Publications

These publications were authored or co-authored by Quest Diagnostics staff.

Cost-effectiveness model of use of genetic testing as an aid in assessing the likely benefit of aspirin therapy for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Authors: Shiffman D, Slawsky K, Fusfeld L, Devlin JJ, Goss TF.
Clin Ther. 2012;34:1387-1394.

Specialties: Cardiology, Oncology, Pathology, Anatomic, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, PCPs

The sensitivity and specificity of hyperglycosylated hCG (hhCG) levels to reliably diagnose clinical IVF pregnancies at 6 days following embryo transfer.

Authors: Strom CM, Bonilla-Guererro R, Zhang K, Doody KJ, Tourgeman D, Alvero R, Cedars MI, Crossley B, Pandian R, Sharma R, Neidich J, Salazar D.
J Assist Reprod Genet. 2012;29:609-614.

Specialties: Maternal fetal medicine practitioners, OB/GYNs, Oncology, Women's Health/OB/GYN

Humoral, mucosal and cell-mediated immunity against vaccine and non-vaccine genotypes after administration of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine to HIV-infected children.

Authors: Weinberg A, Song LY, Saah A, Brown M, Moscicki AB, Meyer WA, III, Bryan J, Levin MJ.
J Infect Dis. 2012.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, OB/GYNs, Oncology, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Pediatricians, Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy

Performance of an alternative laboratory-based algorithm for diagnosis of HIV infection utilizing a third generation immunoassay, a rapid HIV-1/HIV-2 differentiation test and a DNA or RNA-based nucleic acid amplification test in persons with established HIV-1 infection and blood donors.

Authors: Wesolowski LG, Delaney KP, Hart C, Dawson C, Owen SM, Candal D, Meyer WA, III, Ethridge SF, Branson BM.
J Clin Virol. 2011;52 Suppl 1:S45-S49.

Specialties: Infectious Disease

Chlamydial and gonococcal testing during pregnancy in the United States.

Authors: Blatt AJ, Lieberman JM, Hoover DR, Kaufman HW.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;207:55-58.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, OB/GYNs, Pathology, Anatomic, Toxicology/Pain Management

National status of testing for hypothyroidism during pregnancy and postpartum.

Authors: Blatt AJ, Nakamoto JM, Kaufman HW
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012;97:777-784.

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

Performance of an alternative laboratory-based algorithm for HIV diagnosis in a high-risk population.

Authors: Delaney KP, Heffelfinger JD, Wesolowski LG, Owen SM, Meyer WA, III, Kennedy S, Uniyal A, Kerndt PR, Branson BM.
J Clin Virol. 2011;52 Suppl 1:S5-10.

Specialties: Hematology/Hemostasis/Thrombosis, Infectious Disease, Pathology, Anatomic

Practical advice regarding problematic pigmented lesions.

Authors: Elston D.
J Am Acad Dermatol. 2012;67:148-155.

Specialties: Dermatology, Oncology, Pathology, Anatomic

Ethical issues faced by a department chairperson.

Authors: Elston D, Grant-Kels JM.
Clin Dermatol. 2012;30:216-219.

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

Compound heterozygosity for Hb S [beta6(A3)Glu-->Val] and Hb Kenya (Agamma81Leu-beta86Ala) in a Ugandan woman.

Authors: Han ZJ, Lapuz C, Rovenger JF, Dreyfus PA, Vispo BG, Ou CN, Luo HY, Chui DH, Gallivan MV.
Hemoglobin. 2012;36:270-275.

Specialties: Genetics, Infectious Disease, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine