Clinical diagnostic immunology : protocols in quality assurance and standardization / edited by Robert M. Nakamura ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nakamura, Robert M., 1927-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immunodiagnosis.

Immunodiagnosis--Quality control.

Immunodiagnosis--Standards.

Immunologic Tests--methods.

Immunologic Techniques.

Immunologic Tests--standards.

Quality control.

Medical Subjects:

Immunologic Tests--methods.

Immunologic Techniques.

Immunologic Tests--standards.

Physical Description:

xvi, 512 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 1998.

Summary:

Clinical Diagnostic Immunology is the most comprehensive, up to date, single-volume guide to protocols in the immunology lab available anywhere. Carefully edited by two of the leading clinical and laboratory immunologists in the world, with concise chapters by sixty-nine experts in their respective subspecialties, this new book serves as both a useful reference and a practical manual of laboratory protocols. Beginning with overviews of the state of the art of laboratory immunology and quality control and standardization, Sections III and IV cover QA and standardization for humoral analytes and tissue assays. Sections V and VI -- the heart of the book -- are dedicated to the approach to individual immunologic and infectious diseases. A final section discusses molecular nucleotide assays. Published under the auspices of the American Medical Laboratory Immunologists, Clinical Diagnostic Immunology is designed to be useful in the day to day work of all medical laboratory professionals. It is an indispensable new tool for the modern medical lab, destined to become the standard reference/text in the field.

Contents:

Part I Current and Future Role of the Clinical Immunology Laboratory / James D. Folds, editor 1

1 What Is Clinical and Laboratory Immunology? / Joseph A. Bellanti, Josef V. Kadlec, Stephen M. Peters 3

2 The Anatomy and Organization of a Modern Clinical Immunology Laboratory / David E. Normansell 8

3 The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) of 1988 and Its Impact on the Immunology Laboratory / Karen James 15

4 Clinical Immunology Laboratory of the Future / James D. Folds 27

5 Impact of the Health Care Revolution and Future Role of the Clinical Immunology Laboratory / Robert M. Nakamura 32

Part II Present Concepts of Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Standardization / Linda Cook, editor 43

6 Principles of Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the Clinical Immunology Laboratory / Linda Cook 45

7 National and International Reference Preparations for the Clinical Diagnostic Immunology Laboratory / Robert M. Nakamura 54

8 Proficiency Testing Surveys in Clinical Diagnostic Immunology / Henry A. Homburger 64

9 Method Validation and Verification for High-Complexity and Inhouse (Home Brew) Diagnostic Immunology Tests / Helene Paxton 71

10 Improvement of Effectiveness of Immunologic Tests / Gerald C. Miller 78

Part III Recommendations for Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Standardization of Humoral Analytes / Linda Cook, editor 83

11 Quantitative, Electrophoretic, and Immunochemical Characterization of Immunoglobulins and Serum Proteins / David F. Keren 85

12 Quality Control in the Complement Laboratory / Patricia C. Giclas 94

13 Cryoglobulins and Immune Complexes / Linda Cook 103

14 Cytokines, Growth Factors, and Adhesion Molecules / Constance Emmett, Kimberly Foster 110

Part IV Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Standardization in Cellular and Tissue Assays / C. Lynne Burek, editor, Robert M. Nakamura, editor 125

15 Cellular Immune Function Tests / Maurice R.G. O'Gorman, Alice Gilman-Sachs, Linda L. Baum, Mary Ann Fletcher 127

16 Cytokine Receptors / Bryan Millett, Kimberly Foster, Constance Emmett 147

17 Flow Cytometry: DNA Ploidy and Cell Cycle Analysis / Thomas S. Alexander 159

18 Tissue Immunofluorescence Microscopy / Vijay Kumar, M. Rajadhyaksha 168

19 Immunohistochemistry Quality Assurance / Katherine M. Scott, Ray B. Nagle 178

20 Image Analysis of Tissues / Thomas Gahm, Raphael Marcelpoil 183

Part V Recommendations for Quality Assurance and Standardization of Laboratory Procedures for Evaluation of Diseases Mediated by Immune Mechanisms / C. Lynne Burek, editor 195

21 Assessment of Immunodeficiency Diseases / C. Kirk Osterland, A. Farhoudi 197

22 Systemic Rheumatic Diseases / Robert M. Nakamura, C. Kirk Osterland 208

23 Rheumatoid Arthritis and Rheumatoid Factor / Linda Cook 218

24 Autoimmune Endocrine and Gastric Diseases / C. Lynne Burek 224

25 Autoimmune Markers of Type I Diabetes Mellitus / Dorlinda Varga House, Masamichi Nakamura, William E. Winter 234

26 Autoimmune Liver Disease / Wayne R. Hogrefe, Harry E. Prince 250

27 Autoimmune Neuropathies / David F. Carney 263

28 Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies in Vascular Inflammatory Diseases / David E. Normansell 271

29 Standardized Anticardiolipin Testing / E. Nigel Harris, Silvia S. Pierangeli 280

30 Quality Assurance and Standardization in the Diagnostic Allergy Laboratory / Robert G. Hamilton 290

31 Histocompatibility Assays in Transplantation / Nora C. Nugent, Mildred K. Fleetwood 300

32 Serologic Assays for Tumors / Mark E. Astill, Lorraine W. Wilson 314

33 Cellular Assays for the Evaluation of Human Tumors / A. Betts Carpenter, Theresa L. Whiteside 322

Part VI Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Standardization for Infectious Diseases / John L. Sever, editor 335

34 Quality Assurance and Standardization in Clinical Diagnostic Immunology: Immunologic and Molecular Assays for Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Neil T. Constantine 337

35 Syphilis / Sandra A. Larsen, William E. Morrill 353

36 The Laboratory's Role in the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease / Nick S. Harris 362

37 Pneumococcal Serotype Assays / Jorgen Henrichsen 383

38 Hepatitis A, B, and C / Stephen B. Lambert, Howard A. Fields 391

39 Rubella / Teryl K. Frey 400

40 Epstein-Barr Virus and Mononucleosis-like Illnesses / Charles A. Horwitz, Theresa A. Steeper 411

41 Herpes, Varicella, and Cytomegalovirus / John L. Sever 420

Part VII Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Standardization of Molecular Nucleotide Assays / James D. Folds, editor, Robert M. Nakamura, editor 429

42 Organization and Structure of a Modern Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory / Yiping Chen, Garth D. Ehrlich 431

43 Molecular Oncology / Kevin L. Nellis, W. Edward Highsmith, Julie Leana-Cox, Daniel C. Edelman, Sanford A. Stass 446

44 In Situ Hybridization / Elizabeth R. Unger, Daisy R. Lee 457

45 Parentage and HLA Testing Using DNA Polymorphisms / Herbert F. Polesky 465

46 Molecular Assays for Genetic Diseases / Wayne W. Grody 471

47 Molecular Assays for Infectious Diseases / Yingze Zhang, Garth D. Ehrlich 481

48 Quality Assurance in Forensic DNA Testing / Rhonda K. Roby, Theodore D. Anderson, Victor W. Weedn 490.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0865425183

OCLC:

39014176