Newer developments in immunohistology.

abstract：:A patient with multiple myeloma had antigenically related monoclonal Fc-gamma fragments and complete IgG-kappa molecules in the serum. The urine contained only Fc-gamma fragments in the absence of Bence-Jones protein. The two distinct M-components in the serum showed electrophoretic identity but could be separated by ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bartoloni C,Flamini G,Gentiloni N,Russo MA,Barone C,Gambassi G,Terranova T

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor VII levels have been measured in 100 patients with liver disease following parenteral vitamin K1 therapy. There was good agreement between specific factor VII measurements and the one-stage prothrombin time apart from six patients with compensated cirrhosis in whom the prothrombin time was prolonged despite the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Green G,Poller L,Thomson JM,Dymock IW

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (CRT) is an increasingly used therapeutic strategy for rectal cancer. Clinically, it remains a major challenge to predict therapeutic response and patient outcome after CRT. Rsf-1 (HBXAP), a novel nuclear protein with histone chaperon function, mediates ATPase-dependent chromatin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lin CY,Tian YF,Wu LC,Chen LT,Lin LC,Hsing CH,Lee SW,Sheu MJ,Lee HH,Wang YH,Shiue YL,Wu WR,Huang HY,Hsu HP,Li CF,Chen SH

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the effect of cellulosic dialysis membranes on the production of complement degradation products to determine to the role of the classical pathway. METHOD:Complement activation was studied in 33 patients during a single haemodialysis session using cellulosic membranes. Pre- and post-dialysis plasma EDTA...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Innes A,Farrell AM,Burden RP,Morgan AG,Powell RJ

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proportion of fimbriate strains amongst Escherichia coli freshly isolated from infected urines did not differ significantly from the proportion amongst commensal Esch. coli isolated from the bowel and from non-infected urines. It is concluded that fimbriae play no major role in the pathogenesis of Esch. coli urina...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Buck AC

更新日期：1967-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of an ovarian serous epithelial neoplasm of borderline type admixed with sarcomatous elements is reported. This combination seems to be extremely rare with only four cases previously reported. It may represent a type of collision tumour or the development of a sarcoma in a growth with borderline differentiation...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Allen C,Stephens M,Williams J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The histopathological diagnosis of low-grade dysplasia (LGD) in Barrett's oesophagus (BO) is associated with poor interobserver agreement and guidelines dictate expert review. To facilitate nationwide expert review in the Netherlands, a web-based digital review panel has been set up, which currently consists of ei...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Klaver E,van der Wel M,Duits L,Pouw R,Seldenrijk K,Offerhaus J,Visser M,Ten Kate F,Biermann K,Brosens L,Doukas M,Huysentruyt C,Karrenbeld A,Kats-Ugurlu G,van der Laan J,van Lijnschoten I,Moll F,Ooms A,Tijssen J,Meij

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two known strains of the Bacteroides fragilis group of organisms and 67 clinical specimens from a variety of sites were examined by fluorescent antibody test (IFA) using two different antisera fro the rapid detection of B fragilis group of organisms. A previously reported Barts' pooled antisera was compared wit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wills A,Taylor E,Pantosti A,Phillips I,Tabaqchali S

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the sensitivity of commercially available diagnostic assays for Chlamydia trachomatis using a simple method. METHODS:Nine commercial assays and an "in-house" polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were evaluated using serial dilutions of a laboratory grown H serovar--four of them using a laboratory grown E ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Thomas BJ,MacLeod EJ,Taylor-Robinson D

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organising pneumonia (otherwise referred to as bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia) is characterised histologically by plugs of granulation tissue, which are present predominantly within small airways, alveolar ducts and peri-bronchiolar alveoli. This pattern is not specific for any disorder or cause, but is...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Beardsley B,Rassl D

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To institute recommendations from a laboratory turnround time study; to evaluate audit methods; and to quantify improvements achieved. METHODS:Changes to result report distribution and specimen delivery were affected by posting results directly from the laboratory followed by the introduction of a twice daily cou...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smellie WS,Galloway PJ,Johnston JI

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the histopathological changes in the livers of patients undergoing cholecystectomy and to relate these changes to the underlying biliary tract pathology. METHODS:Liver changes in 67 patients undergoing cholecystectomy were investigated. Sixty three had gall stones, one cholesterolosis only, and the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Geraghty JM,Goldin RD

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This cross-sectional study investigated the association between eight herpesviruses and the bacterial community profiles from the oral cavity of children with and without leukaemia. METHODS:Sixty participants (aged 3-13), divided into the leukaemia group (LG) and healthy group (HG), were evaluated. Collection of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bezerra TM,Ferreira DC,Carmo FL,Pinheiro R,Leite DC,Cavalcante FS,Belinho RA,Peixoto RS,Rosado AS,dos Santos KR,Castro GF

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubulocystic carcinoma (TCC) is a very rare renal tumour with unique gross and microscopic features, alternatively considered as low-grade collecting duct carcinoma. Recent studies favoured distinction of TCC from collecting duct carcinoma, and some cases of TCC synchronously coexisting with other renal cell tumour su...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen N,Nie L,Gong J,Chen X,Xu M,Chen M,Zhou Q

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VARIOUS LABORATORIES HAVE REPORTED DIFFERING SUCCESS RATES IN THEIR ABILITY TO DETECT INTRATHECAL SYNTHESIS OF ANTIBODY WHEN COMPARING THE INDEX OF [FORMULA: see text] with electrophoretic analysis. We selected 44 patients in the borderline area of minimal and/or equivocal abnormality by IgG index. Electrophoretic ana...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Thompson EJ,Riches PG,Kohn J

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a histological spectrum of liver disease, from simple steatosis through to cirrhosis. As the worldwide rates of obesity have increased, NAFLD has become the commonest cause of liver disease in many developed countries, affecting up to a third of the population. The...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dyson JK,McPherson S,Anstee QM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A histochemical method is described of differentiating between normal and neoplastic cells in plasma using the activity of various enzymes characteristic of plasma cells. It was found that in both types of cell increased or diminished activity of cytoenzymes is a useful means of distinguishing between normal and abnor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： SZMIGIELSKI S,LITWIN J,ZUPANSKA B

更新日期：1965-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with congenital lung cysts are at increased risk of developing carcinoma, but the mechanisms concerned are not clear. The case of a young adult who developed a bronchioloalveolar carcinoma associated with a cystic congenital adenomatoid malformation is reported. The adjacent lung showed an unusual intra-alveo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sheffield EA,Addis BJ,Corrin B,McCabe MM

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop a readily applicable polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based technique which would permit the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from Bactec phials at an earlier stage than currently available methods. METHODS:Mycobacterial cells cultured in Bactec 12B medium were harvested by ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cormican MG,Barry T,Gannon F,Flynn J

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The simultaneous estimation of steroids in plasma was carried out by the assay of cortisol, corticosterone, and testosterone. The method entails separation by means of thin layer chromatography, followed by conversion to a fluorophore and fluorimetric measurement. Its major advantages are its high specificity, its abi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mattingly D,Martin H,Tyler C

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review of the histomorphometry of bone outlines methods of biopsy and processing of specimens in the laboratory, the basic principles of morphometry, and the measurements made in order to obtain estimates of the proportional volumes and surfaces occupied by different components of bone. Variability such as that b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Revell PA

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the suitability of primary gel separation tubes for the storage of frozen sera intended for serological testing. METHODS:Blood samples from 102 patients were collected into gel separation tubes. The sera from these samples were split between the primary gel separation tubes and conventional plastic s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ellis V,Charlett A,Bendall R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate cancer diagnosis is routinely made by the histopathological examination of formalin fixed needle biopsy specimens. Frequently this is the only cancer tissue available from the patient for the analysis of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. There is, therefore, an urgent need for methods that allow...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McCarthy F,Fletcher A,Dennis N,Cummings C,O'Donnell H,Clark J,Flohr P,Vergis R,Jhavar S,Parker C,Cooper CS

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia with rhabdomyolysis-induced acute tubulointerstitial nephritis (ATIN) and prolonged renal dysfunction is presented. The patient was a 54-year-old man, admitted with high-grade fever, ataxia and muscle dysfunction; chest roentgenogram showed multilobular infiltrations. L pneum...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shimura C,Saraya T,Wada H,Takata S,Mikura S,Yasutake T,Kato J,Kato A,Yamamoto M,Watanabe M,Yokoyama T,Kurai D,Ishii H,Aoshima M,Yamada A,Goto H

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the accuracy of the approximate linear formula of International Normalised Ratio (INR) imprecision by formal mathematical analysis. METHODS:Using probability theory, an exact formula for the coefficient of variation (CV) of the INR was derived. The CV from the approximate formula was compared with the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bennett ST,Critchfield GC

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Microring YT is a commercial system for identifying clinical yeast isolates. The system uses a series of discs impregnated with inhibitory agents mounted on a ring. The pattern of growth and inhibition produced provides a six digit code which can be compared with a table provided by the manufacturer. The performan...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ridgway EJ,Allen KD

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytokeratin immunohistochemistry (IHC) reveals a higher rate of occult lymph node metastases among lobular carcinomas than among ductal breast cancers. IHC is widely used but is seldom recommended for the evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer patients. OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of cytokera...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cserni G,Bianchi S,Vezzosi V,Peterse H,Sapino A,Arisio R,Reiner-Concin A,Regitnig P,Bellocq JP,Marin C,Bori R,Penuela JM,Iturriagagoitia AC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To establish the current sensitivity of two commercial kits for culture confirmation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains circulating in the UK. METHODS:A total of 544 strains were studied (199 gonococci from male patients attending hospitals in the county of Avon, 204 unselected N gonorrhoeae isolates from male pati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Turner A,Gough KR,Jephcott AE

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：:Experiments are described with glass fibre filter paper and complete glass filters as fitted to high pre-vacuum autoclaves to determine whether organisms can grow or penetrate through the filters. A filter consisting of four layers of glass fibre paper fitted inside a sterilizer chamber for a year and used for 96 ster...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fallon RJ

更新日期：1963-05-01 00:00:00