A comparative study of some commercially available tests for rheumatoid factor.

abstract：:The neutrophil shape change response to a chemotactic formylpeptide was assessed. Neutrophil bipolar shape formation (BSF) was also simultaneously assessed with a Boyden chamber-based neutrophil migration assay. Both assays were precise and relatively reproducible; the average coefficient of variation for the BSF assa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lord RA,Roath S

更新日期：1990-04-01 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：:Using a radioimmunoassay technique serum alpha-fetoprotein could be detected in healthy adults in concentrations of less than 20 microgram/l. Of patients with acute, viral hepatitis 43% exhibited a transient rise of serum alpha-fetoprotein, the peak occurring eight to nine days after the maximum recorded serum asparta...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Eleftheriou N,Heathcote J,Thomas HC,Sherlock S

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Compu-pet 100 diluter/dispenser is a versatile and accurate instrument which can be employed for a wide variety of microbiological tests and techniques. Time in performing tests is often more than halved when the diluter is used. Large numbers of tests can be performed with minimal fatigue. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cremer AW,Mellars B,Stokes EJ

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemoglobin, haematocrit, and plasma iron values were estimated on blood samples collected from 100 male and 113 female National Blood Transfusion Service blood donors, and from 83 male and 66 female age-matched control subjects. No significant differences in any of these values were found to exist between the donors ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： French EA,Sitlani PK

更新日期：1969-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine whether the presence of disseminated bone marrow tumour cells at diagnosis is a prognostic factor for breast cancer patients at high risk of recurrence or bone metastasis, and to assess their presence as a criterion for evaluation of the potential benefits of adjuvant chemotherapy. METHODS:Multiple b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lagrange M,Ferrero JM,Lagrange JL,Machiavello JC,Monticelli J,Bayle C,Creisson A,Namer M,Thyss A,Bourcier C,Gioanni J,Schneider M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate histopathological assessment of biopsies is important for the diagnosis, subclassification, and management of chronic idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) guidelines for the initial histopathological diagnosis of IBD were published in 1997. Changes since then ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Feakins RM,British Society of Gastroenterology.

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microwave tissue coagulator (MTC) is used in hepatectomy because it provides excellent haemostasis during the procedure. A 59 year old man underwent partial hepatic lobectomy with MTC, for metastasis from colon cancer. A tumorous necrotic nodule was discovered in the liver. The nodule measured 2.5 cm at its larges...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mikami Y,Shimizu M,Manabe T

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oncogenicity of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in premalignant and malignant uterine cervical diseases is mainly induced by E6/E7 open reading frame (ORF). The presence of an oncogenic HPV DNA may be a diagnostic marker for the detection of cytologically negative smears. AIMS:To evaluate an original polymer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Clavel C,Rihet S,Masure M,Chypre C,Boulanger JC,Quereux C,Birembaut P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The chemokine receptor CXCR7 is found on glioma cells and glioma-associated vessels and dependent upon its localisation on tumour or endothelial cells the CXCR7 receptor can mediate glioma cell invasion and tumour angiogenesis. Its expression predicts survival in several types of cancers. METHODS:We immunohistoch...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Birner P,Tchorbanov A,Natchev S,Tuettenberg J,Guentchev M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an investigation of the in vitro phagocytic and microbicidal function of granulocytes collected by filtration leucapheresis (FL) from 18 donors and by discontinuous flow centrifugation leucapheresis (DFC) from six donors, comparison was made with the function of granulocytes obtained from the same donors by venepun...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Martin S,Ghoneim AT,Robinson EA,Child JA

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted next-generation sequencing using the 50-gene Ion AmpliSeq Cancer Hotspot Panel v2 identified two significant point mutations in endometrial stromal sarcomas (ESS). Case 1 is a uterine mass from a quadragenarian woman with a karyotype lacking any known ESS rearrangements but demonstrated to have a CTNNB1-activ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Patel SB,McCormack C,Hodge JC

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：AIMS:To detect cells bearing BRAF mutations in colorectal tumour samples and peritoneal washings, using a mismatch ligation assay (MLA). METHODS:DNA from 46 colorectal tumours was studied. Part of exon 15 of the BRAF gene was amplified using the polymerase chain reaction, and T-->A mutations at codon 600 were detected...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Busby K,Morris A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parafibromin is a novel protein product of HRPT2, a recently identified tumour suppressor gene. Mutations of the HRPT2 gene are common in parathyroid carcinomas, and these exhibit reduced protein expression. Parafibromin expression in breast cancer has not been previously studied. AIMS:To determine the dist...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Selvarajan S,Sii LH,Lee A,Yip G,Bay BH,Tan MH,Teh BT,Tan PH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Because sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy for breast cancer has become well established, one of the challenges now is to determine which patients require a completion axillary dissection following a positive SLN biopsy. METHODS:A prospective database of patients who underwent SLN biopsy for invasive breast cancer ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fleming FJ,Kavanagh D,Crotty TB,Quinn CM,McDermott EW,O'Higgins N,Hill AD

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：AIMS:In the gastric antrum and body, foveolar hyperplasia is a feature of reactive gastritis resulting from--for example, duodenogastric bile reflux and the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The aim of this study was to examine the occurrence and clinical relevance of gastric cardiac foveolar hyper...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Voutilainen M,Juhola M,Färkkilä M,Sipponen P

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of erythrocytes to synthesize porphyrins from delta-aminolaevulic acid was compared in healthy people, patients with true iron-deficiency anaemia, and anaemic patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Porphyrin synthesis was found to be impaired in true iron deficiency but not in rheumatoid arthritis cases showi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gutniak O,Kopéc M,Nieczaj J

更新日期：1971-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mitogenic kinin peptides formed by the serine protease, tissue kallikrein (TK1), stimulate the proliferation of tumour cells and, by increasing vascular permeability, enhance metastasis. Oesophageal mucosal epithelial cells are derived from the epithelial cell germ layer, which expresses the kallikrein-k...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dlamini Z,Bhoola KD

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial sarcoma is a distinctive soft tissue neoplasm with monophasic and biphasic forms. It is typically a deep-seated soft tissue tumour of the extremities of young adults and occasional cases have been described in large peripheral nerves. A rare example has a predominance of the glandular component and may mimic ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Weinreb I,Perez-Ordoñez B,Guha A,Kiehl TR

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the incidence, investigation, and management of severe hyponatraemia (serum sodium < 120 mmol/litre) over a period of six months in a district general hospital. METHODS:The laboratory computer was used to identify all inpatients who had a serum sodium concentration of less than 120 mmol/litre over a six ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Saeed BO,Beaumont D,Handley GH,Weaver JU

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Somatic mutations are important determinants of cancer behaviour and response to therapy. However, molecular testing in this context has a relatively low profile within the clinical community, despite publicity surrounding targeted therapies such as Herceptin. AIMS:As the testing process affects many stakeh...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wordsworth S,Buchanan J,Papanicolas I,Taylor J,Frayling I,Tomlinson I

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prognostic factors in predicting outcomes in patients with head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma (HNSCC) are limited to the clinical-pathological parameters, including lymph node metastasis, location, grade and stage of the disease. AIM:To determine whether the expression of these proteins has a value in pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mhawech-Fauceglia P,Dulguerov P,Beck A,Bonet M,Allal AS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the expression of immunohistochemical variables between benign and malignant components of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST) arising within neurofibroma. METHODS:Eight cases of MPNST arising within a neurofibroma, associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), were studied. The areas of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Watanabe T,Oda Y,Tamiya S,Masuda K,Tsuneyoshi M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1971 and 1972, 71 cultures of neisseriae that attacked lactose were received by this laboratory. All strains except one from an eye swab were from the nasopharynx of healthy subjects. Nineteen similar strains from the nasopharynx were isolated in this laboratory. The characteristics of these strains were compar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Pykett AH

更新日期：1973-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is important in the evaluation of patients with calcium metabolism disorders and/or chronic renal disease. AIMS:To assess the differences between serum and plasma PTH measurements using the Advia Centaur. METHODS:Twenty six paired serum and edetate samples from patients with chron...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Twomey PJ,Whitlock T,Pledger DR

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：AIMS:The perforin mediated pathway is the major pathway of cytotoxicity induced by activated T cells and natural killer cells, and may be involved in the development of pulmonary fibrosis. METHODS:Perforin and granzyme B expression were examined in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by means of immunohistochemistry, and pe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Miyazaki H,Kuwano K,Yoshida K,Maeyama T,Yoshimi M,Fujita M,Hagimoto N,Yoshida R,Nakanishi Y

更新日期：2004-12-01 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