Within-day fluctuations in serum bile-acid concentrations among normal control subjects and patients with hepatic disease.

abstract：:The evaluation of quality control (QC) practices from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Microbiology Surveys demonstrates a trend away from daily controls similar to that first noted in 1980. Previous recommendations for more relevant cost-containment oriented weekly QC procedures are discussed, and the 1982 ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jones RN,Edson DC,Gilmore BF

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Early and accurate diagnosis remains crucial in the therapeutic management of invasive central nervous system fungal infections. Different molds have intrinsic resistance to antifungal agents; thus, morphologic differentiation is helpful to clinicians. Methods:Using three examples, we present a guide on how...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chavez JA,Brat DJ,Hunter SB,Velazquez Vega J,Guarner J

更新日期：2018-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:An automated fluorescent immunoassay system (FIAX) was compared with complement fixation (CF) for measuring antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV) in clinical specimens. Compared with CF the specificity of FIAX (ability to detect a negative titer) was 95% for CMV and 92% for HSV. The sensit...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Friedman HM,Tustin NB,Hitchings MM,Plotkin SA

更新日期：1981-09-01 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：:Bleeding problems are symptomatic of platelet delta-storage pool diseases (SPDs) such as Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome. Although at present no cure is available for delta-SPD, early diagnosis is of great importance for prophylactic and supportive treatment. This study tested the usefulness of a flow cytometric assay for p...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Maurer-Spurej E,Pittendreigh C,Wu JK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percent-free prostate-specific antigen (proportion of free prostate-specific antigen [PSA] to total PSA) has been shown recently in studies on frozen serum samples to be more useful than total PSA alone in distinguishing prostate cancer from benign conditions of the prostate gland. The primary purpose of our study was...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Henricks WH,England BG,Giacherio DA,Oesterling JE,Wojno KJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared a rapid, point-of-care multimarker protocol with a single and serial troponin I (TnI)-only protocol in 5,244 patients admitted to the emergency department with chest pain. The diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was based on a doubling myoglobin level accompanied by at least a 50% increase in th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Straface AL,Myers JH,Kirchick HJ,Blick KE

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with normal cytogenetics represents approximately 40% to 50% of de novo AML. This heterogeneous AML subgroup constitutes the single largest cytogenetic group with an intermediate prognosis. Previous studies have suggested that the Fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 internal tandem duplication (FLT...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rausei-Mills V,Chang KL,Gaal KK,Weiss LM,Huang Q

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have indicated that patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-associated coronavirus infection could develop atypical pneumonia with fulminant pulmonary edema. However, the target cells of SARS viral infection have not been characterized in detail. We report the pathologic findings of the...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chow KC,Hsiao CH,Lin TY,Chen CL,Chiou SH

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:Little is known concerning the pathology of spleens removed for traumatic injury. The authors studied the gross and microscopic features of 44 spleens removed for trauma and received at the Surgical Pathology Division of Parkland Memorial Hospital and 10 normal control spleens from the Medical Examiner's Office, Dalla...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Farhi DC,Ashfaq R

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunochemical characterization of the light chains of the mesangial immunoglobulin A (IgA) deposits were studied in 45 patients with IgA nephropathy. Kappa and lambda light chains were detected with direct immunofluorescence (IF) method, using monospecific rabbit anti-human anti-kappa and anti-lambda anti-sera. T...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lai KN,Chan KW,Mac-Moune F,Ho CP,Yan KW,Lam CW,Vallance-Owen J

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report two cases of vernix caseosa peritonitis, an infrequent complication of cesarean section with distinctive histopathologic findings. Both patients underwent exploratory laparotomy for unexplained abdominal pain after cesarean section. Histopathologic evaluation of surgically removed tissue revealed an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： George E,Leyser S,Zimmer HL,Simonowitz DA,Agress RL,Nordin DD

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kikuchi's lymphadenitis is a self-limiting condition typically affecting young patients. Surgical biopsy is unnecessary if a firm diagnosis can be rendered by fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). The authors report the FNAC findings for 27 cases, including 24 female and 3 male patients aged 12 to 43 years. Histolog...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tsang WY,Chan JK

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the histopathologic features and the expression of angiogenesis-related markers in primary tumors and metastatic lymph nodes of oral squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) with multiple lymph node involvement in comparison with oral SCCs without nodal metastasis. The protein levels of th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nikitakis NG,Rivera H,Lopes MA,Siavash H,Reynolds MA,Ord RA,Sauk JJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We noticed almost routine disparate results in margin lengths when colorectal specimens are measured in vivo by the surgeon and in vitro by the pathologist. We studied 26 sigmoid and rectum specimens to document the amount of organ shrinkage after surgical removal and fixation. Each specimen had a 5.0-cm segment at ea...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Goldstein NS,Soman A,Sacksner J

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the clinicopathologic findings in four cases of adult women with rhabdomyosarcomas that originated in the endometrium or cervix, or both. All tumors were pure sarcomas and not components of carcinosarcomas or malignant mixed mesodermal tumors. In two patients, the tumors were typical botryoid embryo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hart WR,Craig JR

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To our knowledge, there are no universally accepted, evidence-based guidelines for how to resolve the HER2 status of tumors demonstrating equivocal amplification. The present study was based on 17 breast core biopsy specimens demonstrating invasive carcinoma with equivocal HER2 amplification, defined as an HER2/chromo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Striebel JM,Bhargava R,Horbinski C,Surti U,Dabbs DJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terminal transferase (TdT) activity and antigen have been measured in 267 specimens of human bone marrow and peripheral blood by using a biochemical assay for enzymatic activity and an immunofluorescence test for antigen. Oligo p(dA)50 and dGTP were used as reagents in the biochemical assay and either rabbit anti-calf...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cibull ML,Coleman MS,Nelson O,Hutton JJ,Gordon D,Bollum FJ

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Fundic gland polyps (FGPs) occur in two clinical settings, sporadic and syndromic. Epithelial dysplasia is rare in sporadic FGPs, and progression data from large series are lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical, morphologic, and immunohistochemical features in a large series of sporadic...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Levy MD,Bhattacharya B

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiparameter flow cytometry with optimally selected antibody combinations has expanded the use of this technique beyond traditional applications in hematopathology. By analyzing qualitative patterns of antigen expression on discrete populations or "clusters," one can detect immunophenotypic aberrancy in specific cel...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kroft SH

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient receiving antihypertensive therapy developed acute intravascular hemolysis and died. Hemolysis was due to an immune process associated with antibody to thiazide. Only two other cases have been reported. Thiazide-induced hemolysis appears to be confined to those patients treated concommitantly with methyldopa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Beck ML,Cline JF,Hardman JT,Racela LS,Davis JW

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. Increasing evidence suggests involvement of inflammation in the atherosclerotic process. We examined cytokines and other inflammatory markers in 865 patients with chest pain in whom coronary angiography revealed no evidence of CAD or CAD...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Martins TB,Anderson JL,Muhlestein JB,Horne BD,Carlquist JF,Roberts WL,Carlquist JF

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:Neoplastic transformation of epithelial cell sis commonly associated with altered synthesis of mucin glycoproteins. Few studies have been performed on the correlation between MUC 1 expression and pancreatic carcinoma using immunohistochemical methods. We compared the patterns of MUC 1 expression in normal pancreatic t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Monges GM,Mathoulin-Portier MP,Acres RB,Houvenaeghel GF,Giovannini MF,Seitz JF,Bardou VJ,Payan MJ,Olive D

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The examination of T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoires has an important role in the study of lymphoproliferative disorders and autoimmune diseases. Analysis of the complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3) of the TCR beta chain is used to assess the clonality of T-cell populations. We developed a rapid fluorescence-ba...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lue C,Mitani Y,Crew MD,George JF,Fink LM,Schichman SA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old previously healthy man developed cervical adenopathy associated with mild constitutional symptoms. Corynebacterium ovis was isolated in pure culture from lymph node tissue on two separate occasions, and small gram positive organisms were identified in both lymph nodes with tissue gram stain. Histopatholo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Goldberger AC,Lipsky BA,Plorde JJ

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to compare the quality of immunohistochemical assays of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) and to compare the intermethod variability of assays from different manufacturers. immunohistochemical staining was entrusted to the following laboratories in Japan: Kyowa Medex, de...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Arihiro K,Umemura S,Kurosumi M,Moriya T,Oyama T,Yamashita H,Umekita Y,Komoike Y,Shimizu C,Fukushima H,Kajiwara H,Akiyama F

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve is a disease of unknown etiology that is associated with many ominous complications. A case in which non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis, superimposed on a myxomatous mitral valve, resulted in systemic embolization to the brain, heart, and kidney is presented. The purpose ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Geyer SJ,Franzini DA

更新日期：1979-09-01 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