Assay of Factor XII clotting activity in heparinized plasma.

abstract：:In a case of secondary syphilis with gastric involvement, the clinical history and roentgenographic and gastroscopic examiniations initially suggested an infiltrative malignant neoplasm. However, macroscopic and histologic examination of the partial gastrectomy specimen demonstrated an erosive, inflammatory lesion. Su...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Butz WC,Watts JC,Rosales-Wuintana S,Hicklin MD

更新日期：1975-06-01 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：: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：: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：OBJECTIVES:To examine carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX), a marker of renal cell carcinoma that recently has been described in malignant effusions. METHODS:Pleural and peritoneal fluids with the following diagnoses-reactive (n = 23), carcinoma (n = 17), and "suspicious for mesothelioma" (n = 4)-were immunostained for CAIX, ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ananthanarayanan V,Tretiakova M,Husain AN,Krausz T,Antic T

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes four siblings affected with familial intrahepatic cholestasis detected in early infancy. In the two male siblings, biliary cirrhosis and fatal hepatocellular carcinoma later developed, whereas the female siblings have had persistent hepatomegaly and recurrent episodes of cholestasis. Sequential b...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ugarte N,Gonzalez-Crussi F

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytosis may reflect a primary myeloproliferative disorder or be a secondary reaction to other pathologic processes. Patients with persistent unexplained thrombocytosis meeting criteria of primary thrombocythemia had elevated levels of serum lactic dehydrogenase, whereas comparable patients with secondary thromb...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Budman DR,Lackner H,Berczeller P,Silber R

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the survival and definition of stage IA mixed endometrial carcinoma. METHODS:From June 1, 2010, to June 1, 2017, cases with stage IA endometrial cancer were included in this study. The survival outcomes were compared among patients with endometrioid (group A), nonendometrioid (group B), and mixed...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Li W,Li L,Wu M,Lang J,Bi Y

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum ferritin, serum iron, and unsaturated iron binding capacity were studied in 64 patients with beta homozygous thalassemia (BHT), 120 patients with beta heterozygous thalassemia, and 46 normal subjects. Incidence of iron overload seen in 32 BHT cases was similar in untransfused and transfused cases. Among heterozy...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Saraya AK,Kumar R,Choudhry VP,Kailash S,Sehgal AK

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymus was the site of a true histiocytic lymphoma. Immunohistochemical demonstration of lysozyme and alpha-1-antitrypsin in the tumor cells indicated the histiocytic nature of the tumor. Five fetal and five adult thymus glands were studied for the presence and distribution of true histiocytic cells. Histiocytes w...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Szporn AH,Dikman S,Jagirdar J

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenovirus was cultured from various gastrointestinal sites and one lung specimen from seven immunosuppressed patients, four of whom were bone marrow transplant recipients. Histologic examination and in situ hybridization studies of the lung demonstrated adenovirus in the bronchial epithelium and alveolar lining cells...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Strickler JG,Singleton TP,Copenhaver CM,Erice A,Snover DC

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four commercially available herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) kits were compared with the use of sera selected because they were negative for HSV antibody by complement fixation (CF less than 1:8) and by ELISA (less than 1:100). However, 14 of 24 (58.3%) of these HSV-1 antibody-negativ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rand KH,Houck HJ,Dickinson M

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary role of the surgical pathologist is to diagnose, and then to transmit this information effectively so that it can be used to guide patient management; therefore, the dual roles of the surgical pathologist as a diagnostician and consultant are inextricable. The diagnostic pathologist determines the nature, ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hutter RV

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 41 cases of myeloid neoplasms (MNs) secondary to plasma cell myeloma (PCM). The types of MN included myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in 34 (82.9%), acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 4 (9.8%), and myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) or MDS/MPN in 3 (7.3%) cases. The latency from treatment to diagnosis of MN rang...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reddi DM,Lu CM,Fedoriw G,Liu YC,Wang FF,Ely S,Boswell EL,Louissaint A Jr,Arcasoy MO,Goodman BK,Wang E

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of metastatic ameloblastoma of the maxilla with secondary hypercalcemia in a 54-year-old man is presented. After treatment with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, the patient was found to have multiple metastases and severe hypercalcemia associated with high levels of parathormone-like substance in the pe...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Madiedo G,Choi H,Kleinman JG

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to correlate p53 gene alterations and their expression in 85 head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Genomic p53 was amplified with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues. Exons 5 through 8 were screened for mutations by means of non-isotopic si...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Calzolari A,Chiarelli I,Bianchi S,Messerini L,Gallo O,Porfirio B,Mattiuz PL

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter medium (CAMPY, Becton Dickinson [BD] Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, MD) and Vancomycin Screen Agar (VSA, BD) were compared for their ability to screen for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) from primary plates. A microdilution minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) assay (Pasco, BD) served as t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shigei J,Tan G,Shiao A,de la Maza LM,Peterson EM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the etiologic role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in oral carcinogenesis, DNA samples were purified from 103 oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and 30 normal oral mucosal (NOM) specimens. A nested polymerase chain reaction, DNA sequencing, and gene-chip HPV typing were used to identify multiple HPV types i...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chang JY,Lin MC,Chiang CP

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with essential thrombocythemia showed a marked decrease in ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation in addition to other aggregation defects during routine aggregation studies for prolonged bleeding times. Further investigation revealed type I von Willebrand's disease (vWD) in one patient and a variant of ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Raman BK,Sawdyk M,Saeed SM

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophils are normally absent from the urine. Their presence has been associated with a variety of clinical conditions affecting the kidney or urinary tract. The authors examined the clinical significance and eosinophils, in particular, for acute interstitial nephritis. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Corwin HL,Haber MH

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four acid hydrolases, acid phosphatase (AP), alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase (ANAE), beta-glucuronidase, and N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, were determined cytochemically in peripheral blood lymphocytes from 50 patients with B and T chronic lymphocytic and prolymphocytic leukemias (CLL, PLL) and related disorders. Str...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Crockard A,Chalmers D,Matutes E,Catovsky D

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess physicians' and nurses' satisfaction with the service provided by the laboratory at Gondar University Hospital. METHODS:We conducted a cross-sectional study involving 196 nurses and physicians. RESULTS:Overall level of satisfaction was 51.1% for nurses and 51.5% for physicians. Lack of consistenc...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Addis Z,Birhan W,Derseh D,Sahle B,Gizaw N

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard method for detecting antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) is by immunofluorescence assay (IFA), a method that is labor intensive and subjective. In an attempt to overcome these limitations, several commercial enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) have been developed. We report the results of our evaluation of the ANA Micro...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reisner BS,DiBlasi J,Goel N

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Millions of biospecimens will be collected during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. As learned from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), proper biospecimen handling is necessary to prevent laboratory-related infections. METHODS:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lankes HA,Makhlouf H

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Counterimmunoelectrophoresis was used to detect Cryptococcus neoformans capsular polysaccharide in the body fluids of infected patients. Using rabbit anti-C. neoformans A15 globulin, counterimmunoelectrophoresis detected 1.25 microgram of purified cryptococcal polysaccharide per ml of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or urin...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Maccani JE

更新日期：1977-07-01 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 describe our experience, both in meeting challenges and in reporting outcomes, of the consolidation of anatomic pathology services in the North Shore-LIJ Health System in February 2011. METHODS:We addressed issues of governance, personnel, physical plant, quality programming, connectivity, and education....

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Groppi DE,Alexis CE,Sugrue CF,Bevis CC,Bhuiya TA,Crawford JM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary malignant germ cell tumors of the mediastinum are extremely rare among females. This report describes such a tumor arising in the mediastinum of a 26-year-old woman and correlates immunohistochemical studies of the neoplasm with serum tumor markers. Microscopic examination of the tumor revealed an embryonal ca...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sandhaus L,Strom RL,Mukai K

更新日期：1981-04-01 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：: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