Low hepatic iron concentration: evaluation of two complementary methods, colorimetric assay and iron histological scoring.

abstract：AIMS:To develop a rapid, sensitive, and specific non-isotopic in situ hybridisation (NISH) procedure for the detection of Epstein-Barr virus in formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded tissues. METHODS:Two low molecular weight RNAs, designated EBER-1 and EBER-2 (Epstein-Barr encoded RNA), were used: cells latently infect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Khan G,Coates PJ,Kangro HO,Slavin G

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the localisation of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in the normal placenta, with special emphasis on the implantation site in the first trimester of pregnancy, and in the different subtypes of trophoblastic cells in gestational trophoblastic disease. METHODS:The immunoperoxidase technique wi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ariel I,Hochberg A,Shochina M

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare intratumorous microvessel density (MVD) and clinicopathological features in two different groups of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), namely: hepatitis B virus (HBV) related HCC (B-HCC) and HCV related HCC (C-HCC). METHODS:Fifty consecutive cases each of B-HCC and of C-HCC were studied. Microvessel numbe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Messerini L,Novelli L,Comin CE

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe and evaluate two apparently unique cases of inverted hyperplastic (metaplastic) polyposis of the colon. METHODS:The cases were analysed by standard histopathological, histochemical, and immunohistochemical techniques and the findings compared with those of regular hyperplastic polyps of the colorectum...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shepherd NA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Accurate assessment of HER2 status is essential for selection of patients for HER2-targeted treatment such as trastuzumab. This study investigated the hypothesis that delayed fixation impairs HER2 assessment. METHODS:9 carcinomas were received fresh, and samples were fixed immediately or put in fixative at time i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lee AH,Key HP,Bell JA,Kumah P,Hodi Z,Ellis IO

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver diseases are associated with complex haemostasis defects, in which platelets, coagulation, and fibrinolysis may all be affected. The low plasma concentrations of clotting factors often found can be the result of many changes such as impaired synthesis, increased catabolism due to intravascular coagulation, or al...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Knot E,Ten Cate JW,Drijfhout HR,Kahlé LH,Tytgat GN

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate a recently developed digital slide and virtual microscope system, and to compare this method with optical microscopy on routine gastrointestinal biopsy specimens in both local and remote access modes. METHODS:A fully computer controlled commercial microscope was used. The scanning program included obj...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Molnar B,Berczi L,Diczhazy C,Tagscherer A,Varga SV,Szende B,Tulassay Z

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small epidemic of gastroenteritis in a children's hospital is described, and also the biochemical characteristics of the causative organism. Stress is laid on the fact that failure to recognize that epidemic strains of Escherichia coli may be late lactose fermentors can lead to errors or delay in diagnosis. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： SHEDDEN WI,POTTER CW,DUBOWITZ V,WOOD M

更新日期：1962-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) T790M mutations can be detected in the circulating tumour DNA from plasma of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to triage patients for osimertinib eligibility and monitor patients longitudinally for development of T790M-mediated resistance. METHODS:Using dropl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Spence T,Perera S,Weiss J,Grenier S,Ranich L,Shepherd F,Stockley TL

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:As part of the UK antimicrobial resistance strategy and action plan, the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) is required to collect antibiotic susceptibility data so that resistance trends and patterns can be monitored. Most laboratories report urine Gram negative isolates, as "coliforms" according to morpholo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fallon D,Andrews N,Frodsham D,Gee B,Howe S,Iliffe A,Nye KJ,Warren RE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe the prostatic adenectomy specimens of six patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) who failed to respond to long term treatment with a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, finasteride. METHODS:Histological sections from six cases of BPH who had been treated with finasteride were investigat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Montironi R,Valli M,Fabris G

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the efficacy of and tolerance to oral fluconazole and intraconazole in preventing fungal infection in neutropenic patients with haematological malignancies. PATIENTS:213 consecutive, afebrile adult patients treated with or without autologous stem cell transplantation for haematological malignancies. M...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Huijgens PC,Simoons-Smit AM,van Loenen AC,Prooy E,van Tinteren H,Ossenkoppele GJ,Jonkhoff AR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To characterise further the proliferative compartment of the normal cervix and to document its alteration, if any, in the various grades of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), particularly changes to the basal epithelial layer; to hypothesise as to the diagnostic and biological significance of any observed d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Payne S,Kernohan NM,Walker F

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM/BACKGROUND:Several studies have suggested that Helicobacter pylori which express CagA may be more virulent than those that do not, but limited populations have been studied to date. The aim of this study was to confirm and extend the association of CagA positive H pylori strains in a different geographical area and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Graham DY,Genta RM,Graham DP,Crabtree JE

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of blood culture media were compared to determine the optimal method for the isolation of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI) from the blood of patients with AIDS. Simulated laboratory blood cultures and clinical blood cultures were tested. Glucose broth, Bactec aerobic medium, Kirschner's medium, and B...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shanson DC,Dryden MS

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A post-mortem examination, in the case of a 34-year-old man dying suddenly from head injuries sustained in a road accident, showed early cirrhosis of the liver and associated splenomegaly 17 years after an attack of infective hepatitis. The histology of the thymus showed abnormal changes in the medulla, consisting of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： CORRIDAN M

更新日期：1963-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the clinical usefulness of three commercially available assays for Her-2/neu oncogene and protein measurements. The Her-2/neu protein is overexpressed, mostly as a result of gene amplification, in 20-30% of human breast cancers, and has been shown to have prognostic and predictive value for treatment wi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wang S,Saboorian MH,Frenkel E,Hynan L,Gokaslan ST,Ashfaq R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These guidelines update the previous UK HER2 testing guidelines and have been formulated to give advice on methodology, interpretation and quality assurance to ensure that HER2 testing results are accurate, reliable and timely with the expansion of testing to all patients with breast cancer at the time of primary diag...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Walker RA,Bartlett JM,Dowsett M,Ellis IO,Hanby AM,Jasani B,Miller K,Pinder SE

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with aplastic anaemia had a history of substantial previous exposure to organochlorine pesticides. The temporal association between chemical exposure and the onset of first symptoms of anaemia was strongly supportive. Organochlorines have the property of lipid affinity and accumulation in adipose tissue...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rugman FP,Cosstick R

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the value in diagnosis and the clinical implications of the detection of pneumococcal antigen in patients with lobar pneumonia. Ninety-eight patients with lobar pneumonia were investigated. Pneumococcal antigen was detected by counter-current immunoelectrophoresis in the sputum of 79% of patients ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tugwell P,Greenwood BM

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of using a product of serum thyroxine and triiodothyronine binding coefficient, estimated by simple methods, to give a ;free thyroxine index' in normal women, in pregnant women, and in patients taking oral contraceptives is described. The method is believed to provide a reliable means of assessing thyroid ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gimlette TM,Piffanelli A

更新日期：1968-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum and tissue hepatitis B virus (HBV) markers were compared in 35 alcoholic and 23 non-alcoholic subjects affected by chronic liver disease. Seventeen point one per cent of alcoholic and 21.7% of non-alcoholic subjects had HBV tissue markers, but not serum markers, for this virus. It is therefore concluded that sho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cuccurullo L,Rambaldi M,Iaquinto G,Ferraraccio F,Ambrosone L,Giardullo N,De Vita A

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Well differentiated liposarcomas (WDLPS) and dedifferentiated liposarcomas (DDLPS) have been shown to have supernumerary chromosomes with amplified sequences of the MDM2 and CDK4 genes. MDM2 and CDK4 protein overexpression have also been identified in these tumours. AIM:To investigate whether immunohistoche...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Aleixo PB,Hartmann AA,Menezes IC,Meurer RT,Oliveira AM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine whether variations in pathology test requesting between different general practices can be accounted for by sociodemographic or other descriptive indicators of the practice. METHOD:This was a comparative analysis of requesting patterns across a range of pathology tests representing 95% of those request...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smellie WS,Galloway MJ,Chinn D,Gedling P

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with megaloblastic anaemia due to nutritional folate deficiency is described. Partial villous atrophy and malabsorption of xylose showed progressive improvement to normal with folic acid therapy. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dawson DW

更新日期：1971-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphometric techniques were applied to cytocentrifuge smears from 27 patients with histologically confirmed follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma to determine the usefulness of this method in diagnosis. Analysis of quantitative data confirmed that most subtypes were classified correctly on the basis of the proportion of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stevens MW,Crowley KS,Fazzalari NL,Woods AE

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elution technique is described which gives eluates at least as potent as previously described methods. Elution can be completed in only 15 minutes. The method, a modification of that of Vos and Kelsall, is simple to carry out and requires the minimum of equipment. Studies have shown that the coating antibody is alm...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： RUBIN H

更新日期：1963-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte-depleted classical Hodgkin lymphoma (LDCHL) is the rarest entity among the classical Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL) subtypes, accounting for <1% of CHL cases in Western countries. Similarly, primary splenic Hodgkin lymphoma is a rare diagnosis among all cases of lymphomatous involvement of spleen. Representing a co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Parekh V,Peker D

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The Royal College of Pathologists recommend that a median of at least 12 lymph nodes should be harvested during pathological staging of colorectal cancer. It is not always easy to harvest the required number, especially in patients with rectal cancer receiving neoadjuvant therapy. Lymph node revealing solutions, f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Horne J,Carr NJ,Bateman AC,Kandala N 2nd,Adams J,Silva S,Ryder I

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a post-mortem analysis of 1,500 patients, aged 70 years or more, heart disease and malignancy were the two major causes of death. Coronary disease was exceedingly prevalent, almost one in five being subject to this form of heart disease, and 13% dying from its effects. The levelling of the sex ratio in coronary dis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： MCKEOWN F

更新日期：1963-11-01 00:00:00