Forensic DNA tests.

abstract：:B-cell lymphomas represent approximately 20% to 25% of primary cutaneous lymphomas. Within this group, most cases (>99%) are encompassed by 3 diagnostic entities: primary cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma, primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma, and primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type. In this...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Hope CB,Pincus LB

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most vital functions of the vertebrates is to maintain hemostasis through coagulation and fibrinolysis. This is achieved by the interaction of vascular walls with blood components such as cells and proteins (coagulation factors, immunoglobulins, and complement). Deficiency of coagulation factors results in ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Saba SR,Domen RE

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A formal therapeutic drug monitoring consultation service (TDMCS) will enhance the clinical benefits of drug level determinations. It can result in decreased length of stay and improved risk management posture. The successful implementation of a TDMCS requires the coordinated efforts of a multidisciplinary team that m...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Wilkinson DS

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, CRP remains the single standard biochemical marker for predicting the severity of AP. Because the combination of clinico-physiological scores and CRP provides good information at 48 hours, research has focused on the predictive ability of various markers when applied in the initial 24 hours after admission to...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Papachristou GI,Whitcomb DC

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image processing applications in forensic pathology are becoming increasingly important. This article introduces basic concepts in image processing as applied to problems in forensic pathology in a non-mathematical context. Discussions of contrast enhancement, digital encoding, compression, deblurring, and other topic...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Oliver WR

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are important enteric pathogens worldwide, causing diarrhea with or without blood visibly present and hemolytic uremic syndrome. STEC are unique among diarrheogenic E coli in producing Shiga toxin type 1 and type 2, the virulence factors responsible for bloody diarrhea and...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Hunt JM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disorder presenting with tissue injury in various organs attributed to large or small vessel thrombosis or, in some instances, possible nonthrombotic inflammatory mechanisms, associated with in vitro evidence of antibodies to certain proteins, or proteinphospholipid...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Eby C

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ALP is a profoundly ubiquitous enzyme that originates in many, if not all, mammalian tissues. The development of a simple ISEF technique has allowed reflection of at least 12 cellular components. Improvements in technique may add further zones of information. The aura of darkness surrounding ALP is being slowly dissip...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Griffiths J

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the diagnostic procedure of choice for evaluation of liver lesions. Although primarily applied to malignant disease, it is also used in the evaluation of benign conditions. Improvements in imaging techniques and advances in cytologic interpretations, as well as production of new...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Pitman MB

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classic workup of a patient for possible PA is revisited in light of the vanishing Schilling test. The vagaries of testing for B12 and blocking antibodies are reexamined. The advantages and disadvantages of newer tests such as MMA and serum gastrin levels are catalogued. At this juncture in the evolution of new te...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Ward PC

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With emerging antimicrobial resistance, rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is needed to provide early definitive therapeutic guidance to optimize patient outcome. Genotypic methods are fast, but can identify only a subset of known resistance elements. Phenotypic methods determine clinically predictive mi...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Smith KP,Kirby JE

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiretroviral failure caused by the development of drug resistance in HIV-1 is an increasingly common clinical problem. Two types of resistance assays are available to clinicians. Genotypic assays determine the presence of mutations associated with drug resistance. The interpretation of mutations is often complicated...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Hanna GJ

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacologic field that studies antimicrobial pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) has had a major impact on the choice and dosing regimens used for many antibiotics especially those used in the treatment of respiratory tract infections. PK/PD parameters are particularly important in light of increasing ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Andes D,Anon J,Jacobs MR,Craig WA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many types of ANA and they may react with different nuclear components varying from nucleic acids to both basic and acidic nuclear proteins. Recent investigations have demonstrated that it is important not only to detect the presence and quantity of the ANA, but also to identify the immunologic specificities...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Nakamura RM,Tan EM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Market forces and service demands are driving a segment of laboratory testing away from centralized laboratories and closer to the patient's bedside. Placed into a historical perspective, this should be neither surprising nor distressing. Terminology is being clarified and professional societies are beginning to take ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Handorf CR

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases due to nontuberculous mycobacteria are increasing in frequency, especially in patients with compromised immunity. A number of "new" mycobacterial species have been described in the last decade, largely as the result of the use of new tools to identify previously unrecognized mycobacteria found in the environm...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Herdman AV,Steele JC Jr

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After more than 6 decades of clinical practice, the transplant community continues to research noninvasive biomarkers of solid organ injury to help improve patient care. In this review, we discuss the clinical usefulness of selective biomarkers and how they are processed at the laboratory. In addition, we organize the...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Choi J,Bano A,Azzi J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron microscopy offers substantial aid in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal tract tumors, especially small-cell carcinoma and enterochromaffin-cell tumors. Tumors that are most difficult to classify by light microscopy--that is, poorly differentiated ones--may also have ultrastructural features by which the cell o...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Cleary KR

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This second part of the review article compiles currently available information on the effects of lead poisoning. Also examined are the available options for assay, the procedures for collection of samples, and the available methods for the estimation of lead in the collected samples. ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Philip AT,Gerson B

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coccidians Cryptosporidium spp, Cyclospora cayetanensis, and Cystoisospora belli and the flagellate Giardia duodenalis are pathogenic protozoa associated with gastrointestinal manifestations. Diagnosis relies heavily on microscopy, and although ova-and-parasite examinations can detect Giardia and Cystoisospora, Cr...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Cama VA,Mathison BA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive genomic assessments of the fetus while in utero have been made possible by the analysis of cell-free fetal DNA fragments from the serum of pregnant women, as part of a noninvasive prenatal testing screening strategy. Between 7% and 10% of total cell-free DNA in the maternal blood comes from placental troph...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Long AA,Abuhamad AZ,Warsof SL

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow cytometry immunophenotyping of the hematopoietic cells from the bone marrow can help with diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy of chronic myeloid neoplasms. Unlike with B-cell neoplasms, there is no simple phenotypic test to substitute for clonality. Therefore, antigen panels to evaluate myeloid neoplasms are larger...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Shi M,Nguyen P,Jevremovic D

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the inception of TBS in 1988, it has been well received by the pathology and clinical communities. The need for a unifying system of nomenclature was so great that most of the laboratories in the United States, as well as in numerous countries worldwide, quickly adopted TBS. By 1991, only 2 years after the initia...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Henry MR

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The category of provider-performed microscopy was defined in the Federal Register to provide a unique regulatory approach for bright-field and phase-contrast microscopy performed by a physician, dentist, or midlevel practitioner examining labile specimens. A CLIA certificate for this category of testing is available, ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Kiechle FL,Gauss I

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have brought remarkable progress in the understanding of cellular, subcellular, and molecular mechanisms of endothelial injury and responses to injury, both of which appear to be integral parts of the acute inflammatory response. The possible roles of endothelial surface enzymes in the inflammatory resp...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Ryan US,Ryan JW

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 20 years, laboratory systems have evolved to a high degree of complexity. In some cases, continuing addition of new features has adversely affected functionality. There is increasing recognition that the number of features listed on a request for proposal does not necessarily provide an accurate guide ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Krieg AF

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular biological techniques have evolved expeditiously and in turn have been applied to the detection of infectious disease. Maturation of these technologies and their coupling with related technological advancement in fluorescence, electronics, digitization, nanodynamics, and sensors among others have afforded cl...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Fairfax MR,Bluth MH,Salimnia H

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The principles, technique of measurement, and clinical significance of free drugs are reviewed. Albumin, alpha-1-acid glycoprotein, and lipoprotein are the main drug-binding proteins in blood. Variations of the concentrations of these proteins owing to disease would result in changes in the free drug levels. These lev...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Chan S,Gerson B

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Control of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection is the foremost public health challenge at the turn of the millennium. Two decades, 22 million fatalities, and 40 million living victims after its discovery, HIV-1 continues its inexorable spread. Over the past few years, scientists have made tremendous ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Elizaga ML,McElrath MJ

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are multiple levels of transcriptional regulation that a cell can bring to bear on either native cellular genes or integrated proviral genes. One such level of regulation is inducible sequence-specific transcriptional factors, such as NF-kappa B, which have been extensively investigated with respect to the HIV-1...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Laughlin MA,Pomerantz RJ

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00