Molecular pathology
Glossary Item Attributes
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Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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| METEOR identifier: | 523059 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
| Definition: | Molecular pathology is the study and diagnosis of disease through the examination of genetic and molecular abnormalities. It endeavours to explain why a given genetic change results in particular clinical phenotype. Molecular pathology testing is performed on a patient's tissue sample and includes techniques such as, for example, oligonucleotide array sequence analysis of gene expression patterns in disease states and the detection of mutations with polymerase chain reaction. |
Relational attributes | |
| Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Lung cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 Lung cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Lung cancer molecular pathology test results code N[N] Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Molecular pathology indicator Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Molecular pathology test date Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Molecular pathology test results Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Person with cancer—lung cancer molecular pathology test results, code N[N] Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Person with cancer—molecular pathology indicator Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Person with cancer—molecular pathology indicator, yes/no/unknown code N Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Person with cancer—molecular pathology test date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Person with cancer—molecular pathology test results, (other) code X[X(19)] Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
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