Adult alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Sysmex XN haematology instrument performs automatic reflex testing, depending on sample results. A nucleated red blood cell (NRBC) count is provided on all samples. The instrument has a smaller footprint (34%) than previous Sysmex XE analysers. METHODS:An evaluation comparing all results to the Sysmex X...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Briggs C,Longair I,Kumar P,Singh D,Machin SJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of emphysema in human lungs has traditionally been based on observations made on whole lung slices. These methods are inappropriate for the study of early emphysema, because as much as 75% of the alveolar wall surface area may have been lost by the time airspaces are visible to the naked eye. A new, aut...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gillooly M,Lamb D,Farrow AS

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cryptogenic organising pneumonia (COP) and acute fibrinous and organising pneumonia (AFOP) are recognised patterns of organising pneumonia (OP), a condition that resembles pneumonia but is not caused by infection. We have recognised granulomatous organising pneumonia (GOP) to be a similar histopathological entity ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Feinstein MB,DeSouza SA,Moreira AL,Stover DE,Heelan RT,Iyriboz TA,Taur Y,Travis WD

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed to evaluate five commercial kit assays used for the detection of antibodies to dsDNA. The kits were compared using a performance index score as recommended by the guidelines of the European Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. The highest performance score was obtained using the radi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McMillan SA,Fay AC

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate and compare the long term prognostic value of the WHO classification and the computerised multivariate morphometrical D score in endometrial hyperplasia. To test the reproducibility of the D score in two different centres. METHODS:Histopathological WHO classification and computerised morphometrical an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Orbo A,Baak JP,Kleivan I,Lysne S,Prytz PS,Broeckaert MA,Slappendel A,Tichelaar HJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on the antibody class capture method for the detection of specific IgM against Toxoplasma gondii, using the microtitre plate format, was developed. Antigen binding was detected using a monoclonal antibody, CIE3, conjugated to horseradish peroxidase. Prior mixing of th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Payne RA,Joynson DH,Balfour AH,Harford JP,Fleck DG,Mythen M,Saunders RJ

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:It has been suggested that adenocarcinomas of the lower oesophagus and gastric cardia should be reclassified as oesophagogastric junction (OGJ) cancers. This study aimed to define the frequency of OGJ cancers in a geographically defined population of 4.3 million people. METHODS:All cases of oesophageal and gastri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Byrne JP,Mathers JM,Parry JM,Attwood SE,Bancewicz J,Woodman CB

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the pattern and severity of liver disease in patients who had undergone jejuno-ileal bypass for the treatment of morbid obesity, 23 patients were biopsied, all of whom had had intact bypasses for more than 10 years. These were examined by light and electron microscopy. Previous biopsy specimens from each pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Boon AP,Thompson H,Baddeley RM

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significance of seroconversion as detected by an ELISA screening test for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody with a negative supplemental/confirmatory recombinant immunoblot assay (RIBA) result was investigated. Of 118,220 established West Midlands blood donors with at least one negative HCV antibody screen, 43 had ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Atrah HI,Ahmed MM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-associated precancerous lesions may be adenomatous or non-adenomatous with various histomorphologies. We aim to validate the newly proposed classification, to explore the neoplastic nature of the non-adenomatous lesions and to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying the diffe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gui X,Köbel M,Ferraz JG,Iacucci M,Ghosh S,Liu S,Ou Y,Perizzolo M,Winkfein RJ,Rambau P,Demetrick DJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urinary excretion of the renal proximal tubular enzyme, gamma-glutamyltransferase (gamma-GT), has been studied in 41 patients receiving tobramycin, gentamicin or streptomycin for a variety of infections. All patients receiving tobramycin or gentamicin have shown increased excretion of gamma-GT in the urine. Only 4...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Beck PR,Thomson RB,Chaudhuri AK

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of IgD myeloma accompanied by diffuse osteosclerosis is reported. A trephine biopsy specimen showed only reticulin fibrosis, but histomorphometric analysis of a full thickness transiliac bone biopsy specimen showed increased trabecular bone mass, with no local deposit of tumour. An excess of bone surfaces were ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： MacCallum PK,Freemont AJ,Geary CG,Liu Yin JA

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between the choline containing surfactant phospholipids lecithin and sphingomyelin in amniotic fluid and fetal lung maturity is well established. An enzymatic method that had been automated and optimised for use on a centrifugal analyser was used to measure the total choline containing phospholipids in am...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Teng SH,Andrews AG,Horacek I

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the clinical efficacy of diagnostic procedures for breast cancer at a teaching hospital using internal auditing tools and quality control measures. METHODS:A retrospective assessment of 500 patients who underwent core needle biopsy (wide-bore needle biopsy; WBN) of palpable or non-palpable breast nodes ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Verenhitach BD,Elias S,Patrocínio AC,Nazário AC,Waizberg A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous Cushing's syndrome is a rare endocrine disorder that incurs significant cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, due to glucocorticoid excess. It comprises adrenal (20%) and non-adrenal (80%) aetiologies. While the majority of cases are attributed to pituitary or ectopic corticotropin (ACTH) overproduction, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Duan K,Gomez Hernandez K,Mete O

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the genetic differences among the strains of adenovirus type 8 (Ad8) circulating in Hiroshima city, Japan, and to study their circulation pattern. METHODS:One hundred and twenty nine strains of adenovirus type 8 (Ad8) were isolated in Hiroshima City over a 15 year period (1983-97) from patients wit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Adhikary AK,Numaga J,Kaburaki T,Kawashima H,Araie M,Ikeda Y,Ogino T,Suzuki E,Ushijima H,Mukoyama A,Matsuno S,Inada T,Okabe N

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the complement system, the main humoral mediator of inflammation, is restrained by the action of enzyme inhibitors including alpha 1-antitrypsin. Deficiency leads to chronic liver disease in about one in five children with this genetic defect. Complement activation was investigated in 34 children with al...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Littleton ET,Bevis L,Hansen LJ,Peakman M,Mowat AP,Mieli-Vergani G,Vergani D

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative histological analysis of the major salivary glands was carried out at necropsy in 28 alcoholics and in a series of age and sex matched controls. The findings were related to the different types of histologically diagnosed liver disease present. Significant quantitative changes of salivary gland structur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Scott J,Burns J,Flower EA

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty six lymph nodes were examined with the indirect immunoperoxidase technique for the distribution of fibronectin and laminin. Fibronectin was present in the framework of the tissue and the basal lamina of blood vessels, giving a clear outline of nodal architecture. Intracellular fibronectin was observed in cases o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reilly JT,Nash JR,Mackie MJ,McVerry BA

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous clinical pathology departments are deploying or planning to deploy digital pathology systems for all or part of their diagnostic output. Digital pathology is an evolving technology, and it is important that departments uphold or improve on current standards. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been scannin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Williams BJ,Treanor D

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The systematic screening of 253 children with transfusion-dependent homozygous beta-thalassaemia revealed a high incidence of hepatitis B virus markers. The highest frequencies of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) were found in the group of patients with the smalle...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： De Virgiliis S,Fiorelli G,Fargion S,Cornacchia G,Sanna G,Cossu P,Murgia V,Cao A

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the association between the quantity of gastric chemokine mRNA expression, severity of gastritis, and cagA positivity in Helicobacter pylori associated gastritis. METHODS:In 83 dyspeptic patients, antral and corpus biopsies were taken for semiquantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain react...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shimoyama T,Everett SM,Dixon MF,Axon AT,Crabtree JE

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fungal infection is increasingly recognised as an important cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in immunocompromised patients. Little information exists on laboratory services available and the methods used by general microbiology laboratories to diagnose these important infections. AIM:To investig...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hassan IA,Critten P,Isalska B,Denning DW

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive gas chromatography-mass spectrometric method was used to measure the generation in whole blood of leukotriene B4 (LTB4), a potent stimulator of neutrophil chemotaxis, in eight patients with chronic granulocytic leukaemia (CGL) and 12 healthy controls. LTB4 was detectable in unstimulated samples from all th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reilly IA,Knapp HR,Fitzgerald GA

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibrinogen plays a crucial role in the pathophysiology of tumour cell growth, invasion and metastasis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of pretreatment plasma fibrinogen levels in patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) METHODS: Data from 372 patients with DLBCL, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Troppan KT,Melchardt T,Wenzl K,Schlick K,Deutsch A,Bullock MD,Reitz D,Beham-Schmid C,Weiss L,Neureiter D,Tränkenschuh W,Greil R,Neumeister P,Egle A,Pichler M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To better understand the spectrum of primary lymphomas in the upper aerodigestive tract, a common site of extranodal lymphoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Lymphoma cases diagnosed at an institution in southern Taiwan from 1992 to 2007 were retrospectively studied with pathology and history review, immunohistochemistry, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen SW,Chang ST,Lu CL,Hwang WS,Tsao CJ,Huang WT,Chang KY,Chuang SS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isotopic estimation of the cortisol secretion rate in man is now an accepted and reliable method of assaying adrenal cortical function.Seven years' experience with its clinical use is reviewed and some practical aspects of technique are considered. The mean normal resting cortisol secretion rate is 16.2 +/- 5.7 mg...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： COPE CL,PEARSON J

更新日期：1965-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The excretion of 2,3-dinor-6-keto prostaglandin F1 alpha, a major urinary metabolite of prostacyclin, and the formation of thromboxane B2, a stable metabolite of thromboxane A2, by platelets stimulated by adenosine diphosphate, were studied in alcoholics, who had been admitted for detoxification. Once prolonged heavy ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Neiman J,Hillbom M,Benthin G,Anggård EE

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum glycocholic acid (SGC) was measured by radioimmunoassay in 277 samples from 122 children with hepatobiliary disorders and from 23 healthy age-matched controls. In patients with hepatobiliary disease the SGC was more frequently abnormal (83%) than values for serum albumin (7%), prothrombin time (17%), bilirubin (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Matsui A,Psacharopoulos HT,Mowat AP,Portmann B,Murphy GM

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytochemical study of the lysosomal enzyme beta-glucuronidase in 60 cases of acute leukaemia has shown a qualitative difference in the cytoplasmic distribution of the enzyme between blast cells of the lymphoid and myeloid cell series. This difference provides a useful additional method for cytochemical classificatio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mann JR,Simpson JS,Munkley RM,Stuart J

更新日期：1971-12-01 00:00:00