title: The clinician's view of diagnostic electron microscopy.
abstract: From the clinician's standpoint, it has become increasingly evident that use of the electron microscope should no longer be confined to research institutes, but should be applied as an adjunct to clinical diagnosis, a guide to therapy, and a means of elucidating pathogenetic mechanisms. The usefulness of electron microscopy is stressed in relation to hematology, nephrology, virology, gastroenterology, and the study of miscellaneous metabolic conditions such as the storage diseases.
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D000740:Anemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D001344:Autopsy; D001706:Biopsy; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D000795:Fabry Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000175:diagnosis