Good on yer, Bob! There are indeed far too many abbreviations. Anything not in the Abbreviations appendix of an ordinary dictionary (volume = one litre or less, as on the average family's shelf) should be explained. In this case my interpretation was DRG = dorsal root ganglia. Dissecting them out of rats is a difficult job even for the easiest one (C2), and a rat is 10 times as big as a mouse! The only easy-to-remove rat or mouse sensory ganglion is the trigeminal. Cheers, John John Kiernan Anatomy, UWO London, Canada = = = ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Richmond <rsrichm...@gmail.com> Date: Friday, February 19, 2010 14:08 Subject: [Histonet] Re: DRGs To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> DRG's for mice? Do mice have Medicare now? I hope the pending health > care reform legislation addresses this issue - it's no wonder costs > are spiraling out of sight! > > I have the feeling that a mouse DRG might be something other than > "Diagnosis Related Group", the coding scheme that has determined > Medicare (and many other insurers') payments to hospitals for > close to > thirty years now. > > Histonet includes many people from diverse disciplines. It's better > not to assume that any but the commonest abbreviations (H & E > and not > too many more) will be understood by every Histonetter. > > Bob Richmond > Samurai Pathologist > Knoxville TN (I mean Tennessee) > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet