Background Early-onset neonatal sepsis (EOS) is a serious and potentially life-threatening
disease in newborns. C reactive protein (CRP) is the most used laboratory biomarker for the …

Background: Children belonging to the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2)
pedigree and carrying germline RET mutations are candidates for prophylactic …

Objective In patients with familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL), without metabolic
syndrome (MS), occurrence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is related to a …

Westergren method is considered as the reference procedure to measure Erythrocyte
Sedimentation Rate (ESR) by the International Council for Standardization in Haematology …

Background: Autoimmune diseases tend to cluster in the same individual or in families. Four
types of autoimmune polyglandular syndromes (APS) have been described based on the …

Background As defined by ISO 15189 competence is the “demonstrated ability to apply
knowledge and skills” thus, its assessment is fundamental for ensuring the quality of the total …

Serum protein electrophoresis is routinely used to identify pathologies involving
dysproteinemia. The electropherogram mainly represents the most abundant serum …

Objective: Our scope is to provide methodological elements on how to manage effectively
the preanalytical phase in the laboratory testing process, by objectively measuring the risk …

Objective Sex-/age-differentiated cutoffs and the magnitude of serial changes in high-
sensitivity cardiac troponins (hs-cTn) for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) diagnosis …

Background. Dosing of blood glucose, carried out in a Laboratory, is grouped with a set of
problems. For example, glycolysis is facilitated by leaving samples in test tubes, as well as …