Pediatric Laboratory Diagnostics
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The following is a compilation of useful publications for the pediatric laboratory professional.

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Pediatric Reference Interval Project Publications  
Owen WE, Roberts WL. Performance characteristics of an HPLC assay for urinary albumin. Am J Clin Path 2005; 124:219–25.
Flanders, MM, et al. Pediatric reference intervals for seven common coagulation assays. Clin Chem 2005; 51:1738–42.
Kushnir MM, et al. Performance characteristics of a novel tandem mass spectrometric assay for serum testosterone. Clin Chem 2006; 52:120–8.
Flanders, MM, et al. Pediatric reference intervals for uncommon bleeding and thrombotic disorders. J Peds 2006; 149:275–7.
Kushnir, MM, et al. Development and performance evaluation of a novel tandem mass spectrometry assay for four adrenal steroids. Clin Chem 2006; 52:1559–67.
Kushnir MM, et al. High-sensitivity tandem mass spectrometry assay for serum estrone and estradiol. Am J Clin Path 2008; 129:130–9.
Meikle, AW, et al. Adrenal steroid concentrations in children seven to seventeen years of age. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2008; 20:1281–91.
Biochemical Genetics  
Russo PA, et al. Tyrosinemia: a review. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2001; 4:212–21.  
Clinical Pediatrics  
Farrell RJ, Kelly CP. Celiac Sprue. N Engl J Med 2002; 346:180–8.  
Schilling FH, et al. Neuroblastoma screening at one year of age. N Engl J Med 2002; 346:1047–53  
Olson RE. The role of dietary and plasma lipids in childhood atherogenesis. Pediatr Pathol Mol Med 2002; 21:137–52  
Zieske AW, et al. Natural history and risk factors of atherosclerosis in children and youth: the PDAY study. Pediatr Pathol Mol Med 2002; 21:213–37.  
Cytogenetics  
Xiao S, et al. Novel fluorescence in situ hybridization approaches in solid tumors. Characterization of frozen specimens, touch preparations, and cytological preparations. Am J Pathol 1995; 147:896–904.  
Epidemiology  
Hoffenberg EJ, et al. A prospective study of the incidence of childhood celiac disease. J Pediatr 2003; 143:308–14.  
Infectious Diseases  
Hall CB. Respiratory syncytial virus and parainfluenza virus. N Engl J Med 2001; 344:1917–28.  
Wick MJ, et al. The molecular characterization of fatal infectious mononucleosis. Am J Clin Pathol 2002; 117:582–8.  
Microbiology  
Jones RN. Method preferences and test accuracy of antimicrobial susceptibility testing: updates from the College of Amercian Pathologists Microbiology Surveys Program. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2001; 125:1285–9.  
 
Molecular Genetics  
Hofgrtner WT, Tait JF. Frequency of problems during clinical molecular-genetic testing. Am J Clin Pathol 1999; 112(1):14–21.  
Kushner BH, et al. Clinically critical impact of molecular genetic studies in pediatric solid tumors. Med Pediatr Oncol 1999; 33(6):530–5.  
Naito N, et al. A reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay in the diagnosis of soft tissue sarcomas. Cancer 2000; 89(9):1992–8.  
Ladanyi M, Bridge JA. Contribution of molecular genetic data to the classification of sarcomas. Hum Pathol 2000 ;31(5):532–8.  
Lyon E, Miller C. Current challenges in cystic fibrosis screening. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003; 127(9):1133–9.  
Sotiriou C, et al. Core biopsies can be used to distinguish differences in expression profiling by cDNA microarrays. J Mol Diagn 2002; 4(1):30–6.  
Popov P, et al. Primary soft tissue sarcoma and its local recurrence: genetic changes studied by comparative genomic hybridization. Mod Pathol 2001; 14(10):978–84.  
Florell SR, et al. Preservation of RNA for functional genomic studies: a multidisciplinary tumor bank protocol. Mod Pathol 2001; 14(2):116–28.  
Newborn Screening  
LeGrys VA. Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis. Lab Med 2002;3(33):212–3.  
Woods WG, et al. Screening of Infants and Mortality Due to Neuroblastoma. N Engl J Med 2001; 346(14):1041–6.  
Pediatric Clinical Chemistry  
Ashwood ER. Standards of laboratory practice: evaluation of fetal lung maturity. National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry. Clin Chem 1997; 43(1):211–4.  
Pediatric Hematology  
Collins MH, et al. Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease in children. Pediatr Transplantation 2001; 5(4):250–7.  
Yanowitz TD, et al. Hemodynamic disturbances in premature infants born after chorioamnionitis: association with cord blood cytokine concentrations. Pediatr Res 2002; 51(3):310–16.  
Pediatric Immunology  
Schultz C, et al. Enhanced interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 synthesis in term and preterm infants. Pediatr Res 2002; 51(3):317–22.  
Pediatric Laboratory Medicine  
Coffin CM, et al. Pediatric laboratory medicine: current challenges and future opportunities. Am J Clin Pathol 2002; 117:683–90.
Dighe AS, et al. Narrative interpretations for clinical laboratory evaluations: an overview. Am J Clin Pathol 2001; 116:123–28.  
MacMillan DH, et al. Regulations regarding reflexive testing and narrative interpretations in laboratory medicine. Am J Clin Pathol 2001; 116:129–132.  
Kratz A, et al. The generation of narrative interpretations in laboratory medicine. Am J Clin Pathol 2001; 116:133–40.  
Pediatric Surgical Pathology  
Jones D, Fletcher CD. How shall we apply the new biology to diagnostics in surgical pathology? J Pathol 1999; 187(1):147–54.  
Point-of-Care Testing  
Kost GJ. Preventing medical errors in point-of-care testing: security, validation, safeguards, and connectivity. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2001; 125(10):1307–15.  
 
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