The Science of Laboratory Diagnosis

1. Introduction 2. Fixation and processing 3. General stains 4. Enzyme histochemistry 5. Immunohistochemistry 6. Electron microscopy 7. Laboratory microscopy 8. Optical techniques in microscopy 9. Morphometry 10. Proliferation markers in histopathology 11. Section II Cytology 12. Section III Microbiology 13. A Bacteriology 14. Microscopy: application and sample preparation 15. Culture media 16. Identification of bacteria 17. Automated tests 18. Molecular techniques: sample preparation and application 19. Other tests 20. Control of antimicrobial chemotherapy 21. B Virology 22. Microscopy: application and sample preparation 23. Electron microscopy 24. Tissue culture 25. Serological tests 26. Automated tests 27. Molecular techniques 28. Other tests 29. C Mycology & Parasitology 30. Mycology 31. Parasitology 32. Section IV Haematology 33. General haematology methods and cell morphology 34. Principles of automated cell analysis 35. Methods for identification of the haemoglobinopathies 36. Special Von Willebrand factor investigations 37. Platelet investigations 38. Hospital transfusion techniques 39. Flow cytometry and molecular biology in haematology 40. Haematinic investigations 41. Laboratory investigation of haemolysis 42. Laboratory investigation of haemostasis 43. Section V Cytogenetics 44. Chromosome banding and karyotyping 45. Fluorescent in situ hybridization 46. Section VI Clinical chemistry 47. Introduction 48. Immunoassay in clinical biochemistry 49. Ion selective electrodes 50. Ultraviolet and visible spectrophotometry, fluorimetry, nephelometry and turbidimetry 51. Atomic absorption and emission spectrometry 52. Dry reagent chemistry techniques 53. Separation techniques in laboratory medicine 54. Section VII Immunology 55. Specific protein detection/measurement in immunology 56. Complement assays 57. Cellular immunology 58. Immunocomplex diseases and cryoglobulins 59. Tissue typing 60. Section VIII Molecular pathology 61. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) 62. In-situ hybridization 63. In-situ amplification techniques 64. Restriction endonucleases, southern, northern and western analysis, microsatellite PCR and DNA fingerprinting techniques 65. DNA sequencing