Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Lab Lines Archive of Issues
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Volume 11, Issue 1, January/February 2005
Direct Thrombin Inhibitors and Their Laboratory Monitoring
Authors: Drs. Jiang Wang and Greg Retzinger
Volume 10, Issue 5, September/October 2004
Laboratory Testing for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Authors: Drs. Rachel Sheridan and Greg Retzinger
Volume 10, Issue 4, July/August 2004
Factor XIII Deficiency
Authors: Drs. Todd Boyd and Greg Retzinger
Volume 10, Issue 3, May/June 2004
Bleeding Time Test: Pros and Cons
Authors: Drs. Seena Kumar and Greg Retzinger
Volume 10, Issue 2, March/April 2004
Acquired Hemophilia
Authors: Drs. Rubina Karim and Greg Retzinger
Volume 10, Issue 1, January/February 2004
Acquired Resistance to Activated Protein C
Authors: Drs. Mei Liang and Greg Retzinger
Volume 9, Issue 6, November/December 2003
Genetic Abnormalities and Synthesis of Factor VIII
Authors: Drs. Marina Nikiforova and Greg Retzinger
Volume 9, Issue 5, September/October 2003
Acquired Von Willebrand Disease
Authors: Drs. Marina Nikiforova and Greg Retzinger
Volume 9, Issue 4, July/August 2003
Activated Protein C in the Treatment of Sepsis
Authors: Drs. Adebowale Adeniran and Greg Retzinger
Volume 9, Issue 3, May/June 2003
Effects of Estrogen Therapy on Hemostasis in Women with
Hereditary Thrombophilia
Authors: Drs. Fadi Gebrail and Greg Retzinger
Volume 9, Issue 2, March/April 2003
Factor XI Deficiency: A Review
Authors: Drs. Zarius Drummond and Greg Retzinger
Volume 8, Issue 6, November/December 2002
Caveats of Prothrombin and Activated Partial Thromboplastin
Times
Authors: Drs. Tim Cho and Greg Retzinger
Volume 8, Issue 5, September/October 2002
Hypercoagulability during Pregnancy
Authors: Drs. Shuhe Wang and Greg Retzinger
Volume 8, Issue 4, July/August 2002
Bernard-Soulier Syndrome
Authors: Dr. Vanitha Sundararajan and Greg Retzinger
Volume 8, Issue 3, May/June 2002
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency
Authors: Drs. Aly Saad and Hernani Cualing
Volume 8, Issue 2, March/April 2002
Like Ticlopidine, Clopidogrel is Associated With Thrombotic
Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
Authors: Drs. Jim S. Liao and Greg Retzinger
Volume 8, Issue 1, January/February 2002
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
Authors: Drs. Gabriella Bedolla and Greg Retzinger
Volume 7, Issue 6, November/December 2001
Warfarin-Induced Skin Necrosis
Authors: Drs. Jun Mo and Greg Retzinger
Volume 7, Issue 5, September/October 2001
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
Authors: Drs. Sergej Konoplev and Greg Retzinger
Volume 7, Issue 4, July/August 2001
Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor Antagonists
Authors: Drs. Hikmat Al Ahmadie and Greg Retzinger
Volume 7, Issue 3, May/June 2001
Hypercoagulability in the Nephrotic Syndrome
Authors: Drs. Haytham Dimashkieh and Greg Retzinger
Volume 7, Issue 2, March/April 2001
Hirudin and its Derivatives as Thrombin Inhibitors
Authors: Drs. Irena Sheyn and Greg Retzinger
Volume 7, Issue 1, January/February 2001
D-dimer Determination to Exclude
Pulmonary Embolism
Authors: Drs. Julie Yin and Greg Retzinger
Volume 6, Issue 6, November/December 2000
D-dimer Assay of Cerebrospinal Fluid for the Diagnosis
of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Authors: Drs. Jonathan Tobias and Greg Retzinger
Volume 6, Issue 4, July/August 2000
Lithium
Authors: Dr. Ann Warner
Volume 6, Issue 3, May/June 2000
The Peripheral Blood Smear: Preparation, Examination
and Utilization
Authors: Drs. Harold Schumacher, Carmelita Alvares and Gerardo Perrotta
Volume 6, Issue 1, January/February 2000
Molecular Diagnosis of Inherited Thrombophilia
Authors: Drs. Ana Gomez and Greg Retzinger
Volume 5, Issue 6, November/December 1999
Laboratory Evaluation of Platelets
Authors: Drs. Dipen Maru and Greg Retzinger
Volume 5, Issue 5, September/October 1999
Fibrin(ogen) and Atherosclerosis
Authors: Drs. Fermina Mazzella and Greg Retzinger
Volume 5, Issue 4, July/August 1999
Point-of-Care Testing: Prothombin Time (PT)
Authors: Drs. Jorge Rios and Greg Retzinger
Volume 5, Issue 3, May/June 1999
The Pap Smear: An Update
Author: Dr. Rawia Yassin
Volume 5, Issue 2, March/April 1999
Effective Use of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Author: Dr. Ann Warner
Volume 5, Issue 1, January/February 1999
Effective Use of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Part
I - Timing Issues
Author: Dr. Ann Warner
Volume 4, Issues 6, November/December 1998
Prion Disease
Authors: Drs. Gabrielle deCourten-Myers and Pamela Sequira
Volume 4, Issue 5, September/October 1998
Tissue Factor and Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor
Authors: Drs. George Mutema and Greg Retzinger
Volume 4, Issue 4, July/August 1998
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Authors: Drs. LiLi Miles and Greg Retzinger
Volume 4, Issue 3, May/June 1998
Nephrotoxic Effects of Cyclosporine
Authors: Drs. Tito Cavallo and M. Roy First
Volume 4, Issue 2, March/April 1998
Hyperhomocysteinemia
Authors: Drs. Kirby Marsh and Greg Retzinger
Volume 4, Issue 1, January/February 1998
Low Molecular Weight Heparin
Authors: Drs. Guang Fan and Greg Retzinger
Volume 3, Issue 3, November/December 1997
Lupus Anticoagulants
Authors: Drs. Said Ismail and Greg Retzinger
Volume 3, Issue 2, September/October 1997
Hemostatic Abnormalities Associated with HIV Infection,
Part II
Authors: Drs. Ana Gomez and Greg Retzinger
Volume 3, Issue 1, July/August 1997
Hemostatic Abnormalities Associated with HIV Infection,
Part I
Authors: Drs. Ana Gomez and Greg Retzinger
Volume 2, Issue 5, November/December 1996
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Authors: Drs. Brian Hornback and Gregory Retzinger
Volume 2, Issue 4, September/October 1996
Presumptive Positives in Toxicology Testing: What
Do They Mean?
Author: Dr. Ann Warner
The Future: Improving Diagnosis of Lymphoma and
Leukemia Using Image Understanding Systems
Author: Dr. Hernani Cualing
Volume 2, Issue 3, June/July 1996
An Algorithmic Approach to the Laboratory Evaluation
of von Willebrand's Disease
Authors: Drs. Sam Michaels and Gregory Retzinger
Volume 2, Issue 2, March/April 1996
Osteoporosis: new markers for an old disease
Author: Dr. Laxmi Srivastava
Lymphoid gene rearrangement studies
Author: Dr. Paul Steele
Volume 2, Issue 1, January/February 1996
Free Serum Thyroxine: Its role in diagnosis of
thryroid disease.
Author: Dr. I-Wen Chen
Volume 1, Issue 3, October/November 1995
Helicobacter Pylori: The role of serology
in the diagnosis and management of ulcer disease
Author: Dr. Paul Hurtubise
Volume 1, Issue 2, August/September 1995
Hematopoietic Cell Markers: Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl
Transferase (TdT)
Authors: Drs. Anwar Mikhael and Harold Schumacher
Saliva Test for HIV: Answers to Your Patients'
Questions
Author: Dr. Calvin Linneman
Decreased Sedation Time = Big Savings
Authors: Toxicology - Pharmacy Collaboration
Volume 1, Issue 1, June/July 1995
Newly Recognized Cause of Hypercoagulability: Resistance
to Activated Protein C
Authors: Drs. Kirby Marsh and Greg Retzinger
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