Pathology
Clinical pathology is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the laboratory analysis of bodily fluids such as blood and urine, using the tools of chemistry, microbiology, hematology and molecular pathology. Clinical pathologist work in close collaboration with medical technologists.
Clinical pathology is itself divided in subspecialties, the main ones being clinical chemistry, clinical hematology/blood banking and clinical microbiology.
Clinical pathology is one of the two major divisions of pathology, the other being anatomical pathology. Often, pathologists practice both anatomical and clinical pathology, a combination known as general pathology. Similar specialties exist in veterinary pathology.
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Veterinary pathology
Veterinary pathologists are doctors of veterinary medicine who specialise in the diagnosis of diseases through the examination of animal tissue and body fluids. Like for medical pathology, veterinary pathology is divided in two branches, anatomical pathology and clinical pathology. Veterinary pathologists are critical participants in the drug development process.
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Plant pathology
Phytopathology (plant pathology) is the scientific study of plant diseases caused by pathogens (infectious diseases) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, viroids, virus-like organisms, phytoplasmas, protozoa, nematodes and parasitic plants. Not included are insects, mites, vertebrate or other pests that affect plant health by consumption of plant tissues. Plant pathology also involves the study of the identification, etiology, disease cycle, economic impact, epidemiology, how plant diseases affect humans and animals, pathosystem genetics and management of plant diseases.
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External links
- Association of Clinical Biochemistry (UK)
- American Society for Investigative Pathology
- American Society of Cytopathology
- British Neuropathological Society
- Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital - Clinicopathological Conference
- College of American Pathologists
- Flickr group: Pathology and Lab Medicine: numerous photos illustrating the work of pathologists.
- HistoPathology Atlas
- humpath.com (Atlas in Human Pathology)
- Immunohistochemistry protocols and troubleshooting
- Mybiopsy.org
- Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- Royal College of Pathologists (UK)
- Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (Australia & Oceania)
- Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology - Leading Australian Pathology Laboratory.
- United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
- WebPath: The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education
- Pathtalk.org - A community weblog about pathology-related topics.
- What is a Pathologist? - a perspective from UK pathologist Fraser Charlton.
- Pathologypics - an interactive community-driven histology atlas
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