Detection of circulating fetal nucleic acids: a review of methods and applications.

abstract：:In an era when immunohistochemistry (IHC) is increasingly depended on for histological subtyping, and IHC-determined biomarker informing rapid treatment choices is on the horizon; reproducible, quantifiable techniques are required. This study aimed to compare automated IHC scoring to quantify 6 DNA damage response pro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gentles L,Howarth R,Lee WJ,Sharma-Saha S,Ralte A,Curtin N,Drew Y,O'Donnell RL

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunological method for detecting fibrin degradation products by tanned cells agglutination has been standardized. The effects of different variables, such as cell concentration, pH, and length of incubation, and the specificity of the reaction, are described. The method is compared with other immunological techni...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Das PC

更新日期：1970-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of cryptococcal meningo-encephalitis is described. Treatment with the fungicidal agent amphotericin B resulted in temporary improvement, but the patient relapsed and died 17 months after diagnosis. The pathology and treatment of the disease are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： RIPPEY JJ,ROPER WA,JEANES AL,BRIGHT MV

更新日期：1965-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the modification of a commercially available rapid slide screening test(1) for anti-streptolysin O to give quantitative results. The modified technique is compared with the long-established haemolytic technique of Rantz and Randall (1945). The quantitative results for both techniques are shown to ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ingram GB,Hughes JE

更新日期：1972-06-01 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：:There is growing evidence of histopathological changes in autopsied individuals infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); however, data on histopathological changes in autopsied patients with eradicated COVID-19 are limited. We performed an autopsy on a Caucasian female in her 80s, wh...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schwensen HF,Borreschmidt LK,Storgaard M,Redsted S,Christensen S,Madsen LB

更新日期：2020-07-28 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：:This article reviews recent information concerning the origin of osteoclasts and the local and systemic regulation of their activity. It appears that much of the environmental responsiveness of osteoclasts is mediated by cells of the osteoblastic lineage, which exert a major influence on the localisation, induction, s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chambers TJ

更新日期：1985-03-01 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：AIMS:To develop a specific radioimmunoassay for the routine determination of serum vitamin B12. METHODS:Antisera were raised in rabbits by immunisation with the monocarboxylic acid derivative of cyanocobalamin coupled to human serum albumin. Antibody titres and affinities were determined and the antiserum giving the h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： O'Sullivan JJ,Leeming RJ,Lynch SS,Pollock A

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and twenty-one rectal biopsies from 99 patients with carcinoma of the rectum or lower sigmoid colon were investigated using a high iron-diamine-Alcian blue technique for sulphated and non-sulphated acid mucins. It was found that in normal rectal mucosa sulphomucins are the main carbohydrate component of th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Filipe MI

更新日期：1972-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 20 cases of toxoplasmic lymphadenopathy were examined by an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay toxoplasma IgG avidity (ELISA) at two laboratories. The results obtained were largely in agreement and showed that sera from patients with acute infection had low avidity IgG (30% or less), whereas sera from patient...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Joynson DH,Payne RA,Rawal BK

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of malignant histiocytosis of the intestine and one case of true histiocytic lymphoma were studied using immunohistological techniques. In paraffin sections tumour cells in all cases were shown to contain alpha-1-antitrypsin and to express the leucocyte common antigen. Four of the five cases of malignant hi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Salter DM,Krajewski AS,Dewar AE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis can be induced in response to hypoxia. The severity of hypoxia determines whether cells become apoptotic or adapt to hypoxia and survive. A hypoxic environment devoid of nutrients prevents the cell undergoing energy dependent apoptosis and cells become necrotic. Apoptosis regulatory proteins are delicately b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Greijer AE,van der Wall E

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Mitochondrial diseases form one of the largest groups of inborn errors of metabolism. The birth prevalence is approximately 1/5000 in well-studied populations, but little has been reported from Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to describe the genetics underlying mitochondrial disease in South Africa. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Meldau S,Owen EP,Khan K,Riordan GT

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with multiple injuries developed a severe coagulation defect due to a deficiency of vitamin K. None of the usual predisposing factors was present and the patient's diet was very poor. Dietary deficiency of vitamin K and the importance of antibiotic therapy in its production are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Colvin BT,Lloyd MJ

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with Barrett's oesophagus was studied prospectively. A sensitive immunohistochemical staining of H pylori was performed in oesophageal and gastric biopsies of 73 patients from a surveillance group with this condition. H pylori was detected in 11 cases of Barr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ricaurte O,Fléjou JF,Vissuzaine C,Goldfain D,Rotenberg A,Cadiot G,Potet F

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonality analysis of the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene is helpful in identifying malignant B cell infiltrates in the bone marrow and is usually carried out on separate aspirates or on the same formalin-fixed decalcified bone marrow specimen. To determine whether the removal of the decalcification step would i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Parrens M,Carrere N,Bouabdallah K,Fitoussi O,Goussot JF,Dubus P,de Mascarel A,Merlio JP

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Somatic mutations are important determinants of cancer behaviour and response to therapy. However, molecular testing in this context has a relatively low profile within the clinical community, despite publicity surrounding targeted therapies such as Herceptin. AIMS:As the testing process affects many stakeh...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wordsworth S,Buchanan J,Papanicolas I,Taylor J,Frayling I,Tomlinson I

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Use of the polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB PCR) as a basis for making clinical decisions on the initiation of antituberculosis treatment was studied. METHODS:A retrospective study involving a cohort of 155 patients being investigated for tuberculosis in an infectious ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cheng VC,Yam WC,Hung IF,Woo PC,Lau SK,Tang BS,Yuen KY

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six fetal and 10 neonatal rat or mouse stomachs and a 14-week human fetal stomach were examined for immunofluorescence reactivity with four sera containing parietal cell antibody (PCA) and four other sera containing smooth muscle antibody (SMA). In rat and mouse stomachs, parietal cells first reacted with PCA in 19-da...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ceredig R,Toh BH

更新日期：1978-06-01 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 occurrence of unexplained, rapidly recurring occlusions of arteries and veins in a previously healthy young woman is described. Post mortem examination showed no macroscopic abnormalities but revealed microscopic metastatic adenocarcinoma with remarkable intravascular localisation of the malignant cells. Whereas h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Levi M,Bronkhorst C,Noorduyn LA,Vreeken J

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Definitive distinction between low-grade astrocytoma and astrogliosis is a long-standing difficulty due to their similar histopathological characteristics. To clarify differences in biological significance, this study focused on various components of the cell cycle machinery and proliferation as key parameters, com...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hara A,Saegusa M,Ichinoe M,Okayasu I

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histological appearances of the breast in a patient with mucoviscidosis are those of complete lobular agenesis. Ducts and ductules are well developed, and there is abundant fibrous tissue giving the breast a normal contour. The appearances are contrasted with those of gynaecomastia, and the aetiology is discussed....

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ward AM

更新日期：1972-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epstein's syndrome is defined as a subtype of Alport's syndrome, and is distinguished from the other subtypes by accompanying macrothrombocytopenia. Mutations in collagen IV genes are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of typical Alport's syndrome. However, the presence of an underlying genetic defect ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Naito I,Nomura S,Inoue S,Kagawa M,Kawai S,Gunshin Y,Joh K,Tsukidate C,Sado Y,Osawa G

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) are defined by their lack of oestrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and epidermal growth factor receptor 2. Although heterogeneous, the majority are aggressive and treatment options are limited. Caveolin acts as tumour suppressor or promoter depending on the cancer t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yeong J,Thike AA,Ikeda M,Lim JCT,Lee B,Nakamura S,Iqbal J,Tan PH

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional prostate adenocarcinomas consist mainly of tumour cells of luminal immunophenotype with scattered neuroendocrine (NE) cells. NE cells are defined by chromogranin A (CGA) immunoreactivity. Unlike luminal cells, NE cells lack androgen receptor (AR) and prostate specific antigen (PSA) immunoreactivity. This ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Roudier MP,True LD,Vessella RL,Higano CS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the posture was changed from horizontal to vertical, or the reverse, the alteration in plasma volume and in the levels of haematocrit, haemoglobin, and plasma protein was much greater in patients with oedema or low plasma protein or albumin concentrations ("the pathological group") than in patients without these ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： FAWCETT JK,WYNN V

更新日期：1960-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Cyto-Tek staining machine designed for Papanicolau staining of cervical smears has been adapted for auramine staining of smears of sputum and other clinical specimens for acid-fast bacilli. The results compared favourably with those obtained by a manual method of staining. Contamination of negative smears by acid-fa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Heimer GV,Joseph N,Taylor CE

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00