Its measurement is helpful in the diagnosis and assessment of anemias and hemochromatosis. pH –pH is a measurement of the acidity and alkalinity of urine. It is an important screening test for the diagnosis of kidney disease, as well as respiratory diseases and metabolic disorders. Phenytoin –...
Ten years ago, the SENIORLAB study was designed to establish reference intervals (RIs) of current medical lab assays suitable for validation performed in elderly patients. At the onset and upon immediate evaluation, the RIs were computed on cross-comparative data sets usually grouping ages from 60...
value; NPV: Negative predictive value Conclusions: ASS1 is useful for diagnosing the new ASS1-positive HCA subtype with high sensitivity, high specificity, high negative predictive value, and moderate positive predictive value in combination with an IHC panel and thorough morphological evaluation. This...
BSEP has been shown to be expressed in some hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) as well as in benign hepatocytic tumors, but its immunohistochemical (IHC) expression has not been evaluated as a diagnostic tool for the evaluation of neoplasms in liver. Design: Tissue microarrays including: 48 HCC,...
It allows pathologists to use their time more efficiently and makes onsite evaluation at a remote site possible. Kidney 1455 The Renal Distribution of Iron (Fe) in Primary Hemochromatosis: An Autopsy Study. V Ananthanarayanan, S Meehan, A Chang. University of Chicago, IL. Background: The ...
Similarly, 30-60% large droplet macrovesicular steatosis was not a risk factor for poor outcomes (p = 0.1362-0.9947, n = 7). Conclusions: Distinct assessment of small and large droplet macrovesicular steatosis is important in donor liver biopsy evaluation as > 30% small droplet macrovesicular ...