Quality of teaching in chemical pathology: ability of interns to order and interpret laboratory tests.

abstract：:The air of three hospital wards was examined frequently for staphylococci for a period of nearly four years using slit samplers. ;Broadcasts' of staphylococci into the air were observed with the air count rising well above the mean of 0.2 staphylococcal particle per cubic foot and these broadcasts often appeared to be...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Noble WC

更新日期：1962-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies against gastric epithelial cells are detectable in up to 50% of patients with chronic, active Helicobacter pylori gastritis. Presence of autoantibodies against canalicular structures within human parietal cells (anticanalicular autoantibodies) correlate with gastric mucosa atrophy. It has been suggested...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Faller G,Steininger H,Appelmelk B,Kirchner T

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We explore factors such as the blood sampling site (capillary vs venous), the equipment (HemoCue vs automated haematology analyser) and the model of the HemoCue device (201+ vs 301) that may impact haemoglobin measurements in capillary and venous blood. METHODS:Eleven studies were identified, and bias, conco...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rappaport AI,Karakochuk CD,Hess SY,Whitehead RD Jr,Namaste SML,Dary O,Parker ME,Neufeld LM,Larson LM,Newton S,Wegmuller R,Moorthy D

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (CMML) is a myelodysplastic syndrome with a diverse clinical spectrum. A case of a 60 year old man with CMML who developed cardiac tamponade is reported. Cytological examination of the pericardial effusion fluid showed extramedullary haemopoiesis. Serous effusions are well recognised i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bradford CR,Smith SR,Wallis JP

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial sarcoma is a distinctive soft tissue neoplasm with monophasic and biphasic forms. It is typically a deep-seated soft tissue tumour of the extremities of young adults and occasional cases have been described in large peripheral nerves. A rare example has a predominance of the glandular component and may mimic ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Weinreb I,Perez-Ordoñez B,Guha A,Kiehl TR

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum total calcium was measured in 1693 patients during a four-month period. We examined the effects of adjustment for albumin concentration on the interpretation of single measurements of serum total calcium and on the variation of series of measurements in individual patients. Markedly abnormal total calcium concen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Payne RB,Carver ME,Morgan DB

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a quality assurance programme at the Aga Khan University Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan, all hysterectomy specimens were reviewed from January 1986 to December 1989. Adenomyosis was found in 237 of the 419 (56.5%) specimens studied. Of these 237 patients, 232 (97.9%) were parous and 196 (82.8%) were in t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shaikh H,Khan KS

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of coexistent acute myeloid leukaemia and sarcoidosis is reported. This was complicated by recurrent pulmonary haemorrhage during reinduction and consolidation chemotherapy. A review of published papers on malignancy and sarcoidosis, in particular acute leukaemia is given. The outcome of most cases of acute leu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Williams B,Francis A,Durrant S

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The test is an application of the method originally described by Boyden (1951) and adapted by Stavitsky and Arquilla (1958). Sera which contain anti-Panton-Valentine leucocidin agglutinate the prepared red cells, often to a very high dilution, and this has provided a useful serological test for the diagnosis of staphy...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： TOWERS AG

更新日期：1961-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early epidemiological studies of cervical neoplasia suggested a causal relation with sexual activity and human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have emerged as prime suspects as venerally transmitted carcinogens. HPVs fall into two broad camps: low risk types, associated with cervical condylomas and CIN 1; and high risk types ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Arends MJ,Buckley CH,Wells M

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum labelled with (59)Fe for ferrokinetic studies should contain only [(59)Fe] transferrin. [(59)Fe] ferric citrate was incubated at 37 degrees C for up to 24 hours with sera having an excess latent iron-binding capacity. The results showed that unbound [(59)Fe] ferric citrate may be present for several hours. An an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cavill I

更新日期：1971-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) increases after radical prostatectomy are thought to indicate recurrent disease, although some suggest they result from benign prostatic epithelial tissue left at surgical margins. AIMS:To investigate whether presence, location, and extent of benign prostatic tissue at ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kernek KM,Koch MO,Daggy JK,Juliar BE,Cheng L

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：AIMS:To investigate the expression of the placental cell-specific associated proteins in infantile haemangioma (IH). METHODS:Immunohistochemical staining was used to investigate the expression of human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), human placental lactogen (hPL), human leucocyte antigen-G (HLA-G), cytokeratin 7 (CK7)...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Itinteang T,Tan ST,Guthrie S,Tan CE,McIntyre BC,Brasch HD,Day DJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine the interrelations between clinico-biochemical parameters and hepatic morphology in markedly obese patients. One hundred and sixty-six women and 52 men comprise this series. There was a statistically significant association of carbohydrate metabolism disturbance with increasing a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Manes JL,Taylor HB,Starkloff GB

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In experimental glomerulonephritis, inhibition of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) enhances the renocortical expression of pathogenic alpha(v) integrins. AIMS:To study whether this effect is mediated by prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) acting through its EP(3) receptor in cultured rat mesangial cells (MCs). METHODS:MCs...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Waldner C,Schrör K,Heering P

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In all cases of primary endocardial fibroelastosis investigated diffuse degenerative changes in the ganglion cells were detected. Thickened endocardium was formed by the proliferation of mesenchymal cells located under the endothelial endocardium and of the mesenchyme surrounding the necrobiotic muscle cells. In some ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zóltowska A

更新日期：1971-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Optical microscopic (OM) evaluation of peripheral blood (PB) cells is still a crucial step of the laboratory haematological workflow. The morphological cell analysis is time-consuming and expensive and it requires skilled operator. To address these challenges, automated image-processing systems, as digital morphol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Da Rin G,Benegiamo A,Di Fabio AM,Dima F,Francione S,Fanelli A,Germagnoli L,Lorubbio M,Marzoni A,Pajola R,Pipitone S,Rolla R,Seghezzi M,Baigorria Vaca MDC,Bartolini A,Buoro S

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme immunoassay technique based on the direct detection of Chlamydia trachomatis antigen in urethral or cervical swabs was used for the rapid diagnosis of chlamydial genital infection. Urethral and cervical samples from 140 patients were tested in parallel by enzyme immunoassay and cell culture using iodine stai...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mumtaz G,Mellars BJ,Ridgway GL,Oriel JD

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS), an inflammation-based prognostic score formed from standard thresholds of C reactive protein (CRP) and albumin, has prognostic value in patients with advanced cancer. Little is known about the general biochemical disturbance associated with the systemic inflammatory respon...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Brown DJ,Milroy R,Preston T,McMillan DC

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A saccharogenic method is described for estimating amylase activity in human urine. Results accord with those reported elsewhere except that in this study the peak in the beta zone is a new finding. Comparison between normal and pathological urines suggests that the amylase activity of the beta peak is not of pancreat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Franzini C

更新日期：1965-09-01 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：:A correlative clinical and Hemalog D study of 80 cases of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) was performed and the results compared with those in other lymphoproliferative disorders affecting the blood (eight cases of hairy-cell leukaemia, HCL; three cases of prolymphocytic leukaemia, PLL: two cases of lymphoplasmacy...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Patterson KG,Goldstone AH,Richards JD,Cawley JC

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The terminology applied to vascular anomalies has been variable in previously published literature making interpretation suboptimal. The International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA) has proposed a revised classification based on clinical features and histopathological findings. This clas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Al-Adnani M,Williams S,Rampling D,Ashworth M,Malone M,Sebire NJ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An indirect method of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is described to assess the reactivity of antisera used for the identification of peptide hormone producing cells by immunocytochemistry. Compared with radioimmunoassay and immunodiffusion, the ELISA method has the advantages of simplicity and sensitivi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nierwenhuijzen Kruseman AC

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum haptoglobin levels have been studied in patients with a number of haemolytic disorders. In general, serum haptoglobins were low in patients with increased haemolysis. Values were reduced irrespective of whether haemolysis occurred intravascularly or extravascularly. The reduction was related to the amount of hae...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Owen JA,de Gruchy GC,Smith H

更新日期：1960-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare prognostic information obtained by image analysis cytometry of paraffin wax embedded soft tissue sarcomas with conventional assessment. METHODS:A CAS 200 image analyser was used to determine DNA content of Feulgen stained cytology preparations and tissue sections and to quantify immunostaining by Ki67 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Michie BA,Black C,Reid RP,Barrett A,Hamblen DL

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for the differential determination of plasma antithrombins, antithrombin III and alpha2 macroglobulin, is described. The method is based on the selective inactivation of plasma alpha2 macroglobulin by treatment with 0-1 M methylamine for 10 minutes at 37 degrees C and on the observation that antithrombin III ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Musumeci V,Vincenti A,Bizzi B

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method utilizing a general dehydrogenase reaction has been used to demonstrate early gross myocardial infarctions. The procedure takes advantage of substrate and enzyme loss from the damaged myocardium. In the viable muscle, where endogenous substrates, coenzymes, and dehydrogenases are present, reduction of Nitro-B...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ramkissoon RA

更新日期：1966-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a recognised cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals. This review will concentrate on recent advances in the understanding of the complex interplay between the host and parasite and the pathological consequences of perturbation of the host immune system. The classic v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Emery VC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00