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'Clinical pathology' is one of the two major divisions within the medical specialty of pathology. A clinical pathologist is a medical doctor responsible for the diagnosis of diseases based on the analysis of body fluids like blood, urine, etc. He/she works in close collaboration with medical technologists.
The American Board of Pathology certifies clinical pathologists, and recognizes the following secondary specialties of clinical pathology:

★ Chemical pathology, also called clinical chemistry

★ Haematology

★ Blood banking - Transfusion medicine

★ Medical microbiology

★ Cytogenetics

★ Molecular genetics pathology
In some country, in Western Europe or Africa this specialty can be exercized by non-physicians doctors, like Pharm.D or Ph.D after a variable number of year of residency.
For example, in France, Clinical Pathology called Medical Biology ("Biologie médicale") is both exercized by M.D and Pharm.D .

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★ Pathology

★ Anatomic pathology

★ Medical technologist

External links

★ American Society for Clinical Pathology

★ American Board of Pathology

★ College of American Pathologists