Background: The presence of interfering substances in patient samples submitted for
immunoassay cannot be reliably anticipated. We therefore evaluated three interference screening …

COVID-19 global cases have climbed to more than 33 million, with over a million total deaths,
as of September, 2020. Real-time massive SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequencing is key …

Laboratory utilization by clinician specialty groups serving outpatients was monitored before
and after requisition redesign. Requisition changes were designed to address compliance …

After reading this article, readers should understand potential causes of interference that are
specific to immunoassays, methods used to detect interference, and approaches used to …

Current gels used in blood separation tubes create an imperfect barrier between the blood
components because of their physical and thixotropic nature. As a result, blood components …

… Emerson is with the department of Pathology and laboratory Medicine, University of southern
california, los angeles, ca (e-mail: jane.emerson… Emerson has a Ph.d. degree in physics …

The leading cause of death in the United States is heart disease. Because an elevated serum
cholesterol level is an independent risk factor for development of coronary heart disease (…

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to prove the feasibility of using
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) T 1 and T 2 measurements to assess the blood-brain barrier integrity …

A standardized urinalysis and manual microscopic cell counting system was evaluated for
its potential to reduce intra‐ and interoperator variability in urine and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) …

DYNAMIC MR imaging has revealed dramatic fluctuations in the appearance of CSF in the
cortical sulci and cortical subarachnoid spaces in aging individuals and patients with …