Haematological cancers: improving outcomes. A summary of updated NICE service guidance in relation to Specialist Integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Services (SIHMDS).

abstract：:Pathological findings are described in four cases of a new aminoaciduria in which homocystine is excreted in the urine. All the patients were mentally retarded children. Three of them presented diagnostic features of Marfan's syndrome. Necropsy on one case and biopsy findings in the others are described. Fatty change ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： GIBSON JB,CARSON NA,NEILL DW

更新日期：1964-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Whole slide images (WSI) have been used in many pathology applications such as teleconsultation, teaching and research, but not in primary diagnostics. The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of using WSI in primary diagnostics of paediatric pathology specimens and placental tissue. MATERIALS AN...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Al-Janabi S,Huisman A,Nikkels PG,ten Kate FJ,van Diest PJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phyllodes tumours (PTs) of the breast are true biphasic neoplasms within which interactions between the epithelium and stroma are critical for tumour development and progression. Despite numerous studies reporting the results of ancillary marker investigations in PTs, the current histological grading systems remain un...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Karim RZ,O'Toole SA,Scolyer RA,Cooper CL,Chan B,Selinger C,Yu B,Carmalt H,Mak C,Tse GM,Tan PH,Putti TC,Lee CS

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:This report describes a case of mucinous carcinoma and Müllerian metaplasia arising within an appendiceal duplication cyst found incidentally during an emergency Caesarian section. Intestinal duplication cysts are rare and although there are occasional reports of malignant transformation, this is the first case where ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sington JD,Warren BF,Manek S

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：AIMS:To evaluate the IRIS flow microscope for the examination of urine specimens and to compare its performance with that of manual methods; in addition, to assess its usefulness as a screening system for the detection of significant bacteriuria in a routine clinical laboratory. METHODS:The IRIS system was compared wi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hughes C,Roebuck MJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) analysis is now widely employed in the diagnosis and risk stratification of a wide range of malignant diseases. While this technique is used successfully with formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) sections from numerous tissue types, FISH analysis of FFPE tissue sections fro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Neat MJ,Moonim MT,Dunn RG,Geoghegan H,Foot NJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：AIM:To evaluate the clinical usefulness of three commercially available assays for Her-2/neu oncogene and protein measurements. The Her-2/neu protein is overexpressed, mostly as a result of gene amplification, in 20-30% of human breast cancers, and has been shown to have prognostic and predictive value for treatment wi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wang S,Saboorian MH,Frenkel E,Hynan L,Gokaslan ST,Ashfaq R

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:A method for the simultaneous labelling of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) and membrane antigens is described. TdT is visualised in the cell nucleus with the peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) method, and the immunogold method is used in combination with monoclonal antibodies against membrane antigens. The mo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tavares de Castro J,San Miguel JF,Soler J,Catovsky D

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for the separation and determination of individual bile acids in serum and in intestinal contents, employing thin-layer chromatography and fluorimetry. The mean recovery from intestinal juice was 94% and from serum 82%. Normal values for the individual bile acids of serum and examples of clinical...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Panveliwalla D,Lewis B,Wootton ID,Tabaqchali S

更新日期：1970-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idoxuridine-treated McCoy cells grown as monolayers in 96 well microplates provide a convenient method for the isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis. Staining of infected monolayers with periodic acid-Schiff reagent (PAS) allows easy recognition of C trachomatis inclusions without the need for dark-ground microscopy. By ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mallinson H,Sikotra S,Arya OP

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with Vibrio vulnificus is uncommon in Europe but is associated with necrotising wound infections and life-threatening septicaemia. This case is one of infection most likely to have been acquired from a thermal pool in Turkey without preceding exposure to seawater or shellfish. The report also describes how e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Partridge DG,Townsend R,Larkin S,Parsons HK

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Intraduct papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) is a pancreatic tumour that is often associated with chronic pancreatitis (CP) in the surrounding pancreas. Type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a fibro-inflammatory condition with characteristic histological features and prominent IgG4+ plasma cells and is par...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bateman AC,Culver EL,Sommerlad M,Chetty R

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Serum IgM, IgA, and IgG concentrations were measured in 19 patients suffering from blood-dependent homozygous beta-thalassaemia. The study was prospective and the same patients served as presplenectomy controls. IgG levels rose rapidly and continuously after splenectomy IgA levels also rose but not so sharply. IgM fel...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Constantoulakis M,Trichopoulos D,Avgoustaki O,Economidou J

更新日期：1978-06-01 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: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：:Plasma diamine oxidase levels were assayed in 66 patients who presented with pregnancy complicated by threatened abortion. Levels within the normal range were associated with continuing pregnancies, whereas levels below the normal range were associated with subsequent abortion. Among those patients in whom gestation w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Legge M,Duff GB

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemoglobin (Hb) Bonn is a newly described benign Hb variant that causes falsely depressed oxygen saturation as measured by pulse oximetry. It was found to be associated with mild haemolysis. Since its first report in a German family, no further cases have been documented in the literature. We report the first Chinese...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： So CC,Chan AY,Chow EY,Lin SY,Yip SF,Szeto SC,Chan LC

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The congenital dyserythropoietic anaemias (CDAs) are a group of rare hereditary disorders characterised by ineffective erythropoiesis and morphological abnormalities in the erythroblasts. Patients may present with jaundice or with symptoms of anaemia, gall stones or iron overload. The diagnosis can be challenging and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dukka S,King MJ,Hill QA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytological diagnosis in a series of 153 skin lesions is presented. The diagnosis in each case has been compared with the clinical assessment and, where available, the biopsy result (85 lesions). Of 131 basal cell carcinomas, a cytological diagnosis was possible in 124 while biopsyl failed to identify two of the 73 le...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Brown CL,Klaber MR,Robertson MG

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Nowadays, extracellular vesicles are of great interest in prostate cancer (PCa) research. Asparagine (N)-linked glycosylation could play a significant role in the pathological mechanism of these vesicles. We investigated if prostatic protein N-glycosylation profiles were related to urinary vesicle-associated prosta...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Vermassen T,D'Herde K,Jacobus D,Van Praet C,Poelaert F,Lumen N,Callewaert N,Decaestecker K,Villeirs G,Hoebeke P,Van Belle S,Rottey S,Delanghe J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that Coxsackie B virus infections may play a part in causing or triggering myocardial infarction. This study was designed to compare the incidence of such infections in Coronary Care Unit patients and normal controls. The choice of a suitable criterion for diagnosis of Coxsackie infection is disc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： O'Neill D,McArthur JD,Kennedy JA,Clements G

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the prognostic significance and clinical relevance of cathepsin D detected by immunocytochemical assays (ICAs) in breast carcinomas. METHODS:151 patients presenting with palpable or impalpable breast carcinomas and who had not received any kind of adjuvant chemotherapy or endocrine therapy who were op...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Charpin C,Garcia S,Bouvier C,Martini F,Lavaut M,Allasia C,Bonnier P,Andrac L

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology of the labial salivary glands in subjects with and without cystic fibrosis has been studied by light and electron microscopy. The terms ;light' cell, ;dark' cell, ;clear' cell, and ;myoepithelial' cell are used to describe the four cell types distinguished at the level of the electron microscope. The da...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Doggett RG,Bentinck B,Harrison GM

更新日期：1971-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow aspirates and biopsy specimens were taken at diagnosis from 51 patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). The diagnosis was based on morphological and cytochemical analyses, and the leukaemias were classified by FAB criteria. A considerable difference was observed between the results of bone marrow aspir...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Islam A,Frisch B,Henderson ES

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autoreactive humoral and cellular immune responses may be involved in the pathogenesis of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC). Certain human leucocyte antigens (HLA) could also be linked to the development of IDC. AIM:To determine whether various markers of autoimmunity are present in the final phase of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： de Leeuw N,Melchers WJ,Ruiter DJ,Caforio AL,Balk AH,de Jonge N,Galama JM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00