Dr. Helen P. Cathro M.D.
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
Hospital Drive 3rd Floor Charlottesville VA, 22903About
Dr. Helen Cathro is a pathologist practicing in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Cathro is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Cathro can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Cathro may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
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PathologyAmerican Board of PathologyABP- Cytopathology
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disease involving the pituitary gland.
- Unexpected Fabry disease in a renal allograft kidney: an underrecognized cause of poor allograft function.
- Analysis of immunohistochemical stain usage in different pathology practice settings.
- Weber-Christian disease associated with the tip variant of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: a case report.
- Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the penis: association with human papilloma virus infection.
- Histologic and immunohistochemical assessment of penile carcinomas in a North American population.
- Susceptibility to 1,3-butadiene-induced leukemogenesis correlates with endogenous ecotropic retroviral background in the mouse.
- Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate-Induced Acute Allergic Interstitial Nephritis.
- Diagnostic Efficiency in Digital Pathology: A Comparison of Optical Versus Digital Assessment in 510 Surgical Pathology Cases.
- Crescentic glomerulonephritis with dual positive anti-GBM and C-ANCA/PR3 antibodies.
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