Pathology, Clinical - Methods
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Performance of herpes simplex challenges in proficiency testing: observations from the College of American Pathologists proficiency testing program.

30 Aug 2009 CONTEXT: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a common sexually transmitted disease that is decreasing in prevalence. Herpes simplex virus challenge cases have performed well in the educational College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison ... Read more...

Systems pathology--taking molecular pathology into a new dimension.

5 Jul 2009 The wealth of morphological, histological, and molecular data from human cancers available to pathologists means that pathology is poised to become a truly quantitative systems science. By measuring morphological parameters such as tumor stage and ... Read more...

Significance of deep section in small gastric biopsies.

29 Jun 2009 AIM OF STUDY: Chronic gastritis is defined as the presence of chronic mucosal inflammatory changes leading eventually to mucosal atrophy and epithelial metaplasia. This condition constitutes a background for dysplasia and thereby carcinoma. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pathology, Clinical - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• ["Anapath", prescription and prediction guide in cancerology] 30 Aug 2009
• Performance of herpes simplex challenges in proficiency testing: observations from the College of American Pathologists proficiency testing program. 30 Aug 2009
• Neoplastic hematopathology. Preface. 30 Jul 2009
• Merkel cell carcinoma: what is it, what will it do and where will it go? What role should the pathologist play in reporting this information? 30 Jul 2009
• The current face of ophthalmic pathology. 30 Jul 2009
• The current face of ophthalmic pathology. 30 Jul 2009
• Systems pathology--taking molecular pathology into a new dimension. 5 Jul 2009
• Significance of deep section in small gastric biopsies. 29 Jun 2009
• Making and using inexpensive manually constructed tissue micro-array: experience of a tertiary care hospital in India. 29 Jun 2009
• Tracking with virtual slides: a tool to study diagnostic error in histopathology. 29 Jun 2009
• What is the pathologist saying? Interpretation of the prostate pathology report. 29 Apr 2009
• Molecular cytopathology: a new era of clinical cytology. 29 Apr 2009
• Congenital myopathies--a comprehensive update of recent advancements. 29 Apr 2009
• Central pathology review in multicenter trials and studies: lessons from the nephroblastoma trials. 29 Apr 2009
• Recommended principles and practices for validating clinical molecular pathology tests. 29 Apr 2009
• Results of an external proficiency testing exercise on platelet dense-granule deficiency testing by whole mount electron microscopy. 29 Apr 2009
• Mandatory second opinion in cytopathology. 23 Apr 2009
• Clinical significance of the diagnosis of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, cannot exclude high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion. 23 Apr 2009
• FNAC thyroid reporting categories: value of using the British Thyroid Association (Thy 1 to Thy 5) thyroid FNAC reporting guidelines. 30 Mar 2009
• Interobserver variation in the histopathologic reporting of key prognostic parameters, particularly clark level, affects pathologic staging of primary cutaneous melanoma. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Pathology, Clinical'

Definition: A subspecialty of pathology applied to the solution of clinical problems, especially the use of laboratory methods in clinical diagnosis. (Dorland, 28th ed.)

Descriptor UI: D010338

Alternative terms: Pathology, Clinical; Clinical Pathology;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.776.600.500;

History Note: 80

Technical Notes: SPEC only: do not use as NIM coord: use /pathol with organs & diseases: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.52; DF: PATHOL CLIN