Technique for measuring 50% end points in cytotoxicity assays for Clostridium difficile toxins.

abstract：:A patient is described in whom a campylobacter enteritis closely resembled ulcerative colitis on clinical, sigmoidoscopic, and histological grounds. Selective stool culture techniques may be necessary to differentiate campylobacter colitis from ulcerative colitis proper. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Willoughby CP,Piris J,Truelove SC

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the protein expression of connexin 43 (Cx43) in primary urothelial bladder cancer and test its association with the histopathological characteristics and clinical outcome. METHODS:A tissue microarray containing 348 tissue samples from 174 patients with primary urothelial carcinomas of the bladde...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Poyet C,Buser L,Roudnicky F,Detmar M,Hermanns T,Mannhard D,Höhn A,Rüschoff J,Zhong Q,Sulser T,Moch H,Wild PJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kaposi's sarcoma is considered to be an angioproliferative disease associated with a novel herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV8), but the precise pathophysiology of the lesion remains unclear. The study of clonality in Kaposi's sarcoma using X linked DNA polymorphism has been difficult so far, because of a very strong pre...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Delabesse E,Oksenhendler E,Lebbé C,Vérola O,Varet B,Turhan AG

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with megaloblastic anaemia due to nutritional folate deficiency is described. Partial villous atrophy and malabsorption of xylose showed progressive improvement to normal with folic acid therapy. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dawson DW

更新日期：1971-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A histochemical method is described of differentiating between normal and neoplastic cells in plasma using the activity of various enzymes characteristic of plasma cells. It was found that in both types of cell increased or diminished activity of cytoenzymes is a useful means of distinguishing between normal and abnor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： SZMIGIELSKI S,LITWIN J,ZUPANSKA B

更新日期：1965-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience after 18 months' work with the SMA-4 system of multiple analysis for routine haematology is described, as well as the modifications to the machine which have been made for smoother operation. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Green AE,Middleton VL,Prentis KG,Signy AG

更新日期：1969-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical classification of the Klebsiella proposed by Cowan, Steel, Shaw, and Duguid (1960) has been applied to 50 strains isolated as the pure or predominant growth from sputum, and Klebsiella species have been correlated with the severity of the chest infection in the patient. A modification in nomenclature i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： FOSTER WD,BRAGG J

更新日期：1962-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:A genetic component to the development of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has been proposed, and a possible association between human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class II antigens and chronic fatigue immune dysfunction has been shown in some, but not all, studies. AIMS:To investigate the role of HLA class II ant...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smith J,Fritz EL,Kerr JR,Cleare AJ,Wessely S,Mattey DL

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present investigation, the prevalence of focal lymphocytic adenitis in the submandibular salivary gland was observed in a series of 116 postmortem subjects after suitable exclusions had been made. Focal lymphocytic adenitis could not be demonstrated in the labial salivary glands. The degree of lymphocytic infil...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chisholm DM,Waterhouse JP,Mason DK

更新日期：1970-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Children in a United Kingdom national trial for relapsed non-B lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) had their diagnostic and relapse marrow cytomorphology compared to see what changes occur during the evolution of the disease. METHODS:Each relapse slide was assessed blindly for French American British (FAB) type and oth...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lilleyman JS,Stevens RF,Hann IM,Gibson BE,Britton JA,Darbyshire PJ,Oakhill A

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient with a gastric biopsy specimen showing histomorphological and immunohistochemical appearances indistinguishable from those usually present in lymphocytic gastritis, a rare condition of unknown aetiology with a distinctive phenotype. The patient had a history of a biopsy confirmed T cell...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nga ME,Tan SH,Teh M,Koay ES,Chong SM,Putti TC,Salto-Tellez M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most medical liver biopsies in the UK are now taken in radiology departments using 18 g biopsy needles. Subjectively, the resulting biopsies are narrow and fragile. AIM:To compare the quality of liver biopsy tissue sections obtained from 16 and 18 g biopsy needles. METHOD:Fifty consecutive routine medical ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Palmer T,Georgiades I,Treanor D,Wright A,Shah M,Khosla R,Wyatt JI

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Serine peptidase inhibitor Kazal type-1 (SPINK1), a trypsin kinase inhibitor, has well established associations with inflammation, cancer cell proliferation and carcinogenesis. However, the role of SPINK1 has not been investigated in stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC) patients receiving cetuximab based targete...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen YT,Tsao SC,Tsai HP,Wang JY,Chai CY

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine lymphocyte subsets in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS); and to correlate immunohistological variables with prognosis. METHODS:Bone marrow trephine biopsy specimens from 65 patients with MDS were immunophenotyped using a panel of antibodies. A minimum of 1000 cells from representative areas ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hilbe W,Eisterer W,Schmid C,Starz I,Silly H,Duba C,Ludescher C,Thaler J

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate whether cholesterol and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) measurements in fluids are more sensitive and specific markers for differentiating between exudates and transudates, as confirmed clinically, than the measurement of fluid total protein concentrations alone. PATIENTS/METHODS:Serum, pleural fluid, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Paramothayan NS,Barron J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac remodelling after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is characterised by molecular and cellular mechanisms involving both left and right ventricles, and biventricular failure identifies patients with an extremely unfavourable prognosis. AIMS:To assess whether a link exists between increased myocardia...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bussani R,Abbate A,Biondi-Zoccai GG,Dobrina A,Leone AM,Camilot D,Di Marino MP,Baldi F,Silvestri F,Biasucci LM,Baldi A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS/BACKGROUND:A major medical role for postmortem examinations is the detection of clinically unexpected disease processes contributing to death. The aim of the present study was to determine whether simple clinical parameters can predict the presence of important unanticipated findings at necropsy. METHODS:Prospect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Robinson IA,Marley NJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the problems involved in undertaking immunohistochemistry (IHC) and nuclear morphometry using Bouin's fixed prostate biopsies. METHODS:Archival Bouin's fixed and formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded prostatic biopsies were immunostained for three nuclear biomarkers (minichromosome maintenance prot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ananthanarayanan V,Pins MR,Meyer RE,Gann PH

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, no specific immunohistochemical markers are available to differentiate primary mucinous epithelial ovarian cancer (MOC) from adenocarcinomas originating at other sites that have metastasised to the ovary, which may have an impact on patient management and prognosis. AIM:To investigate the express...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Heinzelmann-Schwarz VA,Scolyer RA,Scurry JP,Smith AN,Gardiner-Garden M,Biankin AV,Baron-Hay S,Scott C,Ward RL,Fink D,Hacker NF,Sutherland RL,O'Brien PM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify and review cases of false negative needle core biopsy (NCB) in the preoperative investigation of radial scar/complex sclerosing lesion (RS/CSL) lesions - that is, benign NCB from RS/CSL which contained malignancy on excision. METHODS AND RESULTS:A total of 11 false negative NCB in RS/CSL lesions from 2...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Douglas-Jones AG,Denson JL,Cox AC,Harries IB,Stevens G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium, vitamin D, and osteocalcin concentrations were investigated in 17 patients with anorexia nervosa. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 OHD) concentrations below normal were observed in 15 (88%); only two patients has serum 1,25 dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25(OH)2D) concentrations below normal. Serum parathyroid ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fonseca VA,D'Souza V,Houlder S,Thomas M,Wakeling A,Dandona P

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Transcription factors of the forkhead box P (FOXP1-4) family have been implicated in various human cancer types before. The relevance and role of neuronal transcription factor FOXP2 in prostate cancer is unknown. METHODS:A tissue microarray containing samples from more than 11 000 prostate cancers ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stumm L,Burkhardt L,Steurer S,Simon R,Adam M,Becker A,Sauter G,Minner S,Schlomm T,Sirma H,Michl U

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automation in clinical chemistry is a powerful tool. Like most innovations it is posing many questions as well as resolving some. Its use in population screening has led to questioning the validity of the old system of ;normal values' and to the search for better methods of indicating the significance of laboratory te...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wilson JM

更新日期：1973-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a left adrenal tumour in a 16 year old Chinese girl who presented with fever of unknown origin. The histological and ultrastructural features of the adrenal tumour were those of a primitive small round cell tumour with neuroendocrine differentiation. Cytogenetic analysis of cultured tumour cells ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lam KY,Lo CY,Shek TW,Ma ES,Au WY,Chan GC

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the association of cagA positivity and non-opsonic neutrophil activation capacity in wild-type Helicobacter pylori strains with peptic ulcer disease or chronic gastritis only. METHODS:Helicobacter pylori were isolated from antral biopsies of 53 consecutive patients with chronic antral gastritis, of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Danielsson D,Farmery SM,Blomberg B,Perry S,Rautelin H,Crabtree JE

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:A labial biopsy technique is described and was used to study 40 patients with connective tissue disease and 60 postmortem subjects. More than one focus of lymphocytes per 4 sq mm of minor salivary tissue was found to be a consistent finding in patients with Sjögren's disease. The labial biopsy is shown to be a further...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chisholm DM,Mason DK

更新日期：1968-09-01 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