objective : this study aimed to review papanicolaou (pap) smears in patients of shohada hospital in tehran. materials and methods :  a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out and a database search of all pap smear reports from 1995 to 2005 at cytopathology department was reviewed. the abnormal pap smear reports based on the bethesda system were assessed. results : a total of 13315 pap...

conclusions there was a statistically significance correlation between thyrads score and pathologic bethesda scoring system. decision making basis on the radiologic thyrads score can improve the radiological diagnosis precision in nodular goiter patients. results the mean age (± standard deviation) of patients was 44.5 (± 12.8 years). most of them were female 138 (83.6%). the frequency of final...

1Laboratory of Immunoregulation, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Bethesda, MD; 2Biostatistics Research Branch, SAIC-Frederick Inc, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, MD; 3Biostatistics Research Branch, NIAID, Bethesda, MD; 4Division of AIDS, NIAID, Bethesda, MD; 5Applied/Developmental Research Directorate, SAIC-Frederick Inc, Frederick, MD;...

Isabella Nogues, BA, Bethesda, MD (Presenter) Nothing to Disclose Le Lu, PhD, Bethesda, MD (Abstract Co-Author) Nothing to Disclose Xiaosong Wang, PhD, Bethesda, MD (Abstract Co-Author) Nothing to Disclose Holger R. Roth, PhD, Bethesda, MD (Abstract Co-Author) Nothing to Disclose Gedas Bertasius, Philadelphia, PA (Abstract Co-Author) Nothing to Disclose Nathan S. Lay, PhD, Bethesda, MD (Abstrac...

1 Program in Neuroscience, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA 2 Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA 3 Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA 4 Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA 5 Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, ...

Background: Factor VIII administration to hemophilia A patients results in an immune response (inhibitor formation) which significantly complicates the therapy. The present study was performed to determine the prevalence of inhibitor development in hemophilia A patients receiving recombinant factor VIII therapy. Materials and Methods: This was an observational descriptive study. Clotting fac...

BACKGROUND The category "atypical glandular cells" (AGC) in The Bethesda System (TBS) 2001 represents equivocal glandular atypia. The objective was to determine the clinical significance of diagnosing AGC using new TBS 2001 on Thin-Prep. There is scant information on the diagnosis of AGC and its outcome on ThinPrep using TBS 2001. METHODS 174 "ThinPrep" Pap tests reported as atypical glandula...