identifying 100 Papanicolaou smears with a keratinizing SIL that had been originally judged difficult to grade. Of these, 65 were confirmed as low-grade SIL (LSIL) or high-grade SIL (HSIL) ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Faquin WC,Brown FM,Krane JF,Renshaw AA,Cibas ES

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-volume (200 ml) platelet concentrates prepared by discontinuous-flow centrifugation, with counts as high as ca. 2.0 x 10(12)/l, were stored in either 600 ml-capacity polyvinylchloride bags or 800-ml capacity polyethylene bags. Both polyvinylchloride and polyethylene bags appeared adequate for 24-hour storage of p...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rosenstein R,Lawe JE,North JG

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A markedly elevated prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) were observed in a 24-year-old man who was admitted with a history of ethylene glycol ingestion. Further laboratory evaluation suggested that the coagulopathy was related to acquired factor deficiencies. The PT and APTT improved...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Seidelmann S,Kubic V,Burton E,Schmitz L

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "floral" variant of follicle center lymphoma (FCL) may be confused with progressive transformation of germinal centers or lymphocyte predominance Hodgkin lymphoma. Immunohistochemistry and gene rearrangement studies are usually sufficient to differentiate among these entities. We present 11 cases of floral FCL tha...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tiesinga JJ,Wu CD,Inghirami G

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peliosis of the spleen was found in 10 out of 1,200 cases autopsied from 1977 through 1980 in our laboratory. Eight such cases had no peliosis of the liver. Histologically, it was noticed that the parafollicular areas were the most common sites of the lesions, and this feature seemed to be important for the histologic...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tada T,Wakabayashi T,Kishimoto H

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmortem pathologic and bacteriologic reports were analyzed for 237 deaths occurring at a large institution for the mentally retarded from 1958 to 1973. Bronchopneumonia, aspiration pneumonia, and lipid pneumonia were frequently reported at autopsy, and in a total of 146 cases (61.6%) at least one type of pneumonia ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Polednak AP

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet satellitism (PS), the phenomenon of platelet rosetting around polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN), which is observed in ethylenediamineetetraacetic acid (EDTA)-anticoagulated blood at room temperature, is caused by the presence of IgG autoantibodies in the serum. Fourteen patients with PS were studied, and th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bizzaro N,Goldschmeding R,von dem Borne AE

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five consecutive renal biopsy specimens were evaluated by light histology using paraffin and glycol methacrylate embedding. The clarity of the renal structures was found to be much better, and the renal lesions better defined, using glycol methyacrylate embedding. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Agodoa LC,Striker GE,Chi E

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenomatous polyps are common neoplastic lesions of the large intestine. The risk of carcinoma increases with polyp size. Small polyps are typically totally embedded for histologic examination, but no standard method for sampling large, grossly benign polyps has been established. We reviewed grossly noninvasive adenom...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Euscher ED,Niemann TH,Lucas JG,Kurokawa AM,Frankel WL

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, I have estimated the percentage of tumor by visual estimate in 447 prostatectomy specimens from American Veterans Affairs patients and related this measurement to overall survival. Although percentage of tumor was significantly related to the serum prostate-specific antigen level, tumor stage, and Gleas...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Vollmer RT

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to assess the loss of E-cadherin (EC) as a diagnostic marker or a predictor of prognosis. We stained 276 breast carcinomas with monoclonal antibodies to EC (invasive lobular carcinomas [ILC] and variants, 59; invasive ductal carcinoma and ductal special types [IDC], 204; tubulolobular carcinoma [TLC]...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Qureshi HS,Linden MD,Divine G,Raju UB

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine Hedgehog signaling in cutaneous fibrosing disorders for which effective approved therapies are lacking, expand our knowledge of pathophysiology, and explore the rationale for targeted inhibition. METHODS:Stain intensity and percentage of cells staining for Sonic hedgehog (Shh), Indian hedgehog (I...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Goyal A,Linskey KR,Kay J,Duncan LM,Nazarian RM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A T-cell malignancy developed in a 64-year-old man with recurrent B-cell lymphoma after one and a half years of remission. Immunophenotypic and DNA analyses confirmed clonality and cell lineage of both lymphoid malignancies. Sequential development of B- and T-cell malignancies in this patient may be an example of bicl...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shimizu K,Hirano M,Maruyama F,Itoh M,Hara K,Ino T,Ezaki K,Kunii A

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：:Estrogen and progesterone receptors were studied in fine-needle aspiration biopsy specimens of 56 patients with primary, recurrent, or metastatic breast carcinoma. The ligands, 17 B-estradiol-6-carboxymethyloxine-bovine serum albumin fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC-BSA estradiol) and hydroxyprogesterone hemisuccinate...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Masood S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence and characteristics of intracellular immunoglobulin inclusions in non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are described. Lymphoma cells from three patients with immunoblastic sarcoma contained classic cytoplasmic, periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)-positive Russell bodies. Immunoperoxidase staining revealed monoclonal IgG (k) ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： van den Tweel JG,Taylor CR,Parker JW,Lukes RJ

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sentinel lymph node (SLN)-based diagnosis in gastric cancers has shown varied sensitivities and false-negative rates in several studies. Application of the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in SLN diagnosis has recently been proposed. METHODS:A total of 155 SLNs from 65 patients with ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kwak Y,Nam SK,Shin E,Ahn SH,Lee HE,Park do J,Kim WH,Kim HH,Lee HS

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:It has been shown that the monoclonal antibody Ki-67 reacts with a nuclear antigen that is expressed only by proliferating cells. The feasibility of using image analysis to quantitate Ki-67 staining (proliferation index [PI]) of epithelial ovarian cancers was investigated. The PI was determined in 50 advanced-stage pr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jordan PA,Kerns BJ,Pence JC,Kohler MF,Bast RC Jr,Kinney RB,Berchuck A

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:To analyze interobserver reproducibility and compare practice patterns between academic and community settings of Lower Anogenital Squamous Terminology (LAST). Methods:In total, 132 anal biopsy slides were revised as well as p16 immunostains. Results:LAST was used in 49% of cases (academic center, 68%; sat...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Roma AA,Liu X,Patil DT,Xie H,Allende D

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00