The T 4 -free thyroxine index as a test of thyroid function of first choice.

abstract：:Two examples of intraplacental choriocarcinoma are described. Both were small and had arisen in otherwise normal third trimester placentas. The covering mantle of many of the villi adjacent to the choriocarcinomas was formed, either focally or wholly, of neoplastic trophoblastic tissue: it is only at this stage of the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fox H,Laurini RN

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal involvement as the first manifestation of sarcoidosis is rare and has never been reported in India. This report describes a 35 year old man who was admitted to the emergency department with a clinical diagnosis of acute on chronic renal failure, secondary to obstructive uropathy. Postmortem examination unexpecte...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Awasthi A,Nada R,Malhotra P,Goel R,Joshi K

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To establish a three dimensional reconstruction of an invasive breast carcinoma using basic laboratory equipment to evaluate and characterise the spatial arrangement of the parenchymal cells of the breast. METHODS:One hundred and twenty eight sequential 4 microm sections (20 microm apart) of the tumour were stain...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kurien T,Boyce RW,Paish EC,Ronan J,Maddison J,Rakha EA,Green AR,Ellis IO

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rosetting and non-rosetting lymphocytes collected from normal individuals were stained for the presence of beta-glucuronidase, periodic-acid Schiff activity, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase, acid phosphatase, and alpha-naphthyl butyrate esterase. Lymphocytes which formed rosettes with sheep erythrocytes and non-rosette ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Davey FR,Huntington SJ,Maccallum J,Macmath JM

更新日期：1977-07-01 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：:A saccharogenic method is described for estimating amylase activity in human urine. Results accord with those reported elsewhere except that in this study the peak in the beta zone is a new finding. Comparison between normal and pathological urines suggests that the amylase activity of the beta peak is not of pancreat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Franzini C

更新日期：1965-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male patient with a 17 year history of intractable ulcerative colitis of the entire type was treated by total proctocolectomy. Colonoscopy before surgery did not identify dysplasia. Histological examination of the resected colorectum revealed that, in addition to chronic inflammatory infiltrates, there were 21 areas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Matsumoto T,Jo Y,Mibu R,Hirahashi M,Yao T,Iida M

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adhesion molecule E-cadherin is essential for maintaining epithelial intercellular adhesion. Loss or reduced expression of E-cadherin has been related to invasive behaviour in a wide range of carcinomas. Using immunoblotting techniques, the existence of multiple soluble forms of E-cadherin was demonstrated in urin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Banks RE,Porter WH,Whelan P,Smith PH,Selby PJ

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is an autosomal dominant hamartomatous polyposis syndrome of the gastrointestinal tract, caused by a germline STK11/LKB1 mutation. Nasal polyposis was described in the original report by Peutz. Recently, a molecular-genetic association between nasal polyposis and PJS has been rep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： de Leng WW,Westerman AM,Weterman MA,Jansen M,van Dekken H,Giardiello FM,de Rooij FW,Paul Wilson JH,Offerhaus GJ,Keller JJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubulocystic carcinoma (TCC) is a very rare renal tumour with unique gross and microscopic features, alternatively considered as low-grade collecting duct carcinoma. Recent studies favoured distinction of TCC from collecting duct carcinoma, and some cases of TCC synchronously coexisting with other renal cell tumour su...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen N,Nie L,Gong J,Chen X,Xu M,Chen M,Zhou Q

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:One hundred and seventyone antenatal patients were examined for the presence of ;large colony' mycoplasmas in the vagina, and for complement-fixing antibody to Mycoplasma hominis. In 25 patients the findings before and after delivery were compared. In patients from whom M. hominis was grown, antibody was twice as comm...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jones DM

更新日期：1967-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "dysplastic" melanocytic naevus has recently been used to describe pigmented naevi with unusual histological and clinical features. There is currently no clear clinical or pathological definition of the term, and this has led to a lack of comparability of material described in reports on these lesions. As a r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Seywright MM,Doherty VR,MacKie RM

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet adhesiveness was measured in patients undergoing operation. With the rotating bulb technique adhesiveness increased steadily to the sixth and ninth days following surgery. The glass bead filter technique demonstrated a marked increase in platelet adhesiveness on the day following operation. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bennett PN

更新日期：1967-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microscopic examination of scalp hair can provide important diagnostic information in a range of paediatric conditions. It is a non-invasive and cost effective investigation, which is not widely performed. AIMS:To examine retrospectively the value of hair examination by light microscopy, including polarisin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smith VV,Anderson G,Malone M,Sebire NJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of fungal endocarditis are described, each following a homograft valve replacement for aortic stenosis. The causative organism was C. albicans. The characteristic findings included soft, easily detached vegetations consisting of fungal colonies, aneurysms, embolization of large vessels, and lack of respons...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McConnell EM,Roberts C

更新日期：1967-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a population of 432 apparently healthy men aged 50 years and over 19-2% had one or more erythrocytes per high-power field in the urine while 8-1% had more than 10. Erythrocyturia seemed to be strongly correlated with tobacco consumption. No significant association with occupation could be demonstrated but the data ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Freni SC,Dalderup LM,Oudegeest JJ,Wensveen N

更新日期：1977-04-01 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：AIMS:Although the autopsy is still the gold standard for quality assessment of clinical diagnoses, autopsy rates have been declining over the last decades to <10%. The aim of this study was to investigate the value of autopsies in the high-tech medicine era by determining the frequency of discrepancies between clinical...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kuijpers CC,Fronczek J,van de Goot FR,Niessen HW,van Diest PJ,Jiwa M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine peripheral blood and skeletal muscle from patients with chronic fatigue syndrome for exogenous retrovirus. METHODS:Blood samples from 30 patients and muscle biopsy specimens of 15 patients were examined for retroviral sequences by DNA extraction, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and Southern blotting hy...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gow JW,Simpson K,Schliephake A,Behan WM,Morrison LJ,Cavanagh H,Rethwilm A,Behan PO

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) as a diagnostic marker of malignancy was assessed in pleural fluid from 60 patients with effusions. Pleural fluid PLAP activities were measured by an enzyme linked immunoassay (ELISA) using the two monoclonal antibodies H17E2 and H317. Similar values were found i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fergusson RJ,Fisken J,McIntyre MA,Roulston JE,Leonard RC

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida spp are the fourth most common group of nosocomial pathogens isolated from patients on medical, surgical, and intensive care wards. Polymicrobial candidaemia has rarely been described. The diagnosis of candidaemia from peripheral blood smears has not been widely reported. This report describes the case of a yo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yera H,Poulain D,Lefebvre A,Camus D,Sendid B

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate a new enzyme immunoassay (EIA) method for detection of Clostridium difficile toxin by comparing it to cytotoxicity assay. To investigate the nature of false negative and false positive EIA results by evaluating clinical and therapeutic parameters. METHODS:737 consecutive diarrhoeal specimens collected ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Vargas SO,Horensky D,Onderdonk AB

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Squamous cell carcinoma arising in ovarian endometriosis is extremely rare, but a case is reported in a 62 year old woman. If such an ovarian tumour is discovered evidence of teratoma, Brenner tumour, or endometriosis should be sought. Extensive sampling is mandatory as the developing tumour often overgrows the foci o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Naresh KN,Ahuja VK,Rao CR,Mukherjee G,Bhargava MK

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for accurately counting platelets is described using the Coulter counter model B fitted with a standard 100mu aperture tube. This enables the counter to be used for red and white cell as well as platelet counts using the same aperture tube. The method uses standard equipment except for a small inexpensive ele...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Davis RE,Green RE

更新日期：1967-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the attitudes of students towards the necropsy at different stages of their undergraduate career. METHOD:Students in the first, fourth and sixth academic years (n = 283) were asked to respond anonymously to a questionnaire comprised of 26 attitude statements. These statements dealt with the importance o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Botega NJ,Metze K,Marques E,Cruvinel A,Moraes ZV,Augusto L,Costa LA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A severe non-dose related skin eruption attributable to treatment with captopril was recently reported: this is distinct from the dose related rashes that have been widely described. Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical studies were carried out to determine in detail the histological features of this eruption: the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Furness PN,Goodfield MJ,MacLennan KA,Stevens A,Millard LG

更新日期：1986-08-01 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：:CAM 5.2 is a murine monoclonal antibody, raised against the colon carcinoma cell line HT29, which recognises lower molecular weight intracellular cytokeratin proteins within secretory epithelia. Extensive indirect immunohistochemical studies have confirmed that this antibody stains formalin fixed (and freshly frozen) ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Makin CA,Bobrow LG,Bodmer WF

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface immunoglobulins (Ig) of normal and malignant lymphoid cells were detected on prefixed, smeared (method A) and live (method B) cell suspensions; the results were compared with regard to staining patterns, specificity and sensitivity. In both methods surface Ig were detected by a direct immunoperoxidase procedur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Laurent G,Gourdin MF,Reyes F

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00