Accuracy, user-friendliness and usefulness of the Cobas h232 point-of-care test for NT-proBNP in primary care.

abstract：BACKGROUND:A previous survey has highlighted the fact that most individuals in chemical pathology identifiable from specialist society membership failed to publish material in Medline cited journals during a five year period. It could be considered that published research that is not cited in other work is not useful u...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reynolds TM,Wierzbicki AS

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Heart failure (HF) affects millions of older individuals in both developed and low/middle-income countries. Serum galectin-3 levels have been shown to have prognostic value. However, its use as a diagnostic biomarker has not been explored. The aim was to establish a saliva galectin-3 reference range and to demonstr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zhang X,Wan Y,Chata R,Brazzale A,Atherton JJ,Kostner K,Dimeski G,Punyadeera C

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In primary aldosteronism (PA) the main source of aldosterone hypersecretion is an aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) or a bilateral hyperplasia. Histopathology of the adrenal gland from patients with PA has been difficult, as there are no morphological criteria to ascertain which are the cells that produce ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Volpe C,Höög A,Ogishima T,Mukai K,Lu M,Thorén M,Hamberger B

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The only method currently available to perform Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility testing (Ng-AST) requires a viable organism obtained by culture. Reports of in vitro resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins, the treatment of choice for gonorrhoea, coupled with increasing gonorrhoea diagnoses is ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jain A,Cole MJ,Planche T,Ison CA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with bacterial infection may show altered membrane permeability of the primary azurophilic lysosomes of blood neutrophils. A new enzyme cytochemical technique, sensitive to increased membrane permeability caused by contact of neutrophils with acetone, saponin, low pH, Streptolysin O, bacteria, and nylon wool,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wozniak JT,Orchard TL,Mackie PH,Mistry DK,Stuart J

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Marked thrombocytosis is uncommon in chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) but may be associated with mutation of JAK2 V617F, calreticulin (CALR) and/or phospho-STAT5 (p-STAT5) activation in other myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), particularly essential thrombocythaemia (ET). We investigated the JAK2 V617F, CALR ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Turakhia SK,Murugesan G,Cotta CV,Theil KS

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-nine specimens of liver tissue from 53 infants with neonatal hepatitis or its sequelae were examined without knowledge of the alpha1-antitrypsin phenotype. Distinctive, diastase-resistant, PAS-positive, pure magenta-coloured, sharply defined globules, 2-20 microns in diameter were found in periportal and parasep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Talbot IC,Mowat AP

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A blood group change from A2 to Ax is described in a boy who had Fallot's tetralogy, oesophageal atresia, and a tracheo-oesophageal fistula. The change of blood group created a transfusion problem. The unusual serology is discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bird GW,Roberts KD,Wingham J

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radial immunodiffusion technique has been used to measure levels of four serum proteins in preeclampsia with or without proteinuria and in normal pregnant and non-pregnant controls. In preeclampsia unaccompanied by proteinuria, albumin and transferrin levels are similar to those found in the normal pregnant controls...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Horne CH,Howie PW,Goudie RB

更新日期：1970-09-01 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：AIM:To assess the ability of the commercially available monoclonal antibody 1B12 (BioGenex, San Ramon, USA) to identify C albicans in formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded material (FFPE). METHODS:Broth cultures of 20 strains of seven Candida species were resuspended in 4% agarose blocks, fixed in formalin for 24 hour...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Williams DW,Jones HS,Allison RT,Potts AJ,Lewis MA

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is increasing in Indonesia and other developing countries. Germline mutations in the BRCA1/2 genes are most strongly associated with a high risk for breast cancer development. There have been no reports on BRCA1/2 gene mutations in the Indonesian population. Genetic research yielding insight in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Purnomosari D,Paramita DK,Aryandono T,Pals G,van Diest PJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphate in both inorganic and organic form is essential for several functions in the body. Plasma phosphate level is maintained by a complex interaction between intestinal absorption, renal tubular reabsorption, and the transcellular movement of phosphate between intracellular fluid and bone storage pools. This home...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Leung J,Crook M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a case of atypical mucin-producing bronchial carcinoid in a 40-year-old man covert metastases were present at the time of lobectomy and were revealed at necropsy--a feature highlighting the malignant potential of the atypical carcinoid. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sweeney EC,Cooney T

更新日期：1978-12-01 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：:The use of the dye calcon (1-(2 hydroxy-1-naphthylazo)-2-naphthol-4 sulphonic acid) for the estimation of calcium using E.D.T.A. and a commercial photoelectric titrimeter is described. The interfering effects of magnesium and phosphate have been overcome. The method has been extended to estimations on biological mater...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： BOWDEN CH,PATSTON VJ

更新日期：1963-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma (LGMS) represents a rare soft tissue neoplasm with a predilection for the head and neck. Intra-abdominal LGMS are rare with only four unequivocal examples reported so far. Two further cases in females in their 60s and 70s are analysed here. METHODS:Immunohistochemical stains were...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Agaimy A,Wünsch PH,Schroeder J,Gaumann A,Dietmaier W,Hartmann A,Hofstaedter F,Mentzel T

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Determine whether a simple prewash step will provide adequate amounts of high-quality DNA from core needle biopsies for molecular sequencing studies. METHODS:The quantitative and qualitative metrics of DNA recovered from core needle biopsies processed either by 1) formalin fixation and paraffin embedding (FFPE), ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mojica WD,Hou T,Sykes D,Dey-Rao R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonising Campylobacter pyloridis were identified histologically in gastric biopsy specimens from 89% of 83 patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia and chronic gastritis, but not in 58 dyspeptic patients with normal mucosa. The presence and population density of organisms was associated with the presence of intraepithelial...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wyatt JI,Rathbone BJ,Heatley RV

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate a potential diagnostic use of alpha fetoprotein (alpha FP) isoform analysis by lectin affinity electrophoresis to distinguish between endodermal sinus tumours arising in the vagina in infants from those at other sites. METHODS:alpha FP in the serum of a patient with a vaginal endodermal sinus tumou...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yamamoto R,Taketa K,Ebina Y,Cho Y,Hareyama H,Sakuragi N,Makinoda S,Kobayashi K,Nishi S,Fujimoto S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the overexpression of p53 protein in Barrett's oesophagus with adenocarcinoma, and to correlate this expression with the pathological features of Barrett's syndrome. METHODS:Immunohistochemical staining was performed on frozen sections with a monoclonal antibody directed against wild type and mutated p53...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fléjou JF,Potet F,Muzeau F,Le Pelletier F,Fékété F,Hénin D

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Experience in the use of whole slide imaging (WSI) for primary diagnosis in pathology is very limited. We aimed to determine the accuracy of interpretation of WSI compared with conventional light microscopy (CLM) in the diagnosis of routine gynaecological biopsies. METHODS:All gynaecological specimens (n=452) rec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ordi J,Castillo P,Saco A,Del Pino M,Ordi O,Rodríguez-Carunchio L,Ramírez J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The programmed cell death receptor 1 (PD-1) checkpoint inhibitor, nivolumab, has been approved for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). However, the understanding of the expression and distribution of PD ligand 1 (PD-L1) in the tumour immune microenvironment and its prognostic role in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yeong J,Zhao Z,Lim JCT,Li H,Thike AA,Koh VCY,Teh BT,Kanesvaran R,Toh CK,Tan PH,Khor LY

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a short series of biochemical tests already in use in many routine laboratories, it is possible to identify strains of the genus Klebsiella and to differentiate K. aerogenes from other types. Marked production of slime is not peculiar to the group and colonial appearance alone is not a satisfactory basis for ide...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： DARRELL JH,HURDLE AD

更新日期：1964-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and two bone marrow samples were analysed by histological and immunohistochemical methods for neurone specific enolase (NSE). The biopsies were performed to determine the extent of bone marrow disease in 84 neuroblastomas, nine embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas, five Ewing's sarcomas, two cases of Hodgkin's dise...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Caillaud JM,Martinez-Madrigal F,Hartmann O,Carlu C

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is the preferred surgical technique for staging the axilla in clinically node-negative breast cancer. Accurate intraoperative staging allows for the immediate performance of an axillary clearance in node-positive patients. We assessed the Metasin assay for the intraoperative analys...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smith GJ,Hodges E,Markham H,Zhang S,Cutress RI

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The Royal College of Pathologists recommend that a median of at least 12 lymph nodes should be harvested during pathological staging of colorectal cancer. It is not always easy to harvest the required number, especially in patients with rectal cancer receiving neoadjuvant therapy. Lymph node revealing solutions, f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Horne J,Carr NJ,Bateman AC,Kandala N 2nd,Adams J,Silva S,Ryder I

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Heightened B-cell receptor (BCR) activity in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is well established, and a subset of patients with relapsed DLBCL can benefit from BCR-targeted therapies. Universal outreach of such emerging therapies mandates forming a global landscape of BCR molecular signalling in DLBCL, inclu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Masir N,Akhter A,Roshan TM,Florence CS,Abdul-Rahman F,Tumian NR,Kean-Chang P,Elyamany G,Shabani-Rad MT,Mansoor A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An increase in intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) is mandatory for the histological diagnosis of coeliac disease (CD). Currently, duodenal biopsies are used almost exclusively to establish the diagnosis, yet published work continues to cite an upper limit of 40 lymphocytes/100 epithelial cells, a figure deri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hayat M,Cairns A,Dixon MF,O'Mahony S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A middle aged man developed very high fever, status epilepticus, and terminal acute renal failure with myoglobinuria after surgery. A post mortem examination showed widespread muscle necrosis with hypercontraction bands. Muscle enzyme studies and electron microscopic examination disclosed central core disease, a condi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Prescott RJ,Roberts SP,Williams G

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00