Assessing the autopsy.

Attitudes toward the autopsy--an 8-state survey. MedGenMed (2006) 1.28

Incidental Lewy body disease: do some cases represent a preclinical stage of dementia with Lewy bodies? Neurobiol Aging (2009) 1.04

The spectrum of clinical and pathological manifestations of AIDS in a consecutive series of 236 autopsied cases in mumbai, India. Patholog Res Int (2011) 0.93

Necropsy request practices in Jamaica: a study from the University Hospital of the West Indies. J Clin Pathol (2002) 0.91

How fatal is breast cancer? A prospective study of breast carcinoma deaths in Tayside. Br J Cancer (1993) 0.75

Closing the Loop: Facilitating the Use of Autopsy Information in Medical Decision Making and Managed Care. Biomed Inform Insights (2008) 0.75

Changes in autopsy rates among cancer patients and their impact on cancer statistics from a public health point of view: a longitudinal study from 1980 to 2010 with data from Cancer Registry Zurich. Virchows Arch (2015) 0.75

Necropsies in HIV medicines. Genitourin Med (1997) 0.75

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and mucosal candidiasis in previously healthy homosexual men: evidence of a new acquired cellular immunodeficiency. N Engl J Med (1981) 14.62

The patient record in epidemiology. Sci Am (1981) 10.32

Pneumocystis pneumonia--Los Angeles. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep (1981) 7.82

An outbreak of community-acquired Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: initial manifestation of cellular immune dysfunction. N Engl J Med (1981) 7.35

Levels of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase in cultured skin fibroblasts from cystinotics and normals. Life Sci (1980) 7.31

The value of the autopsy in three medical eras. N Engl J Med (1983) 7.00

The autopsy as a measure of accuracy of the death certificate. N Engl J Med (1985) 5.78

A prospective study of 1152 hospital autopsies: I. Inaccuracies in death certification. J Pathol (1981) 5.61

Severe acquired immunodeficiency in male homosexuals, manifested by chronic perianal ulcerative herpes simplex lesions. N Engl J Med (1981) 5.44

Necropsy: a yardstick for clinical diagnoses. Br Med J (1980) 4.71

The postmortem examination. Scientific necessity or folly? JAMA (1975) 3.75

The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Ann Intern Med (1983) 3.49

Autopsy pathology in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Am J Pathol (1983) 3.36

Necropsy rates in the United Birmingham Hospitals. Br Med J (1975) 3.33

SYPHILITIC AORTITIS. A CLINICOPATHOLOGIC AUTOPSY STUDY OF 100 CASES, 1950 TO 1960. Circulation (1964) 3.06

Diagnostic errors discovered at autopsy. Acta Med Scand (1974) 3.00

To redeem them from death. Reactions of family members to autopsy. Am J Med (1986) 2.84

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Ocular manifestations. Ophthalmology (1983) 2.63

The autopsy: its decline and a suggestion for its revival. N Engl J Med (1978) 2.49

Senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. Ann Neurol (1983) 2.47

Death certificate data as an indication of the presence of certain common diseases at death. J Chronic Dis (1971) 2.34

Accuracy of death certification in an autopsied population with specific attention to malignant neoplasms and vascular diseases. Am J Epidemiol (1980) 2.27

Pathologic features of AIDS encephalopathy in children: evidence for LAV/HTLV-III infection of brain. Hum Pathol (1986) 2.23

Tuberculosis in autopsy material, with special reference to cases not discovered until necropsy. Scand J Respir Dis (1966) 2.17

The accuracy of diagnosis of myocardial infarction; a clinicopathologic study. Am J Med (1957) 2.13

Clinical and post-mortem assessment of the cause of death. J Pathol (1977) 2.11

The autopsy and clinical diagnosis. J R Coll Physicians Lond (1984) 2.07

Occurrence of pheochromocytoma in Rochester, Minnesota, 1950 through 1979. Mayo Clin Proc (1983) 2.01

Necropsies in the elderly. Lancet (1983) 1.93

Gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Endoscopic and autopsy findings. Gastroenterology (1985) 1.90

Correlation of clinical diagnoses with autopsy findings: a retrospective study of 2,145 consecutive autopsies. Hum Pathol (1986) 1.84

Geographic pathology of occult thyroid carcinomas. Cancer (1975) 1.71

Lay perceptions of autopsy. Arch Pathol Lab Med (1984) 1.64

The use of NMR spectroscopy for the understanding of disease. Science (1986) 1.62

Adrenal pathology in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Am J Clin Pathol (1985) 1.62

An autopsy study of cancer patients. I. Accuracy of the clinical diagnoses (1955 to 1965) Boston City Hospital. JAMA (1972) 1.57

A study of diagnostic errors. Ann Intern Med (1957) 1.54

Distribution and concentration of mercury in autopsy specimens of human brain. Nature (1971) 1.53

Autopsy and clinical diagnosis. Pathol Res Pract (1980) 1.49

Failure to diagnose acute myocardial infarction. The clinicopathologic experience at a large community hospital. JAMA (1983) 1.49

Cost effectiveness of the autopsy in maintaining and improving the standard of patient care. Am J Clin Pathol (1978) 1.48

Diagnostic advances v the value of the autopsy. 1912-1980. Arch Pathol Lab Med (1984) 1.48

The autopsy and quality assessment of medical care. Am J Med (1974) 1.43

A retrospective study of 200 post-mortem examinations. J Med Educ (1970) 1.36

The morphologic effects of radiation administered therapeutically for intracranial gliomas: a postmortem study of 25 cases. Cancer (1979) 1.36

Autopsy findings in 111 cases of esophageal cancer. Cancer (1981) 1.34

Additive statistical effects of cadmium and lead on heart-related disease in a North Carolina autopsy series. Arch Environ Health (1982) 1.32

Active tuberculosis unrecognised until necropsy. Lancet (1978) 1.31

Autopsies--benefits to the family. Am J Clin Pathol (1978) 1.31

Open forum: A debate on the autopsy: its quality control function in medicine. Hum Pathol (1974) 1.30

Talking to the family after an autopsy. Arch Pathol Lab Med (1984) 1.27

Autopsy finding and clinical diagnosis; a comparative study of 1000 cases. Acta Med Scand Suppl (1952) 1.26

Epidemiology of clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease. Ann Neurol (1986) 1.24

Forensic pathology and the autopsy. Arch Pathol Lab Med (1984) 1.22

Necropsy findings in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a comparison of premortem diagnoses with postmortem findings. Hum Pathol (1984) 1.22

Autopsy: moribund art or vital science? Am J Med (1985) 1.21

Inaccuracy of death certificate diagnoses in malignancy: an analysis of 1,405 autopsied cases. Hum Pathol (1982) 1.18

A study of the validity of the diagnosis of stroke in mortality data. II. Comparison by computer of autopsy and clinical records with death certificates. Am J Epidemiol (1969) 1.18

Causes of death and metastatic patterns in patients with mammary cancer. Ten-year autopsy study. Am J Clin Pathol (1980) 1.16

Antibody to the retrovirus associated with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Presence in presumably healthy San Franciscans who died unexpectedly. Arch Intern Med (1986) 1.15

Pulmonary complications of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a clinicopathologic study of 70 cases. Hum Pathol (1985) 1.13

The autopsy in deaths under fifty. J R Coll Physicians Lond (1982) 1.13

Pathologic features of the lung in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS): an autopsy study of seventeen homosexual males. Am J Clin Pathol (1984) 1.13

Accuracy of clinical diagnosis in a Canadian teaching hospital. Can Med Assoc J (1981) 1.12

Unrecognized myocardial infarction; a clinicopathologic study. AMA Arch Intern Med (1959) 1.12

Epidemiologic study of primary intracranial neoplasms. Arch Neurol (1981) 1.11

Loss control/risk management. A survey of the contribution of autopsy examination. Arch Pathol Lab Med (1984) 1.10

Autopsies in a modern teaching hospital. A review of 2,537 cases. Arch Pathol Lab Med (1984) 1.10

Necropsy diagnosis of endometrial cancer and detection-bias in case/control studies. Lancet (1981) 1.10

Age trends in autopsy rates. Striking decline in late life. JAMA (1983) 1.09

Brain-cutting device for correlation of brain scan and autopsy sections. Technical note. J Neurosurg (1976) 1.06

Periventricular leukomalacia: a correlation study between real-time ultrasound and autopsy findings. Periventricular leukomalacia in the neonate. Neuroradiology (1985) 1.06

Accumulation of mercury in the brains of two autopsy cases with chronic inorganic mercury poisoning. Folia Psychiatr Neurol Jpn (1970) 1.06

The postautopsy conference with families. Arch Pathol Lab Med (1984) 1.04

The autopsy in clinical quality control. JAMA (1983) 1.04

Liver abscess. Postgrad Med (1961) 1.03

The necropsy as a tool in medical progress. Bull N Y Acad Med (1968) 1.03

Angular gyrus syndrome simulating Alzheimer's disease. Arch Neurol (1982) 1.02

Survey of selected organochlorine pesticides in the general population of the United States: fiscal years 1970-1975. Ann N Y Acad Sci (1979) 1.02

The value of the necropsy in ascertaining the true cause of a non-criminal death. J Forensic Sci (1970) 1.01

FATAL GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; DIAGNOSTIC IMPLICATIONS FROM A STUDY OF 200 CASES. Am J Gastroenterol (1963) 1.00

The examination of the sudden infant death syndrome infant: investigative and autopsy protocols. J Forensic Sci (1976) 1.00

The autopsy as an instrument of quality assessment. Classification of premortem and postmortem diagnostic discrepancies. Arch Pathol Lab Med (1984) 0.99

Comparative study of latent carcinoma of the prostate among Japanese in Japan and Hawaii. J Natl Cancer Inst (1973) 0.99

Colorectal cancer in Rochester, Minnesota 1940-1969. Cancer (1973) 0.99

Adverse drug reactions and the autopsy. Prevalence and perspective. Arch Pathol (1974) 0.98

Renal and hepatic concentrations of platinum: relationship to cisplatin time, dose, and nephrotoxicity. J Clin Oncol (1985) 0.97

The autopsy. The ultimate audit. Arch Pathol Lab Med (1984) 0.97

Renal failure following contrast injection for computerized tomography. JAMA (1977) 0.95

Factors contributing to the incorrect diagnosis of pulmonary embolic disease. Chest (1972) 0.95

The sudden infant death syndrome: a possible hypersensitivity reaction determined by distribution of IgG in lungs. J Forensic Sci (1978) 0.95

Undiagnosed diseases in an aging population. Pulmonary embolism and bronchopneumonia. Arch Intern Med (1974) 0.95

Death certification in Dunedin hospitals. N Z Med J (1977) 0.94

Pitfalls in the diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis. A review of 159 patients, with emphasis on 96 with autopsy. Arch Intern Med (1966) 0.94

The accuracy of medical certificates of cause of death. Health Bull (Edinb) (1981) 0.93

Active tuberculosis undiagnosed until autopsy. Am J Med (1982) 0.92

Need we revive falling autopsy rates? Time trends in PAS hospitals in the United States. PAS Rep (1977) 0.92

Pathology of Minamata disease. With special reference to its pathogenesis. Acta Pathol Jpn (1982) 0.92

Adverse effect of early high-dose adrenaline on outcome of ventricular fibrillation. Lancet (1988) 0.92

Disseminated varicella at autopsy in children with cancer. Cancer (1984) 0.89

The patient record in epidemiology. Sci Am (1981) 10.32

Risk of connective-tissue diseases and other disorders after breast implantation. N Engl J Med (1994) 9.25

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: Mayo Clinic experiences with a hitherto unnamed disease. Mayo Clin Proc (1980) 8.36

Incidence of epilepsy and unprovoked seizures in Rochester, Minnesota: 1935-1984. Epilepsia (1993) 6.32

Population-based study of herpes zoster and its sequelae. Medicine (Baltimore) (1982) 5.29

Chronic hepatitis. An update on terminology and reporting. Am J Surg Pathol (1995) 4.68

The fine structure of some intraganglionic alterations. Neurofibrillary tangles, granulovacuolar bodies and "rod-like" structures as seen in Guam amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia complex. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol (1968) 4.14

Trauma and multiple sclerosis: a population-based cohort study from Olmsted County, Minnesota. Neurology (1993) 4.04

Apolipoprotein E status as a predictor of the development of Alzheimer's disease in memory-impaired individuals. JAMA (1995) 3.84

The epidemiology of epilepsy in Rochester, Minnesota, 1935 through 1967. Epilepsia (1975) 3.67

Carpal tunnel syndrome in Rochester, Minnesota, 1961 to 1980. Neurology (1988) 3.40

Polymyalgia rheumatica: a 10-year epidemiologic and clinical study. Ann Intern Med (1982) 3.30

The incidence, causes, and secular trends of head trauma in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1935-1974. Neurology (1980) 3.23

Factors prognostic of unprovoked seizures after febrile convulsions. N Engl J Med (1987) 3.21

The epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis in Rochester, Minnesota: a study of incidence, prevalence, and mortality. Am J Epidemiol (1980) 3.19

Epidemiology of cervical radiculopathy. A population-based study from Rochester, Minnesota, 1976 through 1990. Brain (1994) 3.07

Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A subgroup characterized by posterior and spinocerebellar tract involvement and hyaline inclusions in the anterior horn cells. Arch Neurol (1967) 3.04

Prevalence of epilepsy in Rochester, Minnesota: 1940-1980. Epilepsia (1991) 3.02

Intracellular anions as the voltage sensor of prestin, the outer hair cell motor protein. Science (2001) 2.99

Diabetes mellitus: incidence, prevalence, survivorship, and causes of death in Rochester, Minnesota, 1945-1970. Diabetes (1976) 2.89

Seizures after head trauma: a population study. Neurology (1980) 2.87

Incidence and natural history of primary systemic amyloidosis in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1950 through 1989. Blood (1992) 2.81

Renal stone epidemiology: a 25-year study in Rochester, Minnesota. Kidney Int (1979) 2.79

Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Patient Registry. Aging (Milano) (1990) 2.77

Staging of chronic nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis (syndrome of primary biliary cirrhosis). Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histol (1978) 2.63

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinsonism-dementia complex on Guam. Further pathologic studies. Arch Neurol (1966) 2.58

Primary sclerosing cholangitis: natural history, prognostic factors and survival analysis. Hepatology (1989) 2.39

50-year trends in the incidence of anorexia nervosa in Rochester, Minn.: a population-based study. Am J Psychiatry (1991) 2.38

Current concepts. Primary sclerosing cholangitis. N Engl J Med (1984) 2.35

Incidence and clinical features of trigeminal neuralgia, Rochester, Minnesota, 1945-1984. Ann Neurol (1990) 2.27

Epidemiology of adult polycystic kidney disease, Olmsted County, Minnesota: 1935-1980. Am J Kidney Dis (1983) 2.22

Guillain-Barré syndrome: a 42-year epidemiologic and clinical study. Mayo Clin Proc (1978) 2.22

Alzheimer's disease and cumulative exposure to anesthesia: a case-control study. J Am Geriatr Soc (1994) 2.21

Fine structural study of neurofibrillary changes in a family with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol (1984) 2.19

The nature of unexplained chronic aminotransferase elevations of a mild to moderate degree in asymptomatic patients. Hepatology (1989) 2.19

How frequently does classic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis develop in survivors of poliomyelitis? Neurology (1990) 2.16

The long-term pathological evolution of chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology (1996) 2.15

Ursodeoxycholic acid in the treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis. Gastroenterology (1994) 2.10

Studies on the natural history of multiple sclerosis. 3. Epidemiologic analysis of the army experience in World War II. Neurology (1967) 2.09

Complications leading to surgery after breast implantation. N Engl J Med (1997) 2.05

Monocytes coexpress endothelial and macrophagocytic lineage markers and form cord-like structures in Matrigel under angiogenic conditions. Cardiovasc Res (2001) 2.05

Incidence of congenital heart disease in children born to residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1950-1969. Mayo Clin Proc (1971) 2.01

Familial adult motor neuron disease: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurology (1986) 2.01

Occurrence of pheochromocytoma in Rochester, Minnesota, 1950 through 1979. Mayo Clin Proc (1983) 2.01

Epidemiology of focal and generalized dystonia in Rochester, Minnesota. Mov Disord (1988) 1.98

The incidence and outcome of mumps orchitis in Rochester, Minnesota, 1935 to 1974. Mayo Clin Proc (1977) 1.95

Hepatic steatosis as a potential risk factor for major hepatic resection. J Gastrointest Surg (1999) 1.94

A new route to nucleoside 5'-triphosphates. Acta Biochim Biophys Acad Sci Hung (1981) 1.93

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri). Descriptive epidemiology in Rochester, Minn, 1976 to 1990. Arch Neurol (1993) 1.91

Population-based studies of varicella complications. Pediatrics (1986) 1.90

Morphologic features of chronic hepatitis associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis and chronic ulcerative colitis. Hepatology (1982) 1.88

The declining incidence of stroke. N Engl J Med (1979) 1.86

pH gating of ROMK (K(ir)1.1) channels: control by an Arg-Lys-Arg triad disrupted in antenatal Bartter syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1999) 1.85

A letter to the next speaker. Mayo Clin Proc (1973) 1.85

Lumbar epidural perineural injection: a new technique. Eur Spine J (1997) 1.85

Higher risk of seizures in offspring of mothers than of fathers with epilepsy. Am J Hum Genet (1988) 1.84

Epidemiologic correlates of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurology (1991) 1.84

Variant forms of cholestatic diseases involving small bile ducts in adults. Am J Gastroenterol (2000) 1.83

Traumatic brain injury and time to onset of Alzheimer's disease: a population-based study. Am J Epidemiol (1999) 1.81

Reaction of bone to methacrylate after hip arthroplasty: a long-term gross, light microscopic, and scanning electron microscopic study. J Bone Joint Surg Am (1974) 1.81

A controlled trial of cyclosporine in the treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis. N Engl J Med (1990) 1.81

Serum ferritin and the iron status of Canadians. Can Med Assoc J (1976) 1.79

Optic neuritis: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Neurology (1995) 1.78

Control of ligand specificity in cyclic nucleotide-gated channels from rod photoreceptors and olfactory epithelium. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1991) 1.75

Patients with acute coronary syndromes express enhanced CD40 ligand/CD154 on platelets. Heart (2001) 1.74

Coronary heart disease in residents of Rochester, Minnesota. II. Mortality, incidence, and survivorship, 1950-1975. Mayo Clin Proc (1981) 1.73

Essential tremor in Rochester, Minnesota: a 45-year study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry (1984) 1.69

A physiological role for ether-à-go-go K+ channels? Trends Neurosci (1997) 1.69

Patients with asymptomatic primary sclerosing cholangitis frequently have progressive disease. Gastroenterology (1990) 1.69

Risk of cancer after herpes zoster: a population-based study. N Engl J Med (1982) 1.69

The Mini-Mental State Examination in general medical practice: clinical utility and acceptance. Mayo Clin Proc (1996) 1.67

ALS in Rochester, Minnesota, 1925-1977. Neurology (1980) 1.67

Chronic vitamin A intoxication in adults. Hepatic, neurologic and dermatologic complications. Am J Med (1971) 1.67

Guillain-Barré syndrome. Clinicoepidemiologic features and effect of influenza vaccine. Arch Neurol (1985) 1.66

A reappraisal of the epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Neurology (1990) 1.66

Extracellular Mg2+ regulates activation of rat eag potassium channel. Pflugers Arch (1996) 1.66

Epidemiology and clinical features of idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia and glossopharyngeal neuralgia: similarities and differences, Rochester, Minnesota, 1945-1984. Neuroepidemiology (1991) 1.65

Ursodeoxycholic acid or clofibrate in the treatment of non-alcohol-induced steatohepatitis: a pilot study. Hepatology (1996) 1.62

The risk of epilepsy following febrile convulsions. Neurology (1979) 1.61

Upregulation of CD40-CD40 ligand (CD154) in patients with acute cerebral ischemia. Stroke (2003) 1.61

Oligonucleotide duplexes containing 2'-amino-2'-deoxycytidines: thermal stability and chemical reactivity. Nucleic Acids Res (1994) 1.60

Search for supersymmetry using final states with one lepton, jets, and missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS detector in √s=7 TeV pp collisions. Phys Rev Lett (2011) 1.60

Prevalence of medically diagnosed dementia in a defined United States population: Rochester, Minnesota, January 1, 1975. Neurology (1989) 1.60

Lack of association between Alzheimer's disease and education, occupation, marital status, or living arrangement. Neurology (1992) 1.59

Immunohistochemical characterization of hepatic lymphocytes in primary biliary cirrhosis in comparison with primary sclerosing cholangitis and autoimmune chronic active hepatitis. Mayo Clin Proc (1993) 1.59

Epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus and other connective tissue diseases in Rochester, Minnesota, 1950 through 1979. Mayo Clin Proc (1985) 1.59

Multiple sclerosis in Rochester, Minn. A 60-year appraisal. Arch Neurol (1971) 1.58

Fracture risk in patients with parkinsonism: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Age Ageing (1992) 1.56

The trends in incidence of primary brain tumors in the population of Rochester, Minnesota. Ann Neurol (1995) 1.54

Flawed gun policy research could endanger public safety. Am J Public Health (1997) 1.53

Histological evidence for recurrence of primary biliary cirrhosis after liver transplantation. Hepatology (1993) 1.53

Great Lakes embryo mortality, edema, and deformities syndrome (GLEMEDS) in colonial fish-eating birds: similarity to chick-edema disease. J Toxicol Environ Health (1991) 1.52

Studies on the natural history of multiple sclerosis. V. Long-term survival in young men. Arch Neurol (1970) 1.52

Primary sclerosing cholangitis: refinement and validation of survival models. Gastroenterology (1992) 1.51

Brachial plexus neuropathy in the population of Rochester, Minnesota, 1970-1981. Ann Neurol (1985) 1.49

Primary sclerosing cholangitis: findings on cholangiography and pancreatography. Radiology (1983) 1.49

Intraobserver and interobserver variation in the histopathological assessment of liver allograft rejection. The Liver Transplantation Database (LTD) Investigators. Hepatology (1991) 1.49

Early and midlife exposure to anesthesia and age of onset of Alzheimer's disease. Int J Neurosci (1994) 1.48

The epidemiology of sarcoidosis in Rochester, Minnesota: a population-based study of incidence and survival. Am J Epidemiol (1986) 1.48

The role of ultrasonography and automatic-needle biopsy in outpatient percutaneous liver biopsy. Hepatology (1996) 1.48