noradrenaline
noradrenaline (norepinephrine) (nor-ă-dren-ă-lin) n. a hormone, closely related to adrenaline, secreted by the medulla of the adrenal gland and also released as a neurotransmitter by sympathetic nerve endings. Among its many actions are constriction of small blood vessels leading to an increase in blood pressure, increase in the rate and depth of breathing, and relaxation of the smooth muscle in intestinal walls.
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Application of Immunohistochemistry to Cytology
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...various methodologies with applications to cytology specimens. The direct application of immunochemistry to cytology may have a variety of pitfalls that the...pitfalls when applying immunochemistry to cytology specimens and to suggest approaches to...
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Quality Indices in a Cervicovaginal Cytology Service: Before and After Laboratory Accreditation
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...quality indices of our cervicovaginal cytology service preceding and following laboratory...Pathologists in 2000. Design.-Cervicovaginal cytology quality indices for 2001 (postaccreditation...Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology (PAP) for the years 1999-2002 were...
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A model state program for cytology PT. (proficiency testing)
Magazine article from: Medical Laboratory Observer; 5/1/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...clinical laboratories in general, and cytology labs in particular. An award-winning...Maryland-Virginia-D.C. region, cytology labs were indicted throughout a weeklong...division of state government that regulates cytology laboratories. When the Maryland General...
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Improved diagnostic yield of endoscopic biliary brush cytology by digital image analysis
Magazine article from: Mayo Clinic Proceedings; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...was used to identify all biliary brush cytology specimens obtained during endoscopic retrograde...benign strictures with negative routine cytology, malignant strictures with negative routine cytology, and malignant strictures with positive...
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Summary of the 2006 College of American Pathologists Gynecologic Cytology Proficiency Testing Program
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...professional proficiency in gynecologic cytology is challenging. A valid proficiency...of American Pathologists Gynecologic Cytology Proficiency Testing Program (PAPPT...proficiency testing program in gynecologic cytology. (Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2008;132...
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mtm laboratories Launches CINtec(R) Cytology Kit in Europe with Extended Clinical Claims for Cervical Cancer Diagnosis.
Business Wire; 9/17/2008; 700+ words
; ...launch of the CE-labeled CINtec[R] Cytology kit with extended claims for the diagnosis...equivocal) or Low Grade (mild abnormality) cytology results to High Risk HPV (HR-HPV...However, the specificity of CINtec Cytology was 67-100% higher than that of HR...
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Quality management in gynecologic cytology using interlaboratory comparison
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...quality management plan for gynecologic cytology. Design and Setting.-Cytopathology...Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology, and other published data, a quality management program for gynecologic cytology involving diagnostic statistics...
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Evaluation of a cervical cytology device (Cell-Sweep) based on comparison to colposcopic findings
Magazine article from: Journal of the National Medical Association; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; A new cytology sampling device, the CellSweep, identifies...to evaluate the accuracy of cervical cytology using a new sampling device combining...Hospitals Colposcopy Clinic had cervical cytology obtained with the CellSweep and underwent...
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Peritoneal washing cytology: How significant?
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; The use of peritoneal washing cytology (PWC) has been debated from its...the presence of positive peritoneal cytology in the absence of gross ovarian carcinoma...respectively.2 The importance of malignant cytology in women with endometrial cancer...
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Can Human Papillomavirus DNA Testing Substitute for Cytology in the Detection of High-Grade Cervical Lesions?
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...testing in comparison with conventional cytology for detection of cervical intraepithelial...years), who were referred for abnormal cytology from January 2000 through December 2001...sets: HPV DNA testing, conventional cytology, and the 2 tests combined. Results...
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Cytology
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Cytology Definition Cytology is the examination of individual cells and small clusters of cells...for the diagnosis and screening of diseases, including cancers. Cytology can also be referred to as cytopathology. Purpose Diagnostic tests...
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Urine Cytology
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
URINE CYTOLOGY Urine typically contains epithelial cells shed from the urinary tract. Urine cytology evaluates this urinary sediment for the...assessed via instrumentation. In urine cytology, collected urine is examined microscopically...
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cytology
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
cytology (sy- tol -ŏji) n. the study of the structure and function of cells. aspiration...have already been shed, used in the diagnosis of various diseases. See also liquid-based cytology . — cytological adj.
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liquid-based cytology
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
liquid-based cytology ( LBC ) ( lik -wid) n. a relatively new technology intended to improve the detection of cytological abnormalities, which has...
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Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Jr.
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...ranks as a major figure in one of them, cytology. He rose steadily in his profession...whose interest in the maturing science of cytology turned him toward the area in which he...doctoral thesis, however, dealt not with cytology but with a variety of lesser problems...
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