Relative criticalness of common laboratory tests for critical value reporting.

abstract：:Increasingly in the field of medicine, new therapeutic modalities, both surgical and non-surgical, are being introduced. Some of these may significantly alter the pathological appearance of normal and neoplastic tissue and result in problems for the pathologist. In this review, iatrogenic pathology within the female g...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Clarke B,McCluggage WG

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between asymptomatic primary sclerosing cholangitis and exocrine pancreatic disease was underlined by the findings in a patient with cystic fibrosis and in another with chronic pancreatitis. In each case hepatocytes showed extensive microvesicular steatosis and studies of drug metabolism suggested hepa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Benett I,Salh B,Haboubi NY,Braganza JM

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of the osteocytes, osteoblasts, osteoclasts, haemopoietic and other connective tissue cells was examined in 27 biopsies from 22 patients with Paget's disease of bone. Electron microscopy showed characteristic nuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions in the osteoclasts of all of the 25 biopsies exhibiting ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Harvey L,Gray T,Beneton MN,Douglas DL,Kanis JA,Russell RG

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the complement system, the main humoral mediator of inflammation, is restrained by the action of enzyme inhibitors including alpha 1-antitrypsin. Deficiency leads to chronic liver disease in about one in five children with this genetic defect. Complement activation was investigated in 34 children with al...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Littleton ET,Bevis L,Hansen LJ,Peakman M,Mowat AP,Mieli-Vergani G,Vergani D

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate an indirect immunofluorescence flow cytometry technique in a series of patients with large fetomaternal haemorrhage (FMH). METHODS:Patient samples identified by Kleihauer testing in local laboratories as having FMH > 4 ml were sent for flow cytometric analysis. In a proportion of cases the mothers rec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Johnson PR,Tait RC,Austin EB,Shwe KH,Lee D

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, cellular immunophenotyping has become a new discipline in diagnostic haematology and immunology, and is invaluable in the rapid diagnosis of leukaemia and monitoring disease progression in human immunodeficiency virus infected individuals. The introduction of bench top flow cytometers has meant tha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reilly JT,Barnett D

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report the pathological findings of nine complete autopsies of individuals who died in community settings in the UK, three of which were positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), three tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 but are likely false negatives, and three died of other respi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Youd E,Moore L

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary low grade marginal zone B cell lymphoma (MZL) of the breast and localised mammary amyloidosis are exceedingly rare entities. This report describes the case of a woman with long standing Sjögren's syndrome presenting with asymptomatic MZL of the breast showing plasmacytic differentiation, associated with local ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kambouchner M,Godmer P,Guillevin L,Raphaël M,Droz D,Martin A

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:This review surveys the staging systems used for the classification of colorectal carcinomas, including the TNM system, and focuses on the assessment of the nodal stage of the disease. It reviews the quantitative requirements for a regional metastatic work up, and some qualitative features of lymph nodes that may help...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cserni G

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma fibronectin concentrations up to 85 mg/100 ml were found in hyperthyroid patients. There was a significant correlation between free thyroxine index and plasma fibronectin values. Hypothyroid patients had low to normal fibronectin concentrations. Parallel decreases of thyroid hormones and plasma fibronectin conc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Graninger W,Pirich K,Derfler K,Waldhäusl W

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast-conserving surgery currently focuses on improving margin clearance and excision volume, the main pathology report parameters for oncological and cosmetic outcomes. AIM:To quantitatively evaluate discrepancies in surgical and pathological estimates of breast specimen sizes, including the influence of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Krekel NM,van Slooten HJ,Barbé E,de Lange de Klerk ES,Meijer S,van den Tol MP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic value of detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 DNA in histologically cancer free lymph nodes was assessed in left obturator lymph nodes from cervical cancer patients with HPV-16 positive primary tumours. HPV-16 DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction in 12 of 35 patients with histologica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Baay MF,Koudstaal J,Hollema H,Duk JM,Burger MP,Quint WG,Stolz E,Herbrink P

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the occurrence of diagnostic delay in primary antibody deficiency in the period 1989-2002, since a similar study in 1989, and to assess the impact of UK national guidelines communicated in 1995. METHODS:A retrospective case note review was performed of 89 consecutive patients with antibody deficiency re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Seymour B,Miles J,Haeney M

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:Normal haemoglobin is a tetramer molecule, consisting of two α and β haemoglobin chains. Haemoglobinopathies occur when abnormalities in these proteins are present. More than 1000 naturally occurring human haemoglobin variants with single amino acid substitution throughout the molecule have been identified and can be ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ruetsch C,Raffort J,Panaia-Ferrari P,Deconde C,Caruba-Bafghi C,Naimi M,Kavafyan J,Suissa L,Chinetti G

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was shown that, on average, the titres of the sera obtained by both the anti-complement immunofluorescence (ACIF) and indirect immunofluorescence for viral late antigens (IFA-LA) procedures were approximately eight times higher than those obtained by complement fixation. There was no significant difference between ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Griffiths PD,Buie KJ,Heath RB

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the potential efficiency of molecular markers specific for neoplastic change--mutations of the K-ras oncogene and the p53 tumour suppressor gene--in diagnosing pancreatic carcinoma. METHODS:Archival cytology samples obtained from 17 patients with established pancreatic carcinoma were assayed for alte...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： van Es JM,Polak MM,van den Berg FM,Ramsoekh TB,Craanen ME,Hruban RH,Offerhaus GJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reticulin antibodies have been classified by immunofluorescence into five types reacting with distinct antigens of intra- and extracellular components in mesenchyme. Two types of fibrillar antigens can be distinguished on the basis of the staining patterns, anatomical distribution, and species specificity. A third ant...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rizzetto M,Doniach D

更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the functional importance of the low B12 and red cell folate concentrations repeatedly observed in the elderly 200 consecutive patients admitted to a geriatric unit were studied. Forty six of the patients had low serum concentrations of B12 (15), red cell folate (26), or both (five). Serum B12 and red cel...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Blundell EL,Matthews JH,Allen SM,Middleton AM,Morris JE,Wickramasinghe SN

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is characterised by an ineffective immune response that is predominantly mediated by CD4+ T-cells. AIMS:To analyse the expression of the key regulatory T-cell transcription factors (TFs) in the T-cells of HL involved tissues in order to assess the nature of the T(H) immune response i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Atayar C,van den Berg A,Blokzijl T,Boot M,Gascoyne RD,Visser L,Poppema S

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：:The principal neuropathological and general pathological findings in a group of 24 patients with renal transplants who died in a nine-year period at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, are described. Opportunistic infections--bacterial, protozoal, and fungal--were the commonest causes of death. Other causes included cardi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Morton R,Graham DI,Briggs JD,Hamilton DN

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera can produce nuclear or perinuclear immunofluorescence staining in neutrophils which may be caused by antibodies with differing antigenic specificities. These include perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (P-ANCA), granulocyte specific antinuclear antibody (GS-ANA), and antinuclear antibody (ANA). Ther...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chowdhury SM,Broomhead V,Spickett GP,Wilkinson R

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine esterases were detected in the granules of mucosal mast cells from rat, mouse, sheep, and man. Successful demonstration of enzyme activity required brief fixation (6 h) of tissues in 4% paraformaldehyde. Staining with naphthol AS-D chloroacetate produced an intense red reaction product in intraepithelial mucosa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Huntley JF,Newlands GF,Gibson S,Ferguson A,Miller HR

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urines from patients with symptoms of urinary tract infection yielded mixed growths of different colony types of Escherichia coli. The different colony types were found to be variants of single infecting strains caused by mutation or by phase action. It is suggested that care should be exercised in the interpretation ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nichols GL

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of cell-free circulating fetal nucleic acids in maternal plasma has opened up new possibilities in non-invasive prenatal diagnosis. The rapid advancement of this field in the past decade is catalysed by the discovery of new classes of fetal nucleic acid markers and technological developments in nucleic a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hung EC,Chiu RW,Lo YM

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate staining patterns for mannan binding protein (MBP) by immunocytochemistry in liver biopsy specimens from patients with various hepatic disorders; to measure the serum MBP concentration in the patients at the time of biopsy; and to compare these to define further the role of MBP in disease. METHODS:...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ryley NG,Heryet AR,Lu J,Reid KB,Fleming KA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for the neutron activation analysis of copper in biological material is described and applied to the diagnosis and management of four cases of Wilson's disease. Results obtained for serum and urine are in agreement with values obtained by established colorimetric techniques. The method described can estimate ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fell GS,Smith H,Howie RA

更新日期：1968-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Congenital neutropenia (CN) is a rare inherited disease that results in recurrent, life-threatening bacterial infections due to a deficiency of mature neutrophils. They are usually caused by heterozygous ELANE mutations although mutations in other genes like HAX-1, G6PC3 and GFI1 have also been reported. Identifyi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Arunachalam AK,Suresh H,Edison ES,Korula A,Aboobacker FN,George B,Shaji RV,Mathews V,Balasubramanian P

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00