Adherence to recommendations and clinical practice guidelines: not an easy task
Mario Plebani
Comparison of interferon-gamma production between TB1 and TB2 tubes of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus: a meta-analysis
Guntur Darmawan, Lie Monica Sherine Liman, Laniyati Hamijoyo, Nur Atik, Bachti Alisjahbana, Edhyana Sahiratmadja
Review on adherence of the literature to official recommendations on albuminuria harmonization and standardization
Michele Mussap, Morena Sortino, Elena Monteverde, Rossella Tomaiuolo, Giuseppe Banfi, Massimo Locatelli, Anna Carobene
The total testing process harmonization: the case study of SARS-CoV-2 serological tests
Alessandra Colombini, Carla Divieto, Rossella Tomaiuolo, Leonardo Mortati, Jessica Petiti, Chiara Di Resta, Giuseppe Banfi
Quality standards and internal quality control practices in medical laboratories: an IFCC global survey of member societies
Sarah E. Wheeler, Ivan M. Blasutig, Pradeep Kumar Dabla, Jean-Marc Giannoli, Anne Vassault, Ji Lin, Kandace A. Cendejas, Armand Perret-Liaudet, Renze Bais, Annette Thomas, Egon P. Amann, Qing H. Meng
Toolkit for emerging technologies in laboratory medicine
Ronda Greaves, Larry Kricka, Damien Gruson, Maurizio Ferrari, Helen Martin, Tze Ping Loh, Sergio Bernardini, on behalf of the IFCC Emerging Technologies Division
Recommendations for the study of monoclonal gammopathies in the clinical laboratory. A consensus of the Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine and the Spanish Society of Hematology and Hemotherapy. Part I: Update on laboratory tests for the study of monoclonal gammopathies
María C. Cárdenas, Ramón García-Sanz, Noemí Puig, David Pérez-Surribas, Juan Flores-Montero, María Ortiz-Espejo, Javier de la Rubia, Elena Cruz-Iglesias
Recommendations for the study of monoclonal gammopathies in the clinical laboratory. A consensus of the Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine and the Spanish Society of Hematology and Hemotherapy. Part II: Methodological and clinical recommendations for the diagnosis and follow-up of monoclonal gammopathies
María C. Cárdenas, Ramón García-Sanz, Noemí Puig, David Pérez-Surribas, Juan Flores-Montero, María Ortiz-Espejo, Javier De la Rubia, Elena Cruz-Iglesias
The MBL2 genotype relates to COVID-19 severity and may help to select the optimal therapy
Filippo Scialò, Gustavo Cernera, Speranza Esposito, Biagio Pinchera, Ivan Gentile, Marina Di Domenico, Andrea Bianco, Lucio Pastore, Felice Amato, Giuseppe Castaldo
The stability of C-peptide and insulin in plasma and serum samples under different storage conditions
Delhia X. Nkuna, Siyabonga P. Khoza, Jaya A. George, Mpho R. Maphayi
Self-sampling of blood using a topper and pediatric tubes; a prospective feasibility study for PSA analysis using 120 prostate cancer patients
Nicas van den Brink, Rixt Even, Enver Delic, Sarah van Hellenberg Hubar-Fisher, Huub H. van Rossum
Albumin determined by bromocresol green leads to erroneous results in routine evaluation of patients with chronic kidney disease
Marith van Schrojenstein Lantman, Anne-Els van de Logt, Elma Prudon-Rosmulder, Marloes Langelaan, Ayşe Y. Demir, Steef Kurstjens, Armando van der Horst, Aldy Kuypers, Aram Greuter, Jenny Kootstra-Ros, Eline van der Hagen, Marlies Oostendorp, Roseri de Beer, Christian Ramakers, Dirk Bakkeren, Fokke Lindeboom, Dennis van de Wijngaart, Marc Thelen, Jack Wetzels, Miranda van Berkel
Uncertainty in measurement and the renal tubular reabsorption of phosphate
Ian Farrance, Robert Frenkel, Kay Weng Choy
Urine transfer devices may impact urinary particle results: a pre-analytical study
Nathan Debunne, Joris Delanghe, Leen Raman, Matthijs Oyaert
Analytical and clinical validation of a blood progranulin ELISA in frontotemporal dementias
Francisco Meda, Joel Simrén, Barbara Borroni, Valentina Cantoni, Silvana Archetti, Giorgio Biasiotto, Ulf Andreasson, Kaj Blennow, Hlin Kvartsberg, Henrik Zetterberg
Early changes in S100B maternal blood levels can predict fetal intrauterine growth restriction
Laura Abella, Ebe D’Adamo, Mariachiara Strozzi, Valentina Botondi, Ernesto Abella, Maurizio Cassinari, Laura Mazzucco, Antonio Maconi, Michela Testa, Cristian Zanelli, Roberta Patacchiola, Michela Librandi, Jacopo Osmelli, Maura Carabotta, Francesco Chiarelli, Diego Gazzolo
Interpreting two TSH results from the same patient
Arne Åsberg, Gustav Mikkelsen
Integrated plasma and exosome long noncoding RNA profiling is promising for diagnosing non-small cell lung cancer
Na Wang, Cong Yao, Changliang Luo, Shaoping Liu, Long Wu, Weidong Hu, Qian Zhang, Yuan Rong, Chunhui Yuan, Fubing Wang
Diagnostic accuracy of extended HPV DNA genotyping and its application for risk-based cervical cancer screening strategy
Hongyu Xie, Xuan Rao, Junyan Li, Lifang Yao, Ying Ji, Juan Zhang, Hui Wang, Xinyu Wang, Xiao Li
Performance evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection in the post-pandemic era: multi-laboratory assessment
Yuqing Chen, Lei Feng, Yanxi Han, Zihong Zhao, Zhenli Diao, Tao Huang, Yu Ma, Wanyu Feng, Jing Li, Ziqiang Li, Cong Liu, Lu Chang, Jinming Li, Rui Zhang
Serum sPD-L1 levels are elevated in patients with viral diseases, bacterial sepsis or in patients with impaired renal function compared to healthy blood donors
Lorin Loacker, Alexander Egger, Vilmos Fux, Rosa Bellmann-Weiler, Günter Weiss, Andrea Griesmacher, Gregor Hoermann, Franz Ratzinger, Helmuth Haslacher, Hubert Schrezenmeier, Markus Anliker
Results of the first survey of the EFLM Task Force Preparation of Labs for Emergencies (TF-PLE)
Giuseppe Lippi, Janne Cadamuro, Elisa Danese, Emmanuel J. Favaloro, Julien Favresse, Brandon M. Henry, Snežana Jovičić, Tomris Ozben, Mario Plebani, Jecko Thachil
Thrombocytopenia and hyperinflammation are induced by extracellular histones circulating in blood
Rosaria Vincenza Giglio, Daniela Ligi, Chiara Della Franca, Bruna Lo Sasso, Julia Zulema Rivas, Luisa Agnello, Ferdinando Mannello, Marcello Ciaccio
Bilirubin color interference on prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time tests assessed in patients with liver disease
Erica Scalambrino, Elena M. Faioni, Marigrazia Clerici, Ilaria Avarello, Marco Capecchi, Samantha Pasca, Armando Tripodi
Laboratory response to paradigm change in hemophilia treatment
How to monitor patients simultaneously treated with emicizumab and Factor VIII concentrate?
Marjan Shafaati Lambert, Maria Bruzelius, Nida Mahmoud Hourani Soutari, Susanna Ranta, Jovan P. Antovic
MALDI-ISD mass spectrometry analysis as a simple and reliable tool to detect post-translational modifications of hemoglobin variants: the case of Hb Raleigh
Selene De Benedittis, Patrizia Spadafora, Marco Gaspari, Gabriele Qualtieri, Olivier Gallo, Gemma Di Palma, Francesca Cavalcanti, Luigi Citrigno, Antonio Qualtieri
Method validation for a greener approach to the quantification of 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 in patient serum using supported liquid extraction and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
Gavin Turrell, Thilini Thrimawithana, Catherine Itsiopoulos, Ronda F. Greaves, Rosita Zakaria
Interest of minigene splicing reporter assay in familial hypobetalipoproteinemia genetic diagnosis: the example of the missense mutation APOB c.1468C>T
Zoé Henry, Alexandre Janin, Séverine Nony, Oriane Marmontel, Bertrand Cariou, Marie Marrec, Cyrielle Caussy, Sybil Charrière, Philippe Moulin, Jennifer Rieusset, Frédéric Perros, Mathilde Di Filippo
Laboratory medicine unveiling an unusual cause of D-lactic acidosis as the trigger of decompensation of a rare inborn error of metabolism
Charles R. Lefèvre, Elise Sacaze, Léna Damaj, Paul Rollier, Marie Lenski, Camille Le Stradic, Claude Bendavid, Pascal Reynier, Xavier Dieu, Delphine Prunier, Caroline Moreau, Chadi Homedan |