Wright-Giemsa Staining Method

Preferred Label : Wright-Giemsa Staining Method;

NCIt synonyms : Wright-Giemsa Staining;

NCIt related terms : WRIGHT-GIEMSA STAIN;

NCIt definition : Geimsa is a polychromatic stain that permits the differentiation of cells present in hematopoietic tissues and for the demonstration of certain microorganisms. It is used for the detection of helicobacter pylori. The H. pylori and nuclei stain dark blue and cytoplasm stain pink with this stain (From BioGenex).;

Alternative definition : CDISC: A microscopy staining method that is a combination of the Wright and Giemsa staining protocols and utilizes the Romanowsky stains, which are mixtures of eosin and thiazine dyes such as methylene blue. It produces darker blue and magenta shades than the giemsa stain alone, which may provide better contrast in microscopy.;

Details

Origin ID

C23041;

UMLS CUI

C0523212;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Wright-Giemsa stain technique (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- wright-giemsa staining [SNOMED Notion]
False automatic mappings
- Wright-Giemsa stain method (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Laboratory Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Wright Giemsa stain [LOINC method]
- Wright-Giemsa stain method (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Wright-Giemsa stain technique (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- wright-giemsa staining [SNOMED Notion]
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- CDISC SDTM Method Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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