Enzyme immunoassay for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis antigen in urethral and endocervical swabs.

abstract：AIMS:To determine the sensitivity and specificity of a multiplex PCR assay for the contemporary identification of major species involved in oral candidiasis, without extraction and purification of DNA from the samples under investigation; and evaluation of this method in comparison with routine phenotypic culture ident...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Liguori G,Lucariello A,Colella G,De Luca A,Marinelli P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed lymphocyte reactions (MLRs) were measured in 25 HLA-A, B and DR compatible sibling bone marrow transplants. Only four of 25 MLRs were positive and in these the low reactivity was of doubtful clinical importance. There was no correlation between MLR and the subsequent development or severity of graft versus host ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lim SH,Patton WN,Jobson S,Gentle TA,Baynham M,Franklin IM,Broughton BJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Raised plasma ferritin concentrations occur unexpectedly during iron studies done by primary care physicians. Plasma ferritin concentration has been positively associated with alcohol use among men. AIM:To determine the post-test probability that men in the community with raised plasma ferritin concentratio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Peach HG,Bath NE

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia antigen (CALLA) was first characterised in lymphoid leukaemic cells. The antigen is present in different stages of lymphoid cell differentiation as well as in subsets of myeloid cells, and further studies have also shown its presence in non-lymphoid tissues. The recent cloning and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Loke SL,Leung CY,Chiu KY,Yau WL,Cheung KN,Ma L

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Multiple myeloma (MM) is a heterogeneous disease characterised by genetically complex abnormalities. The classical mutational spectrum includes recurrent chromosomal aberrations and gene-level mutations. Recurrent translocations involving the IGH gene such as t(11;14), t(4;14) and t(14;16) are well known. However,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lin M,Lee PL,Chiu L,Chua C,Ban KHK,Lin AHF,Chan ZL,Chung TH,Yan B,Chng WJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with multiple injuries developed a severe coagulation defect due to a deficiency of vitamin K. None of the usual predisposing factors was present and the patient's diet was very poor. Dietary deficiency of vitamin K and the importance of antibiotic therapy in its production are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Colvin BT,Lloyd MJ

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for assessing thyroid status using Sephadex column chromatography of serum samples with added (125)I triiodothyronine. The method is simple and inexpensive. It gave a correct diagnostic result in 97% of 258 euthyroid, 90% of 80 hyperthyroid, 78% of 59 hypothyroid, and 67% of 50 euthyroid, ill pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gimlette TM

更新日期：1967-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithelium of the human fallopian tube (oviduct) and cervix were studied by histological, immunohistological, and ultrastructural methods with a view to establishing the nature of the so called "basal" and "reserve" cells. The results indicated that the "basal" cells of the oviductal epithelia were T lymphocytes, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Peters WM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonococcal isolates resistant to ciprofloxacin collected from 2004 to 2005, in the Pretoria region, were characterised using Neisseria gonorrhoeae multi-antigen sequence typing (NG-MAST). The isolates were obtained from men presenting with urethritis to primary healthcare clinics and general practitioners. All isolate...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： De Jongh M,Dangor Y,Ison CA,Hoosen AA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis can be induced in response to hypoxia. The severity of hypoxia determines whether cells become apoptotic or adapt to hypoxia and survive. A hypoxic environment devoid of nutrients prevents the cell undergoing energy dependent apoptosis and cells become necrotic. Apoptosis regulatory proteins are delicately b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Greijer AE,van der Wall E

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique case of a metastatic non-desmoplastic sarcomatoid malignant melanoma in an axillary lymph node showing smooth muscle differentiation in a 54 year old woman is described. The tumour cells exhibited alpha-smooth muscle actin, HHF-35 and desmin positivity but were negative for S100 protein and HMB-45. Ultrastruc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Banerjee SS,Bishop PW,Nicholson CM,Eyden BP

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunological method for detecting fibrin degradation products by tanned cells agglutination has been standardized. The effects of different variables, such as cell concentration, pH, and length of incubation, and the specificity of the reaction, are described. The method is compared with other immunological techni...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Das PC

更新日期：1970-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Optical microscopic (OM) evaluation of peripheral blood (PB) cells is still a crucial step of the laboratory haematological workflow. The morphological cell analysis is time-consuming and expensive and it requires skilled operator. To address these challenges, automated image-processing systems, as digital morphol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Da Rin G,Benegiamo A,Di Fabio AM,Dima F,Francione S,Fanelli A,Germagnoli L,Lorubbio M,Marzoni A,Pajola R,Pipitone S,Rolla R,Seghezzi M,Baigorria Vaca MDC,Bartolini A,Buoro S

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of B-CLL which was complicated by chronic renal failure due to leukaemic infiltration of the kidney is reported. Treatment with chlorambucil, prednisolone, and renal bed irradiation resulted in a substantial improvement in renal function which persisted until the the patient's death from marrow failure some eig...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Phillips JK,Bass PS,Majumdar G,Davies DR,Jones NF,Pearson TC

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Scottish Meningococcus and Pneumococcus Reference Laboratory provides a national service for the laboratory confirmation of meningococcal and pneumococcal disease in Scotland. The main tests used for the laboratory confirmation of meningococcal disease are culture, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), antibody tes...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Clarke SC,Diggle MA,Reid JA,Thom L,Edwards GF

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The signalling system of phosphoinositides (PIs) is involved in a number of cell and tissue functions including membrane trafficking, ion channel activity, cell cycle, apoptosis, differentiation and cell and tissue polarity. Recently, a role in cell migration was hypothesised for PI and related molecules including...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lo Vasco VR,Pacini L,Di Raimo T,D'arcangelo D,Businaro R

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sections of tissue embedded in paraffin wax from 18 selected odontogenic cysts were studied both histologically and immunohistochemically with antibodies to cytokeratins using the indirect peroxidase technique. The cysts were divided on a clinical and histological basis into two equal groups comprising dentigerous cys...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： MacDonald AW,Fletcher A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optimal management of patients with lung cancer requires accurate cell typing of tumours and staging at the time of diagnosis. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided lymph node aspiration as a method of diagnosing and staging lung cancer is a relatively new technique. AIM:To report the use of liquid-based-thin-lay...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wallace WA,Monaghan HM,Salter DM,Gibbons MA,Skwarski KM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the 123 patients with acute mesenteric infarction treated over the past 12 years, 16 (13%) had mesenteric venous thrombosis. Eight of the patients with mesenteric venous thrombosis survived the initial episode; two have since died. The remaining six patients were studied for evidence of haemostatic deficiencies or ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wilson C,Walker ID,Davidson JF,Imrie CW

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine tumour samples immunohistochemically for MUC1 (episialin), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and c-erbB-2, since the disruption of the cell-cell adhesion system by MUC1 and the c-erbB oncoprotein family is known to be important in the development of metastasis in human cancers. METHODS:93 tumour ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Guddo F,Giatromanolaki A,Koukourakis MI,Reina C,Vignola AM,Chlouverakis G,Hilkens J,Gatter KC,Harris AL,Bonsignore G

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the possible role of hypoxia in the formation of axonal bulbs. METHODS:Study material comprised sections from 28 brains showing evidence of cerebral hypoxia with no history of head injury, four with a history of head trauma but no evidence of hypoxic change, eight with a history of head trauma and hypox...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kaur B,Rutty GN,Timperley WR

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thyroids of primary thyrotoxicosis patients prepared for partial thyroidectomy with propranolol contained much more lymphoid infiltrate than those prepared with carbimazole. No relation was found between the extent of lymphoid infiltrate in the thyroid and the development of postoperative hypothyroidism either bet...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Young RJ,Sherwood MB,Simpson JG,Nicol AG,Michie W,Beck JS

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:An audit of serrated polyps diagnosed over a 4-year period: 2009 to 2012 was undertaken to ascertain the reporting trends of sessile serrated polyps (SSP). METHODS:All right sided hyperplastic polyps (HP) proximal to the splenic flexure and all polyps designated SSP were retrieved from the study period. Three path...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gill P,Wang LM,Bailey A,East JE,Leedham S,Chetty R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor VII levels have been measured in 100 patients with liver disease following parenteral vitamin K1 therapy. There was good agreement between specific factor VII measurements and the one-stage prothrombin time apart from six patients with compensated cirrhosis in whom the prothrombin time was prolonged despite the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Green G,Poller L,Thomson JM,Dymock IW

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an era when immunohistochemistry (IHC) is increasingly depended on for histological subtyping, and IHC-determined biomarker informing rapid treatment choices is on the horizon; reproducible, quantifiable techniques are required. This study aimed to compare automated IHC scoring to quantify 6 DNA damage response pro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gentles L,Howarth R,Lee WJ,Sharma-Saha S,Ralte A,Curtin N,Drew Y,O'Donnell RL

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of chronic coronary periarteritis associated with chronic periaortitis are described. In one, the chronic periaortitis took the form of perianeurysmal fibrosis around a thoracic atherosclerotic aneurysm; in the other it resembled idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis. The findings in the two subjects support t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mitchinson MJ,Wight DG,Arno J,Milstein BB

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although Bulgaria has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer incidence and mortality in the EU, data on HPV type distribution are limited. AIM:To determine the prevalence of HPV types 16 and 18 in archival specimens from cervical cancer cases from Bulgaria. METHODS:A total of 145 formalin-fixed, paraf...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Todorova I,Ganchev G,Shikova E

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T(4)-free thyroxine index was used as the thyroid function test of first choice in a district general hospital for one year. Ninety-two patients were assessed both initially and at follow up by a single physician. The index agreed with clinical assessment in 69 out of 74 patients in whom diagnosis was unequivocal....

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Howorth PJ,Ward RL

更新日期：1972-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of liquid media to detect the production of beta-lactamase by beta-lactamase producing organisms has been compared with the conventional method of inoculation on to agar media. Pharyngeal cultures were obtained from 162 children treated with penicillin for acute tonsillitis. beta-lactamase producing organisms ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Brook I,Gober AE

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To isolate RNA and DNA simultaneously from formalin fixed paraffin wax embedded tissue to assess the clonality of enteropathy associated T cell lymphomas and to analyse it in detail by a non-radioactive method of T cell receptor complementarity determining region 3 (CDR3) spectratyping. METHODS:DNA and RNA were i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： O'Shea U,Wyatt JI,Howdle PD

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00