CYTOENZYMATICAL DIFFERENTIATION OF NORMAL AND NEOPLASTIC PLASMA CELLS.

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：:In two out of three cases of idiopathic fibrosis of the mediastinum there was also retroperitoneal fibrosis, and in one of them extensive fibrosis of the lungs. One of these, a fit middle-aged man, died suddenly with severe coronary artery stenosis due to fibrosis. The third case was that of a young man with a solitar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Light AM

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Mast cells, when activated, secrete a large number of fibrogenic factors and have been implicated in the development of fibrotic conditions of the liver, lung, and skin. There is evidence that renal fibrosis is closely linked with a chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate within the interstitium, but a pot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Roberts IS,Brenchley PE

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aztreonam blood agar, a new selective medium for Gram positive aerobic bacteria, was evaluated in comparison with conventional media for skin swabs. Aztreonam agar increased the number of isolates of Staphylococcus aureus by 17%. By producing purer growths on primary isolation, it significantly speeded up the identifi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wood W,Harvey G,Olson ES,Reid TM

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The development of a technique for simultaneous in situ hybridisation for native mRNA and conventional immunofluorescence for cytoplasmic antigens in routine pathology specimens. METHODS:Cocktails of synthetic deoxyoligonucleotides coding for immunoglobulin J chain and kappa light chain were 3' end labelled enzym...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Harper SJ,Pringle JH,Gillies A,Allen AC,Layward L,Feehally J,Lauder I

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of cell-free circulating fetal nucleic acids in maternal plasma has opened up new possibilities in non-invasive prenatal diagnosis. The rapid advancement of this field in the past decade is catalysed by the discovery of new classes of fetal nucleic acid markers and technological developments in nucleic a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hung EC,Chiu RW,Lo YM

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the pathogenicity and virulence characteristics of Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, and Staphylococcus sapro-phyticus. METHODS:BALB/c mice were challenged intraperitoneally with graded doses of three strains belonging to each species. LD50s were measured for each strain. Haemolysi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Molnàr C,Hevessy Z,Rozgonyi F,Gemmell CG

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The routine estimation of large numbers of serum folic acid and vitamin B(12) levels using the Baird and Tatlock(1) Analmatic clinical system is described and the method evaluated.Precision, accuracy, and carryover are shown to be at acceptable levels, and the advantages and disadvantages of the use of the system are ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Colvin G,Gibson GL,Neill DW

更新日期：1971-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) was infused intravenously to eight women for the termination of pregnancy and tests of platelet function: coagulation and fibrinolysis were studied before and during the infusion.Platelet adhesiveness, as measured by a cellophane membrane test-cell system, was significantly diminished by PG...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Howie PW,Calder AA,Forbes CD,Prentice CR

更新日期：1973-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This is a qualitative study of the perceived learning needs of trainees for graded responsibility in histopathological training in the UK. METHODS:A focus group with trainees and interviews with consultants was carried out. Participants were asked 'What do you perceive are the learning needs of histopathology tra...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Finall A,Allery L

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight strains of Pseudomonas putrefaciens have been received from among 466 strains of Pseudomonas submitted to the Computer Trials Laboratory for identification over the last eight years. Two of the strains of P. putrefaciens from patients with otitis media and otitis externa respectively appear to have played a path...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Holmes B,Lapage SP,Malnick H

更新日期：1975-02-01 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：:Guidance by bacteriologists and changes in theatre and ward disciplines have greatly improved the results of urological surgery in recent years. The most noteworthy successes have been in treatment of chronic retention with renal failure, and in prevention of the bacteraemia which may occur following removal of the po...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： MITCHELL JP,GILLESPIE WA

更新日期：1964-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve methods for the demonstration of bacterial penicillinase production by strains of Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus are compared, and their suitability for routine clinical laboratory use is evaluated. The acidometric agar plate method is recommended. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lucas TJ

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial dilutions of Clostridium difficile culture filtrates were incubated overnight with HeLa cell monolayers. Cells were fixed in formalin, stained with crystal violet, rinsed, and drained. Cell rounding could be observed microscopically in the stained monolayers. Absorbance of the retained dye on monolayers in the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rothman SW

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the relative strengths of association between 23 most commonly ordered laboratory tests and the adverse outcome as indicators of relative criticalness. The lowest and highest results for 23 most commonly ordered laboratory tests, 24 hours prior to death during critical care unit (CCU) stay or discharge f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yang Z,Tan EH,Li Y,Lim B,Metz MP,Loh TP

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:KRAS mutation status predicts response to anti-EGFR therapy in colorectal cancer patients. Here we report an interesting case of discordant KRAS mutation status in a patient with two separate tumour foci. Tumour A in sigmoid colon invaded through muscularis propria into the subserosal fat with metastatic disease in re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Li X,Pezeshkpour G,Phan RT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have shown that minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins (Mcm2-7) may be useful proliferation markers in dysplasia and cancer in various tissues. AIMS:To investigate the use of Mcm7 as a proliferation marker in 79 lymph node negative prostate cancers and compare it with Ki-67, a commonly use...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Padmanabhan V,Callas P,Philips G,Trainer TD,Beatty BG

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Endotoxin detection assays are not validated for use in end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). We investigated the accuracy and precision of the kinetic turbidimetric Limulus amoebocyte lysate (LAL) assay to detect endotoxin in plasma from patients with ESKD. Optimisation of endotoxin recovery from plasma using the dete...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wong J,Jeraj H,Vilar E,Viljoen A,Farrington K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to confirm the presence or absence of central nervous tissue in commercially prepared beefburgers, four burgers were processed and stained using routine histological laboratory techniques. Constituent parts of the burgers could be identified readily. In this small sample no central nervous tissue was fou...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Carr NJ,Machin LG

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the causes of death in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta, excluding infants with the perinatal lethal form (type II). METHODS:Seventy nine patients with known osteogenesis imperfecta were identified, 37 of whom had been seen clinically in life. Causes of death were identified from death certifica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McAllion SJ,Paterson CR

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The costs of a clinical chemistry laboratory in a district general hospital were studied. The system used has certain advantages over the conventional Cooper Lybrand method. The time taken by technicians to perform tests was more variable than expected and the cost of sample collection was higher than process-cost for...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stilwell JA

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incomplete expression of human haemoglobin beta-chains at birth may lead to difficulty in the early demonstration of an inherited beta-chain variant. In this case, the rare unstable variant, Hb Tacoma beta30 (B12) arg leads to ser, although not present in cord blood in sufficient amounts to be easily detected by routi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Deacon-Smith RA,Lee-Potter JP

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate assessment of invasive breast cancer grade on needle core biopsy (NCB) is important as it guides treatment. AIM:To assess the agreement between grade of invasive cancer on NCB and excision and determine whether altering the mitotic count score threshold on NCB improves it. METHODS:Pathology slides...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dhaliwal CA,Graham C,Loane J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By means of enzyme immunoassays based on two monoclonal antibodies with specificities for distinct forms of placental type alkaline phosphatase (Pl-ALP), together with L-leucine inhibition studies, it has been possible to distinguish the Nagao type carcinoplacental enzyme from other placental type alkaline phosphatase...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McLaughlin PJ,Twist AM,Evans CC,Johnson PM

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thyroids of primary thyrotoxicosis patients prepared for partial thyroidectomy with propranolol contained much more lymphoid infiltrate than those prepared with carbimazole. No relation was found between the extent of lymphoid infiltrate in the thyroid and the development of postoperative hypothyroidism either bet...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Young RJ,Sherwood MB,Simpson JG,Nicol AG,Michie W,Beck JS

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interference of IgM-class rheumatoid factor (RF) in the solid-phase radioimmunoassay (RIA) of rubella virus IgM antibodies was studied. Acute rubella infections did not significantly activate RF. False-positive rubella antibody results were obtained, however, when patients with raised RF levels were tested. If a l...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Meurman OH,Ziola BR

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred prostates from 20 to 40 year old men obtained at necropsy were completely sectioned and studied microscopically. Atypical hyperplasia was found in 10 (20%) of 20-29 year old men and in 12 (24%) of 30-40 year old men. The prostates with atypical hyperplasia had similar weights as those without, and the atyp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Brawn PN,Speights VO,Contin JU,Bayardo RJ,Kuhl DL

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of antitoxin after Clostridium difficile-induced diarrhoea has not been reported previously. The stool of a patient with prolonged antibiotic-associated diarrhoea contained C. difficile toxin, and the serum neutralised the cytopathic effect of C. difficile toxin in tissue culture. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lishman AH,Al-Jumaili IJ,Record CO

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is important in the evaluation of patients with calcium metabolism disorders and/or chronic renal disease. AIMS:To assess the differences between serum and plasma PTH measurements using the Advia Centaur. METHODS:Twenty six paired serum and edetate samples from patients with chron...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Twomey PJ,Whitlock T,Pledger DR

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00