Clinical Education Center

Authors: Gervais JR, Hobbs GA

Use of an acetyl derivative to improve GC-MS determination of norbuprenorphine in the presence of high concentrations of buprenorphine in the urine

Specialties: Toxicology/Pain Management

Authors: Yasun E, Trusty T, Abolhosn RW, Clarke NJ, Mezić I.

Electrokinetic Mixing for Improving the Kinetics of an HbA1c Immunoassay.

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Agersborg, S
Authors: Nassar A, Cohen C, Zhou W, Lynch KA, Heyman ER, Olson A, Lange H, Siddiqui MT.

A new immunohistochemical ER/PR image analysis system: a multisite performance study.

Specialties: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Oncology, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Women's Health/OB/GYN

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Agersborg, S
Authors: Nassar A, Cohen C, Zhou W, Lynch KA, Albitar M, Barker EA, Vanderbilt BL, Thompson J, Heyman ER, Lange H, Olson A, Siddiqui MT.

Trainable immunohistochemical HER2/neu image analysis: a multisite performance study using 260 breast tissue specimens.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Oncologists, Pathologists, Pediatrics

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Agersborg, S
Authors: Nassar A, Cohen C, Albitar M, Zhou W, Lynch KA, Heyman ER, Lange H, Siddiqui MT.

Reading immunohistochemical slides on a computer monitor--a multisite performance study using 180 HER2-stained breast carcinomas.

Specialties: Internal Medicine, Oncologists, Pathologists, Women's Health/OB/GYN

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Agersborg, S
Authors: Nassar A, Cohen C, Zhou W, Lynch KA, Barker EA, Vanderbilt BL, Thompson J, Heyman ER, Olson A, Lange H, Siddiqui MT.

A multisite performance study comparing the reading of immunohistochemical slides on a computer monitor with conventional manual microscopy for estrogen and progesterone receptor analysis.

Specialties: Oncology, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

Authors: Kaufman HW, Gift TL, Kreisel K, Niles JK, Alagia DP.

Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Shifting Age-Based Positivity Among Young Females, 2010-2017

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Women's Health/OB/GYN

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Authors: Kaufman HW, Alagia DP, Chen Z, Onisko A, Austin RM.

Contributions of Liquid-Based (Papanicolaou) Cytology and Human Papillomavirus Testing in Cotesting for Detection of Cervical Cancer and Precancer in the United States

Specialties: Oncology, Women's Health/OB/GYN

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Authors: Kaufman HW, Hilborne LH, Alagia DP

Quality Improvement to Demonstrate the Lack of Reliability of the Human Papillomavirus mRNA Assay to Identify Women With Latent Human Papillomavirus Infections.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Women's Health/OB/GYN

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Authors: Hemmat M, Rumple MJ, Mahon LW, Morrow M, Zach T, Anguiano A, Elnaggar MM, Wang BT, Boyar FZ

CMA analysis identifies homozygous deletion of MCPH1 in 2 brothers with primary Microcephaly-1.

Specialties: Genetics, Neurology, Pediatrics

Authors: Wang JC, Mahon LW, Ross LP, Anguiano A, Owen R, Boyar FZ

Enrichment of small pathogenic deletions at chromosome 9p24.3 and 9q34.3 involving DOCK8, KANK1, EHMT1 genes identified by using high-resolution oligonucleotide-single nucleotide polymorphism array analysis

Specialties: Genetics

Authors: Vasale J, Boyar F, Jocson M, Sulcova V, Chan P, Liaquat K, Hoffman C, Meservey M, Chang I, Tsao D, Hensley K, Liu Y, Owen R, Braastad C, Sun W, Walrafen P, Komatsu J, Wang JC, Bensimon A, Anguiano A, Jaremko M, Wang Z, Batish S, Strom C, Higgins J

Molecular combing compared to Southern blot for measuring D4Z4 contractions in FSHD

Specialties: Neurology

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Anguiano, A, Deming, A, Elnaggar, M, Hafezi, K, Hinman, L, Mahon, L, Ross, L, Sahoo, T, Wang, J
Authors: Sanchez-Lara P, Bruno Y, Bartley JA, Liehr T, Jones M

Concurrent triplication and uniparental isodisomy: evidence for microhomology-mediated break-induced replication model for genomic rearrangements.

Specialties: Genetics, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Anguiano, A, Boyar, F, El, N, Haddadin, M, Hemmat, M, Kopita, A, Mahon, L, Owen, R, Ross, L, Sahoo, T, Strom, C, Wang, T, Wang, J
Authors: Randolph LM, Chase JM, Matas Aguilera MJ, Siles JL, Church JA, Hauser N, Shen JJ, Jones MC, Wierenga KJ, Jiang Z

Regions of homozygosity identified by oligonucleotide SNP arrays: evaluating the incidence and clinical utility.

Specialties: Genetics, Pulmonology, Women's Health/OB/GYN

Authors: Birse CE, Shiffman D, Satish A, Fragala MS, Arellano AR, Sweet CMC, Lagier RJ.

Impact of a Digital Diabetes Prevention Program on Risk factors for Chronic Disease in a Workforce Cohort

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

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Quest Diagnostics Authors: Arvai, K, Jones, D, Lee, L

Annotation of Sequence Variants in Cancer Samples: Processes and Pitfalls for Routine Assays in the Clinical Laboratory.

Specialties: Genetics, Oncology, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

Authors: Bao JR, Master RN, Azad KN, Schwab DA, Clark RB, Jones RS, Moore EC, Shier KL

Rapid, Accurate Identification of Candida auris by Using a Novel MALDI-TOF Database (Library).

Specialties: Infectious Disease

Authors: Desai S, Rathi N, Kawade A, Venkatramanan P, Kundu R, Lalwani SK, Dubey AP, Venkateswara Rao J, Narayanappa D, Ghildiyal R, Gogtay NJ, Venugopal P, Palkar S, Munshi R, Bavdekar A, Juvekar S, Ganguly N, Niyogi P, Uttam KG, Kondekar A, Kumbhar D, Mohanlal S, Agarwal MC, Shetty P, Antony K, Gunale B, Dharmadhikari A, Deshpande J, Nalavade U, Sharma D, Bansal A, Tang Y, Flores J, Kulkarni PS.

Non-interference of Bovine-Human reassortant pentavalent rotavirus vaccine ROTASIIL® with the immunogenicity of infant vaccines in comparison with a licensed rotavirus vaccine.

Specialties: Infectious Disease

Authors: Jones RS, Shier KL, Master RN, Bao JR, Clark RB.

Current significance of the Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus group.

Specialties: Infectious Disease

Authors: Jones RS, Shier KL, Master RN, Bao JR, Clark RB

Current Significance of the Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus complex

Specialties: Infectious Disease

Authors: Li Y, Arellano AR, Bare LA, Bender RA, Strom CM, Devlin JJ

A Multigene Test Could Cost-Effectively Help Extend Life Expectancy for Women at Risk of Hereditary Breast Cancer.

Specialties: Clinical and Lab healthcare professionals, Genetics, Nurse practitioners, Oncology, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Women's Health/OB/GYN

Authors: Shiffman D, Arellano AR, Caulfield MP, Louie JZ, Bare LA, Devlin JJ, Melander O

Use of low density lipoprotein particle number levels as an aid in statin treatment decisions for intermediate risk patients: a cost-effectiveness analysis

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

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Authors: Shiffman D, Perez MV, Bare LA, Louie JZ, Arellano AR, Devlin JJ

Genetic risk for atrial fibrillation could motivate patient adherence to warfarin therapy: a cost effectiveness analysis.

Specialties: Cardiology, Genetics

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Bare, L, Bender, R, Devlin, J, Li, Y, Sninsky, J, Waldman, F
Authors: Wilson LS

Cost Effectiveness of Sequencing 34 Cancer-Associated Genes as an Aid for Treatment Selection in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma.

Specialties: Health Information Technology, Oncology, Women's Health/OB/GYN

Authors: A, Sninsky JJ, Wilson LS, Devlin JLi Y, Bare LA, Bender RJ, Waldman FM

Cost-Effectiveness of Sequencing 34 Cancer–Associated Genes as an Aid for Treatment Selection in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma

Specialties: Genetics, Oncology

Authors: Li Y, Bare LA, Bender RA, Sninsky JJ, Wilson LS, Devlin JJ, Waldman FM

Cost Effectiveness of Sequencing 34 Cancer-Associated Genes as an Aid for Treatment Selection in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma.

Specialties: Genetics, Oncology

Authors: Scheidweiler KB, Barnes AJ.

Quantification of Eight Cannabinoids Including Cannabidiol in Human Urine Via Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry.

Specialties: Toxicology/Pain Management

Authors: Prince HE, Givens TS, Lapé-Nixon M, Clarke NJ, Schwab DA, Batterman HJ, Jones RS, Meyer WA, Kapoor H, Rowland CM, Haji-Sheikhi F, Marlowe EM

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgG Targeting Nucleocapsid or Spike Protein by Four High Throughput Immunoassays Authorized for Emergency Use

Specialties: COVID-19, Infectious Disease

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Authors: Rogers AA, Baumann RE, Borillo GA, Kagan RM, Batterman HJ, Galdzicka M, Marlowe EM

Evaluation of Transport Media and Specimen Transport Conditions for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Using Real Time Reverse Transcription PCR

Specialties: COVID-19, Infectious Disease

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Authors: Prince HE, Batterman HJ, Schwab DA.

Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) IgG index values in two immunoassays in relation to HSV-2 IgG inhibition assay results.

Specialties: Infectious Disease

Authors: Kaufman HW, Chen Z, Radcliff J, Batterman HJ, Leake J

Q fever: an under-reported reportable communicable disease.

Specialties: Infectious Disease

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Authors: Ramanan P, Timmerman EA, Fidler ME, Amer H, Pritt BS, Schwab DA, Batterman HJ, Binnicker MJ

A kidney transplant recipient with renal medullary viral cytopathic changes.

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Batterman, HJ, Matud, J, Prince, H, Seaton, B

Chikungunya virus RNA and antibody testing at a National Reference Laboratory since the emergence of Chikungunya virus in the Americas.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Bennet, J, Bowen, D, Cermcack, J
Authors: Della Porta MG, Tuechler H, Malcovati L, Schanz J, Sanz G, Garcia-Manero G, Sole F, Fenaux P, Dreyfus F, Kantarjian H, Kuendgen A, Levis A, Fonatsch C, Le Beau MM, Slovak ML, Krieger O, Luebbert M, Maciejewski J, Magalhaes SM, Miyazaki Y, Pfeilstocker M,

Validation of WHO classification-based Prognostic Scoring System (WPSS) for myelodysplastic syndromes and comparison with the revised International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS-R). A study of the International Working Group for Prognosis in Myelodysplasia (IWG-PM)

Specialties: Health Information Technology, Hematology/Hemostasis/Thrombosis, Oncology

Authors: Fragala MS, Goldman SM, Goldman MM, Bi C, Colletti JD, Arent SM, Walker AJ, Clarke NJ.

Measurement of Cortisol and Testosterone in Athletes: Accuracy of Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Assays for Cortisol and Testosterone Measurement in Whole-Blood Microspecimens.

Specialties: Sports Medicine

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Authors: Fragala MS, Bi C, Chaump M, Kaufman HW, Kroll MH

Associations of aerobic and strength exercise with clinical laboratory test values.

Specialties: Sports Medicine

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Bi, C, Caston-Balderrama, A, Clarke, NJ, Garber, C, Kaufman, HW, Kroll, MH, Reitz, R, Suffin, S, Zhang, K
Authors: Liu D, Xie M, Holick MF

Temporal relationship between vitamin D status and parathyroid hormone in the United States.

Specialties: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, General Health and Wellness, Internal Medicine, Toxicology/Pain Management

Authors: Kaufman HW, Niles JK, Kroll MH, Bi C, Holick MF

SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates associated with circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels

Specialties: COVID-19, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Infectious Disease

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Authors: Fragala MS, Shiffman D, Birse CE

Population Health Screenings for the Prevention of Chronic Disease Progression

Specialties: General Health and Wellness

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Authors: Charles E. Birse, Jennifer L. Tomic, Harvey I. Pass, William N. Rom, Robert J. Lagier

Clinical validation of a blood-based classifier for diagnostic evaluation of asymptomatic individuals with pulmonary nodules

Specialties: Oncology

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Blatt, A, Kennedy, R, Luff, R, Rabin, D
Authors: Austin RM

Comparison of cervical cancer screening results among 256,648 women in multiple clinical practices.

Specialties: Genetics, Oncology, Pathology, Anatomic, Women's Health/OB/GYN

Authors: Rabin D, Blatt AJ, Kennedy R, Luff RD, Austin RM

Reply to comparison of cervical cancer screening results among 256,648 women in multiple clinical practices

Specialties: Oncology, Women's Health/OB/GYN

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Blochin, E, Elston, D
Authors: Kazlouskaya V, Krulig E, Fong D

Periorbital indurated lesions in a 67-year-old female patient.

Specialties: Dermatology, Oncology, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Women's Health/OB/GYN

Authors: Yu Y, Sikorski P, Smith M, Bowman-Gholston C, Cacciabeve N, Nelson KE, Pieper R.

Comprehensive Metaproteomic Analyses of Urine in the Presence and Absence of Neutrophil-Associated Inflammation in the Urinary Tract.

Specialties: Genetics, Urology

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Bowman-Gholston, C
Authors: Yu Y, Sikorski P, Cacciabeve N, Nelson KE, Pieper R

Diagnosing inflammation and infection in the urinary system via proteomics.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Urology

Authors: Wang JC, Boyar FZ

Chromosomal microarray analysis as the first-tier test for the identification of pathogenic copy number variants in chromosome 9 pericentric regions and its challenge.

Specialties: Genetics, Neurology, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics

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Spectral karyotyping for identification of constitutional chromosomal abnormalities at a national reference laboratory.

Specialties: Pediatrics, Women's Health/OB/GYN

Authors: Torian LV, Felsen UR, Xia Q, Laraque F, Rude EJ, Rose H, Cole A, Bocour A, Williams GJ, Bridgforth RF, Forgione LA, Doo H, Braunstein SL, Daskalakis DC, Zingman BS.

Undiagnosed HIV and HCV Infection in a New York City Emergency Department, 2015.

Specialties: Infectious Disease

Authors: Rosenthal SH, Sun W, Zhang K, Liu Y, Nguyen Q, Gerasimova A, Nery C, Cheng L, Castonguay C, Hiller E, Li J, Elzinga C, Wolfson D, Smolgovsky A, Chen R, Buller-Burckle A, Catanese J, Grupe A, Lacbawan F,Owen R

Development and Validation of a 34-Gene Inherited Cancer Predisposition Panel Using Next-Generation Sequencing

Specialties: Oncology

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Authors: Natarajan P, Collier TS, Jin Z, Lyass A, Li Y, Ibrahim NE, Mukai R, McCarthy CP, Massaro JM, D'Agostino RB Sr, Gaggin HK, Bystrom C, Penn MS, Januzzi JL Jr.

Association of an HDL Apolipoproteomic Score With Coronary Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Death.

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by Cleveland HeartLab, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

Authors: Natarajan P, Collier TS, Jin Z, Lyass A, Li Y, Ibrahim NE, Mukai R, McCarthy CP, Massaro JM, D'Agostino RB Sr, Gaggin HK, Bystrom C, Penn MS, Januzzi JL Jr

Association of an HDL apolipoproteomic score with the presence of coronary atherosclerosis and incident cardiovascular death

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by Cleveland HeartLab, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

Authors: Natarajan P, Collier TS, Jin Z, Lyass A, Li Y, Ibrahim NE, Mukai R, McCarthy CP, Massaro JM, D'Agostino RB Sr, Gaggin HK, Bystrom C, Penn MS, Januzzi JL Jr.

Association of an HDL Apolipoproteomic Score With Coronary Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Death

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by Cleveland HeartLab, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

Authors: Jin Z, Collier TS, Dai DLY, Chen V, Hollander Z, Ng RT, McManus BM, Balshaw R, Apostolidou S, Penn MS, Bystrom C.

Development and Validation of Apolipoprotein AI-Associated Lipoprotein Proteome Panel for the Prediction of Cholesterol Efflux Capacity and Coronary Artery Disease

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by Cleveland HeartLab, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

Authors: Rockwood AL, Lowenthal MS, Bystrom C.

Harmonization of Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Protein Assays.

Specialties: Cardiology

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by Cleveland HeartLab, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

Authors: Strom CM, Anderson B, Tsao D1, Zhang K, Liu Y, Livingston K, Elzinga C2, Evans M, Nguyen Q, Wolfson D, Rowland C, Kolacki P, Maxwell M, Wang JC, Rabin D, Catanese J, Owen R, Braastad C, Sun W.

Improving the Positive Predictive Value of Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening (NIPS).

Specialties: Genetics, Women's Health/OB/GYN

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Authors: Iakoubova O, Tong C, Catanese J, Rowland C, Luke M, Tranquilli M, Elefteriades JA

KIF6 719Arg Genetic Variant and Risk for Thoracic Aortic Dissection

Specialties: Cardiology, Genetics

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Catanese, J, Li, Y
Authors: Yin X, Low HQ, Wang L, Ellinghaus E, Han J, Estivill X, Sun L, Padyukov L, Krueger GG, Duffin KC, Mucha S, Weichenthal M, Weidinger S, Lieb W, Foo JN, Sim K, Liany H, Irwan I, Teo Y, Theng CT, Gupta R, Bowcock A, De Jager PL, Qureshi AA, de Bakker PI, Se

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies multiple novel associations and ethnic heterogeneity of psoriasis susceptibility.

Specialties: Dermatology, Genetics, Internal Medicine

Authors: Farukhi ZM, Demler OV, Caulfield MP, Kulkarni K, Wohlgemuth J, Cobble M, Luttmann-Gibson H, Li C, Nelson JR, Cook NR, Buring JE, Krauss RM, Manson JE, Mora S.

Comparison of nonfasting and fasting lipoprotein subfractions and size in 15,397 apparently healthy individuals: An analysis from the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL.

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

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Authors: Bril F, McPhaul MJ, Caulfield MP, Clark VC, Soldevilla-Pico C, Firpi-Morell RJ, Lai J, Shiffman D, Rowland CM, Cusi K.

Performance of Plasma Biomarkers and Diagnostic Panels for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Advanced Fibrosis in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine

Authors: Wu Z, Sanders H, Motorykin I, Caulfield MP, McPhaul MJ

Detection of Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Variants by Mass Spectrometry: Results from a Clinical Reference Laboratory.

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

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Authors: Akinkuolie AO, Lawler PR, Chu AY, Caulfield M, Mu J, Ding B, Nyberg F, Glynn RJ, Ridker PM, Hurt-Camejo E, Chasman DI, Mora S.

Group IIA Secretory Phospholipase A2, Vascular Inflammation, and Incident Cardiovascular Disease.

Specialties: Cardiology

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Authors: Rowland CM, Shiffman D, Caulfield M, Garcia V, Melander O, Hastie T.

Association of cardiovascular events and lipoprotein particle size: Development of a risk score based on functional data analysis.

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

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Authors: Bril F, McPhaul MJ, Caulfield MP, Castille JM, Poynard T, Soldevila-Pico C, Clark VC, Firpi-Morell RJ, Lai J, Cusi K.

Performance of the SteatoTest, ActiTest, NashTest and FibroTest in a multiethnic cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Specialties: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Authors: Delatour V, Clouet-Foraison N, Gaie-Levrel F, Marcovina SM, Hoofnagle AN, Kuklenyik Z, Caulfield MP, Otvos JD, Krauss RM, Kulkarni KR, Contois JH, Remaley AT, Vesper HW, Cobbaert CM, Gillery P.

Comparability of Lipoprotein Particle Number Concentrations Across ES-DMA, NMR, LC-MS/MS, Immunonephelometry, and VAP: In Search of a Candidate Reference Measurement Procedure for apoB and non-HDL-P Standardization.

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Authors: Lu Y, Ding Q, Xu X, Spatz ES, Dreyer RP, D'Onofrio G, Caulfield M, Nasir K, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM

Sex Differences in Omega-3 and -6 Fatty Acids and Health Status Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results From the VIRGO Study.

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Pediatrics

Authors: Bril F, Millán L, Kalavalpalli S, McPhaul MJ, Caulfield MP, Martinez-Arranz I, Alonso C, Ortiz Betes P, Mato JM, Cusi K.

Use of a Metabolomic Approach to Non-invasively Diagnose Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Specialties: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

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Authors: Hawkes CP, Grimberg A, Kenny LC, Kiely M, Hourihane JOB, Irvine AD, McPhaul MJ, Caulfield MP, Zemel BS, Murray DM.

The relationship between IGF-I and -II concentrations and body composition at birth and over the first 2 months.

Specialties: Cardiology, Pediatrics

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Authors: Shiffman D, Louie JZ, Caulfield MP, Nilsson PM, Devlin JJ, Melander O

LDL subfractions are associated with incident cardiovascular disease in the Malmö Prevention Project Study.

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

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Authors: Lu Y, Zhou S, Dreyer RP, Caulfield M, Spatz ES, Geda M, Lorenze NP, Herbert P, D'Onofrio G, Jackson EA, Lichtman JH, Bueno H, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM

Sex Differences in Lipid Profiles and Treatment Utilization Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results from the VIRGO Study

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Lipidology

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Authors: Mora S, Caulfield MP, Wohlgemuth J, Chen Z, Superko HR, Rowland CM, Glynn RJ, Ridker PM, Krauss RM

Atherogenic Lipoprotein Subfractions Determined by Ion Mobility and First Cardiovascular Events After Random Allocation to High-Intensity Statin or Placebo: The Justification for the Use of Statins in Prevention: An Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin (JUPITER) Trial.

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Caulfield, MP, Hantash, FM
Authors: Abbasi F, Blasey C, Feldman D, Reaven GM

Low circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are associated with defects in insulin action and insulin secretion in persons with prediabetes.

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Caulfield, MP, Hantash, FM
Authors: Feldman D, Reaven GM

Relationship among 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, insulin action, and cardiovascular disease risk in patients with essential hypertension.

Specialties: Cardiology, General Health and Wellness, Internal Medicine

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Caulfield, MP
Authors: Landenhed M, Engstrom G, Gottsater A, Hedblad B, Newton-Cheh C, Melander O, Smith JG

Risk profiles for aortic dissection and ruptured or surgically treated aneurysms: a prospective cohort study.

Specialties: Cardiology, Hematology/Hemostasis/Thrombosis, Transplant

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Caulfield, MP, Hantash, FM
Authors: Seibert R, Abbasi F, Reaven G, Kim SH

Relationship between insulin resistance and amino acids in women and men.

Specialties: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Authors: Melander O, Shiffman D, Caulfield MP, Louie JZ, Rowland CM, Devlin JJ, Krauss RM.

Low-Density Lipoprotein Particle Number Is Associated With Cardiovascular Events Among Those Not Classified Into Statin Benefit Groups.

Specialties: Cardiology

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Caulfield, MP, Clarke, NJ, McPhaul, MJ, Reitz, R
Authors: Goldman, Mildred M. BS, CLS; Viec, Khanh V. BS;

The Measurement of 3-Epimer 25-Hydroxyvitamin D by Mass Spectrometry in Clinical Specimens Detects Inconsequential Levels in Adult Subjects

Specialties: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, General Health and Wellness, Internal Medicine, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics

Authors: Kaufman HW, Chen Z, Meyer WA 3rd, Wohlgemuth JG.

Insights from Patterns of SARS-CoV-2 Immunoglobulin G Serology Test Results from a National Clinical Laboratory, United States, March-July 2020

Specialties: COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy

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Authors: Kaufman HW, Chen Z, Niles J, Fesko Y

Changes in the Number of US Patients With Newly Identified Cancer Before and During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Specialties: COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Oncology

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Authors: Lee-Lewandrowski E, Chen Z, Branda J, Baron J, Kaufman HW.

Laboratory Blood-Based Testing for Non-Lyme Disease Tick-Borne Infections at a National Reference Laboratory.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Laboratory

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Authors: Kushner T, Chen Z, Tressler S, Kaufman H, Feinberg J, Terrault NA.

Trends in Hepatitis B Infection and Immunity among Women of Childbearing Age in the United States.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Women's Health/OB/GYN

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Authors: Lee-Lewandrowski E, Chen Z, Branda J, Baron J, Kaufman HW

Laboratory Blood-Based Testing for Lyme Disease at a National Reference Laboratory

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Laboratory

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Authors: Bove KE, Thrasher AD, Anders R, Chung CT, Cummings OW, Finegold MJ, Finn L, Ranganathan S, Kim GE, Lovell M, Magid MS, Melin-Aldana H, Russo P, Shehata B, Wang L, White F, Chen Z, Spino C, Magee JC.

Inflammation, Active Fibroplasia, and End-stage Fibrosis in 172 Biliary Atresia Remnants Correlate Poorly With Age at Kasai Portoenterostomy, Visceral Heterotaxy, and Outcome.

Specialties: Gastroenterology, Other, Pathology, Pathology, Anatomic

Authors: Bove KE, Sheridan R, Fei L, Anders R, Chung CT, Cummings OW, Finegold MJ, Finn L, Ranganathan S, Kim G, Lovell M, Magid MS, Melin-Aldana H, Russo P, Shehata B, Wang L, White F, Chen Z, Spino C, Magee JC.

Hepatic Hilar Lymph Node Reactivity at Kasai Portoenterostomy for Biliary Atresia: Correlations With Age, Outcome, and Histology of Proximal Biliary Remnant.

Specialties: Gastroenterology, Infectious Disease

Authors: Kaufman H and Chen Z

Vitamin D Status and Supplementation in Employer-Sponsored Wellness Program

Specialties: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

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Authors: Kaufman HW, Chen Z

Trends in Laboratory Rotavirus Detection: 2003 to 2014.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics

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Quest Diagnostics Authors: Chen, Z, Kaufman, HW, McPhaul, MJ
Authors: Fonseca VA

Surge in newly identified diabetes among medicaid patients in 2014 within medicaid expansion States under the affordable care act.

Specialties: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Health Information Technology, Oncology

Authors: Bao JR, Clark RB, Master RN, Shier KL, Eklund LL.

Acid-fast bacterium detection and identification from paraffin-embedded tissues using a PCR-pyrosequencing method.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Laboratory, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

Authors: Borillo GA, Kagan RM, Baumann RE, Fainstein BM, Umaru L, Li H-R, Kaufman HW, Clarke NJ, Marlowe EM

Pooling of Upper Respiratory Specimens Using a SARS-CoV-2 Real Time RT-PCR Assay Authorized for Emergency Use in Low Prevalence Populations for High-Throughput Testing

Specialties: COVID-19, Infectious Disease

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Authors: Colletti JD, Redor-Goldman MM, Pomperada AE, Ghoshal AK, Wu WW, McPhaul MJ, Clarke NJ.

Sample Multiplexing: Increased Throughput for Quantification of Total Testosterone in Serum by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Authors: Weber DM, Tran D, Goldman SM, Taylor SW, Ginns EI, Lagier RJ, Rissman RA, Brewer JB, Clarke NJ

High-Throughput Mass Spectrometry Assay for Quantifying β-Amyloid 40 and 42 in Cerebrospinal Fluid.

Specialties: Neurology

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Authors: Peechakara S, Bena J, Clarke NJ, McPhaul MJ, Reitz RE, Weil RJ, Recinos P, Kennedy L, Hamrahian AH

Total and free cortisol levels during 1 μg, 25 μg, and 250 μg cosyntropin stimulation tests compared to insulin tolerance test: results of a randomized, prospective, pilot study.

Specialties: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

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Quest Diagnostics Authors: Clarke, NJ
Authors: Simerman AA, Hill DL, Grogan TR, Elashoff D, Goldstein EH, Manrriquez AN, Chazenbalk GD, Dumesic DA

Intrafollicular cortisol levels inversely correlate with cumulus cell lipid content as a possible energy source during oocyte meiotic resumption in women undergoing ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization.

Specialties: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Women's Health/OB/GYN

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Clarke, NJ, Reitz, R
Authors: Toledo A, Amato CS, Salo D

Injectable dexamethasone sodium phosphate administered orally? A pharmacokinetic analysis of a common emergency department practice.

Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Clarke, NJ
Authors: Bystrom CE, Sheng S.

Narrow mass extraction of time-of-flight data for quantitative analysis of proteins: determination of insulin-like growth factor-1.

Specialties: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Pathology, Anatomic, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Clarke, NJ
Authors: Hoofnagle AN.

Mass spectrometry continues its march into the clinical laboratory.

Specialties: Pathology, Anatomic, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Cockerill, F
Authors: Lyon E, Bale SJ, Beadling C, Bry L, Hagenkord J, Kulkarni S, Press R, Palomaki GE

Next generation sequencing in clinical diagnostics: experiences of early adopters.

Specialties: Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Cohen, JR
Authors: Bronfenbrener R, Slutsky JB

Conflicting dermoscopic criteria in a suspicious lesion.

Specialties: Dermatology, Geriatrics/Age Management, Oncology, Pathology, Anatomic

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Cohen, JR

The health crises of chronic pain and prescription drug misuse.

Specialties: Pathology, Anatomic, Toxicology/Pain Management

Authors: He RR, Nayer Z, Hogan M, Cuevo RS, Woodward K, Heyer D, Curtis CA, Peterson JF.

Immunotherapy- (Blinatumomab-) Related Lineage Switch of KMT2A/AFF1 Rearranged B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia into Acute Myeloid Leukemia/Myeloid Sarcoma and Subsequently into B/Myeloid Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia.

Specialties: Oncology