Urinary excretion of 2, 3-dinor-6-keto prostaglandin F1 alpha and platelet thromboxane formation during ethanol withdrawal in alcoholics.

abstract：AIMS:In the time of COVID-19, predictive molecular pathology laboratories must still timely select oncological patients for targeted treatments. However, the need to respect social distancing measures may delay results generated by laboratory-developed tests based on sequential steps a long hands-on time. Laboratory wo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Malapelle U,De Luca C,Iaccarino A,Pepe F,Pisapia P,Russo M,Sgariglia R,Nacchio M,Vigliar E,Bellevicine C,Schmitt FC,Troncone G

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:EpCAM is an adhesion molecule of the basolateral membranes in a variety of epithelial cells. Over-expression has been detected in many epithelial tumours and has been associated with high stage, high grade and a worse survival in some tumour types. AIMS:To assess the prognostic value of EpCAM in urothelial ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Brunner A,Prelog M,Verdorfer I,Tzankov A,Mikuz G,Ensinger C

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To audit the cellular expression of the innate antibacterial enzyme lysozyme in colonic biopsies from a cohort of patients having microscopic colitis (MC-collagenous colitis (CC) or lymphocytic colitis (LC)). Results were compared with those recorded in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of the colon (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rubio CA

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：AIM:To investigate the fate of Streptococcus pneumoniae C-polysaccharide antigen in serum in patients with S pneumoniae bacteraemia. METHOD:In vitro dissociation experiments were performed to demonstrate that C-polysaccharide was masked by ligands in normal and acute phase serum. Serum samples from 22 patients with S ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gillespie SH,Smith MD,Dickens A,Raynes JG,McAdam KP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thin-layer chromatographic method for the simultaneous assessment of formimino-glutamic (Figlu) and urocanic acid excretion after loading with 15 g. histidine has been applied to 15 control subjects and to 49 selected patients. Upper limits of normal excretion were determined for urocanic acid and Figlu alone (15 mg...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mohamed SD,Roberts M

更新日期：1966-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the reliability of local international normalised ratios (INR) using a set of three international reference preparation (IRP) certified freeze dried plasmas. METHODS:55 centres in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland participated; 36 centres employed coagulometers and 19 a manual prothrombin ti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Poller L

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of florid rheumatoid heart disease with complete heart block is described, and the histopathology of the atrioventricular conducting tissue is described in detail. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Harris M

更新日期：1970-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Most benign breast fibroepithelial lesions (FEL) in adults harbour recurrent somatic MED12 exon 2 mutations and rare TERT promoter hotspot mutations. We sought to determine the frequency of MED12 exon 2 and TERT promoter hotspot mutations in fibroadenomas (FA) and benign phyllodes tumours (BePT) in adolescents and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Pareja F,Da Cruz Paula A,Murray MP,Hoang T,Gularte-Mérida R,Brown D,da Silva EM,Sebastiao APM,Giri DD,Weigelt B,Reis-Filho JS,Brogi E

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma (PLGA) is a rare tumour that mostly affects oral minor salivary glands. Our review of the literature found that there are only two reported cases of PLGA originating in the nasopharynx. Another nasopharyngeal PLGA in a 14-year-old boy is reported, focusing on the histopathological...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wei YC,Huang CC,Chien CY,Hwang JC,Chen WJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathology review of gynaecological cancer specimens is often carried out as part of the working of gynaecological oncology multidisciplinary team meetings. This review describes the author's experience regarding the most common issues identified during this process. Ten subjects are covered; these range from histopath...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McCluggage WG

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two isolates of Proteus mirabilis and four of Esch. coli which would not grow on commonly used commercial sensitivity test media are reported. These organisms appear to be resistant to co-trimoxazole, are exacting towards thymidine, and five of six were isolated from patients who had been treated with co-trimoxazole. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Barker J,Healing D,Hutchison JG

更新日期：1972-12-01 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：:A case of an ovarian serous epithelial neoplasm of borderline type admixed with sarcomatous elements is reported. This combination seems to be extremely rare with only four cases previously reported. It may represent a type of collision tumour or the development of a sarcoma in a growth with borderline differentiation...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Allen C,Stephens M,Williams J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanocytes in melanocytic naevi and melanomas can display great variation. The presence of nuclear pseudoinclusions (NPI) is said to be useful in the histological and cytological differential diagnosis of malignant melanoma. The prevalence and characteristics of NPI in a series of 493 naevi and 50 melanomas are descr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rose DS

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review of the histomorphometry of bone outlines methods of biopsy and processing of specimens in the laboratory, the basic principles of morphometry, and the measurements made in order to obtain estimates of the proportional volumes and surfaces occupied by different components of bone. Variability such as that b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Revell PA

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of myelofibrosis presenting as spinal cord compression on account of extramedullary haemopoietic tissue encroaching upon the spinal cord from a large pelvic mass. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Horwood E,Dowson H,Gupta R,Kaczmarski R,Williamson M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukaemia is considered a mature T-cell or natural killer (NK) cell neoplasm, characterised by a clonal proliferation of LGL. AIMS:To analyse the characteristics and to establish (if possible) the prognostic parameters of these patients diagnosed in a single centre: Univers...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Uranga A,González C,Furundarena JR,Robado N,Rey M,Aragon L,Urreta I,Aranbarri A,De Juan MD,Araiz M

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The amoebicidal and amoebistatic action in vitro of 24 compounds was tested on two strains of Acanthamoeba, A. polyphaga and A. castellanii, isolated from eye infections in this country. For comparison, the Ryan strain of A. castellanii and Naegleria gruberi L-1 were also examined. Nine compounds showed sufficient act...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nagington J,Richards JE

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A knowledge-based computer system, designed to assist pathologists in the histological diagnosis of breast disease, is described. This system represents knowledge in the form of "disease profiles" and uses a novel inference model based on the mathematical technique of hypergraphs. Its design overcomes many of the limi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Heathfield H,Bose D,Kirkham N

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly two thousand clinical samples were examined by direct gas-liquid chromatography over a three year period. Absence of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) in the samples correlated well with negative culture results for anaerobic bacteria. In general the presence of acetic acid alone correlated well with the presence of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Watt B,Geddes PA,Greenan OA,Napier SK,Mitchell A

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A full surface marker study of the splenic storage cells in a case of Gaucher's disease largely substantiates the monocyte/histiocyte nature of Gaucher's cells. In addition, an apparent T-lymphocyte deficiency is demonstrated in the spleen and peripheral blood, and the possible significance of this finding is discusse...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Burns GF,Cawley JC,Flemans RJ,Higgy KE,Worman CP,Barker CR,Roberts BE,Hayhoe FG

更新日期：1977-10-01 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：:Aberrations of ribosomal biogenesis have been implicated in several congenital bone marrow failure syndromes, such as Diamond-Blackfan anaemia, Shwachman-Diamond syndrome and Dyskeratosis Congenita. Recent studies have identified haploinsufficiency of RPS14 in the acquired bone marrow disease isolated 5q minus syndrom...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rinker EB,Dueber JC,Qualtieri J,Tedesco J,Erdogan B,Bosompem A,Kim AS

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells were identified by electronmicroscopy in the alveolar wall of the lung in 20 subjects (10 normal, 10 abnormal). A quantitative and qualitative study was made of the mast cells. In the normal lung there was an average concentration of 350 mast cells/mm2 of alveolar wall and in the abnormal 523/mm2. Mast cell...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fox B,Bull TB,Guz A

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tests of iron and folate nutrition have been carried out in early pregnancy and at delivery in 63 Bantu females. Accepted normal values for serum iron, and percentage saturation of transferrin, but not for unsaturated iron-binding capacity, for non-pregnant subjects were found to apply equally well in pregnancy. Conco...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Metz J,Turchetti L,Combrink B,Krawitz S

更新日期：1966-03-01 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：:Of the first 166 heart and 15 heart and lung transplant recipients at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, who survived for more than one month after transplantation, 162 were investigated for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection by serological methods. Altogether, 73 (45%) developed CMV infection after transplantation: 30 (18.5%...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wreghitt TG,Hakim M,Gray JJ,Kucia S,Wallwork J,English TA

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper urges the benefits of applying more widely a method for pathology laboratory costing originally devised for a clinical chemistry department, and illustrates these with examples drawn from costing studies in three clinical laboratories. Heads of pathology departments, laboratory managers, administrators and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Broughton PM,Woodford FP

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00