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Developments in laboratory testing for autoimmune diseases

Sheldon, Joanna

Cerebrospinal fluid microRNAs as diagnostic biomarkers in brain tumors

Kopkova, Alena / Sana, Jiri / Fadrus, Pavel / Slaby, Ondrej

HCV core antigen comes of age: a new opportunity for the diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection

Galli, Claudio / Julicher, Paul / Plebani, Mario

Insulin autoimmune syndrome (Hirata’s disease) in an Italian patient: a case report and review of the literature

Censi, Simona / Albergoni, Maria Paola / Gallo, Nicoletta / Plebani, Mario / Boscaro, Marco / Betterle, Corrado

The natural history of autoimmune Addison’s disease with a non-classical presentation: a case report and review of literature

Manso, Jacopo / Pezzani, Raffaele / Scarpa, Riccardo / Gallo, Nicoletta / Betterle, Corrado

Quality and future of clinical laboratories: the Vico’s whole cyclical theory of the recurring cycles

Plebani, Mario

Screening for connective tissue disease-associated antibodies by automated immunoassay

Willems, Philippe / De Langhe, Ellen / Claessens, Jolien / Westhovens, René / Van Hoeyveld, Erna / Poesen, Koen / Vanderschueren, Steven / Blockmans, Daniel / Bossuyt, Xavier

Analysis of anti-ganglioside antibodies by a line immunoassay in patients with chronic-inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies (CIDP)

Klehmet, Juliane / Märschenz, Stefanie / Ruprecht, Klemens / Wunderlich, Benjamin / Büttner, Thomas / Hiemann, Rico / Roggenbuck, Dirk / Meisel, Andreas

Detection of autoantibodies to the p200-epitope of SSA/Ro52 antigen. A comparison of two laboratory assays

Mattia, Elena / Hoxha, Ariela / Tonello, Marta / Favaro, Maria / Del Ross, Teresa / Calligaro, Antonia / Ghirardello, Anna / Ruffatti, Amelia

A new ELISA for autoantibodies to steroid 21-hydroxylase

del Pilar Larosa, Maria / Chen, Shu / Steinmaus, Nora / Macrae, Hannah / Guo, Liang / Masiero, Stefano / Garelli, Silvia / Costa, Miriam Dalla / Bossowski, Artur / Furmaniak, Jadwiga / Betterle, Corrado / Smith, Bernard Rees

Antibodies to phosphatidylserine/prothrombin (aPS/PT) enhanced the diagnostic performance in Chinese patients with antiphospholipid syndrome

Zhang, Shulan / Wu, Ziyan / Zhang, Wen / Zhao, Jiuliang / Norman, Gary L. / Zeng, Xiaofeng / Zhang, Fengchun / Li, Yongzhe

Borderline positive antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-PR3/MPO detection in a large cohort tertiary center: lessons learnt from a real-life experience

Watad, Abdulla / Bragazzi, Nicola L. / Sharif, Kassem / Gilburd, Boris / Yavne, Yarden / McGonagle, Dennis / Amital, Howard / Shoenfeld, Yehuda

Short- and medium-term biological variation estimates of red blood cell and reticulocyte parameters in healthy subjects

Buoro, Sabrina / Carobene, Anna / Seghezzi, Michela / Manenti, Barbara / Dominoni, Paola / Pacioni, Aurelio / Ceriotti, Ferruccio / Ottomano, Cosimo / Lippi, Giuseppe

Pediatric reference intervals for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D using the DiaSorin LIAISON XL assay in the healthy CALIPER cohort

Higgins, Victoria / Truong, Dorothy / White-Al Habeeb, Nicole M.A. / Fung, Angela W.S. / Hoffman, Barry / Adeli, Khosrow

Reference intervals for biochemical, haemostatic and haematological parameters in healthy Chinese women during early and late pregnancy

Jin, Yi / Lu, Jie / Jin, Hong / Fei, Chunrong / Xie, Xinyou / Zhang, Jun

Use of circulating tumor cells in prospective clinical trials for NSCLC patients – standardization of the pre-analytical conditions

Ilie, Marius / Hofman, Véronique / Leroy, Sylvie / Cohen, Charlotte / Heeke, Simon / Cattet, Florian / Bence, Coraline / Lalvée, Salomé / Mouroux, Jérôme / Marquette, Charles-Hugo / Hofman, Paul /

High microRNA-28-5p expression in colorectal adenocarcinoma predicts short-term relapse of node-negative patients and poor overall survival of patients with non-metastatic disease

Tsiakanikas, Panagiotis / Kontos, Christos K. / Kerimis, Dimitrios / Papadopoulos, Iordanis N. / Scorilas, Andreas

Diagnosis of acute pediatric appendicitis from children with inflammatory diseases by combination of metabolic markers and inflammatory response variables

Yu, Mengjie / Xiang, Tianxin / Wu, Xiaoping / Zhang, Shouhua / Yang, Wenlong / Zhang, Yu / Chen, Qiang / Sun, Shuilin / Xie, Baogang

Repeat requesting on hemolysed plasma potassium requests

Hawkins, Robert C.

A case report of insulin autoimmune syndrome in a Central European individual

Jendrzejewski, Jarosław / Obołończyk, Łukasz / Leczycka, Martina Eva / Utracka, Alicja / Ciura, Przemysław / Makowski, Waldemar / Sworczak, Krzysztof

Traceability of alkaline phosphatase measurement may also vary considerably using the same analytical system: the case of Abbott Architect

Aloisio, Elena / Frusciante, Erika / Pasqualetti, Sara / Quercioli, Massimo / Panteghini, Mauro

Abiraterone acetate: a potential source of interference in testosterone assays

Fairfax, Benjamin P. / Morgan, Robert D. / Protheroe, Andrew / Shine, Brian / James, Timothy

Falsely elevated plasma testosterone concentrations in neonates: importance of LC-MS/MS measurements

Hamer, Henrike M. / Finken, Martijn J.J. / van Herwaarden, Antonius E. / du Toit, Therina / Swart, Amanda C. / Heijboer, Annemieke C.

Rational approach to the primary evaluation of thyroid disease in paediatrics. Full thyroid profile vs. thyroid-stimulating hormone and free thyroxine only

Zaidman, Verónica / Lazzati, Juan Manuel / Maceiras, Mercedes / Herzovich, Viviana / Pelanda, Melina / Ribas, Alejandra / Belgorosky, Alicia / Chaler, Eduardo A.

Diagnostic performance of the N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide to detect an increased left atrial pressure in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Amioka, Michitaka / Sairaku, Akinori / Nakano, Yukiko / Tokuyama, Takehito / Matsumura, Hiroya / Tomomori, Shunsuke / Hironobe, Naoya / Kihara, Yasuki

Is the DNA of placental origin packaged in exosomes isolated from plasma and serum of pregnant women?

Repiská, Gabriela / Konečná, Barbora / Shelke, Ganesh V. / Lässer, Cecilia / Vlková, Barbora Izrael / Minárik, Gabriel

Gamma heavy chain disease evolving during the progression of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Robier, Christoph / Neubauer, Manfred

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