An automated screening technique for the detection of sickle-cell haemoglobin.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The study sought to determine whether mast cell counts in endobronchial biopsies of large airways are related to mast cell counts in the small airways. METHODS:Lungs, obtained postmortem from 10 subjects who had died of non-respiratory causes, were fixed in inflation. Mast cell densities (cells/mm(3)), de...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Carroll ML,Carroll NG,Gundersen HJ,James AL

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large body of evidence supports the idea that certain adult stem cells, particularly those of bone marrow origin, can engraft at alternative locations, particularly when the recipient organ is damaged. Under strong and positive selection pressure these cells will clonally expand/differentiate, making an important co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Alison MR,Poulsom R,Otto WR,Vig P,Brittan M,Direkze NC,Lovell M,Fang TC,Preston SL,Wright NA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutropenia is a rare complication of Diamond-Blackfan syndrome (congenital hypoplastic anaemia). Three patients are reported: all had neutropenia as well as anaemia, and to investigate the cause of the neutropenia culture of bone marrow for granulocyte-macrophage colony forming cells (GMCFCs) was performed. Two cases...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schofield KP,Evans DI

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By means of enzyme immunoassays based on two monoclonal antibodies with specificities for distinct forms of placental type alkaline phosphatase (Pl-ALP), together with L-leucine inhibition studies, it has been possible to distinguish the Nagao type carcinoplacental enzyme from other placental type alkaline phosphatase...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McLaughlin PJ,Twist AM,Evans CC,Johnson PM

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To estimate the expression of substance P in the haematopoietic cells of hypoplastic bone marrow and define its relationship with the course of bone marrow hypoplasia. METHODS:Bone marrow specimens were obtained from 42 children with bone marrow hypoplasia who were hospitalised in the Department of Pediatric Onco...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nowicki M,Ostalska-Nowicka D,Konwerska A,Miskowiak B

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive gas chromatography-mass spectrometric method was used to measure the generation in whole blood of leukotriene B4 (LTB4), a potent stimulator of neutrophil chemotaxis, in eight patients with chronic granulocytic leukaemia (CGL) and 12 healthy controls. LTB4 was detectable in unstimulated samples from all th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reilly IA,Knapp HR,Fitzgerald GA

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myocardial disease, which may be associated with abnormal platelet activity, has been reported after routine immunisation. Thirty-two army apprentices undergoing immunisation were studied for changes in the heparin neutralising activity (HNA) of platelet poor plasma. HNA increased after immunisation. This increa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Baker IA,Howells CH,O'Brien JR

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred and sixty samples of blood from 230 hospital patients were examined and compared with the results of simultaneous blood culture to determine the value of buffy-coat microscopy in detecting bacteraemia. One observer found 86 positive smears, 12 of which were from patients with positive blood cultures and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Coppen MJ,Noble CJ,Aubrey C

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Guaiac faecal occult blood tests are being replaced by faecal immunochemical tests (FIT). We investigated whether faecal haemoglobin concentration (f-Hb) was related to stage in progression of colorectal neoplasia, studying cancer and adenoma characteristics in an evaluation of quantitative FIT as a first-line scr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Digby J,Fraser CG,Carey FA,McDonald PJ,Strachan JA,Diament RH,Balsitis M,Steele RJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine prognostic significance of immunohistochemical markers and investigate possible germinal centre (GC) derivation in primary lymphoma of bone (PLB). METHODS:Immunohistochemical expression of BCL-6, CD10, BCL-2, p53, CD30, CD44 and MUM-1 was studied in 36 patients with PLB. All cases were clinically sta...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Heyning FH,Hogendoorn PC,Kramer MH,Holland CT,Dreef E,Jansen PM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy is an invasive procedure associated with morbidity and mortality risk. We compared a powered bone marrow aspiration and biopsy device to the traditional method by relatively assessing pain scores, procedure times, biopsy capture rates, quality of material retrieved, and sa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Swords RT,Anguita J,Higgins RA,Yunes AC,Naski M,Padmanabhan S,Kelly KR,Mahalingam D,Philbeck T,Miller L,Puga TA,Giles FJ,Kinney MC,Brenner AJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods of speciating Candida isolates from clinical specimens are described and the necessity of speciation is emphasized. Differences in susceptibility of C. albicans and C. tropicalis to amphotericin B were observed and the implications of this in relation to treatment with amphotericin B and the development of res...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stieritz DD,Law EJ,Holder IA

更新日期：1973-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), a malignant salivary gland tumour, depends on clinicopathological parameters. To decipher the biological behaviour of ACC, and to identify patients at risk of developing metastases, additional markers are needed. METHODS:Expression of the cell cycle proteins ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Vékony H,Raaphorst FM,Otte AP,van Lohuizen M,Leemans CR,van der Waal I,Bloemena E

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations into the immunological functions of three patients with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis were carried out. Phagocytosis of Candida albicans, nitroblue tetrazolium dye reduction, complement, and immunoglobulin levels were normal. Candidacidal assays using the neutrophils of the patients in autologous se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Walker SM,Urbaniak SJ

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate proliferative activity in leukaemic and lymphomatous bone marrow infiltrates and to assess the feasibility of transport of specimens among institutions. METHODS:Proliferative activity in bone marrow trephine cryosections from 99 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), 23 patients with acute mye...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： White DM,Smith AG,Smith JL

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral botryomycosis is rare, and documented sites are lung, brain, kidney, liver and prostate. This report describes a rare autopsy case of disseminated visceral botryomycosis, with bulky, grape-like botryomycotic vegetations in the heart, and similar abscesses in the lungs and bone marrow. This is the first such r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gupta K,Das A,Radotra BD,Bhalla A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 43-year-old man, admitted with a swollen right thigh, was diagnosed with a deep vein thrombosis. On day 6 he became septic. A CT scan demonstrated a right-sided hydronephrosis and a large retroperitoneal collection. Blood cultures and perinephric pus grew Escherichia coli resistant to amoxicillin only. On day 12 a v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Alleyne SA,Bukhari SS,Fraser M,Spiers P

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:A chemical method for the sterilization of pancreatin and trypsin is given. Evidence is presented to show that this treatment does not diminish the specific activity of the enzymes and has some advantages in microbiological techniques. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stokes KJ

更新日期：1971-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A middle aged man developed very high fever, status epilepticus, and terminal acute renal failure with myoglobinuria after surgery. A post mortem examination showed widespread muscle necrosis with hypercontraction bands. Muscle enzyme studies and electron microscopic examination disclosed central core disease, a condi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Prescott RJ,Roberts SP,Williams G

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To ascertain the effect of enhanced surveillance following an outbreak of waterborne cryptosporidiosis on the number of faecal specimens submitted to the local microbiology laboratory and the number positive for common enteric pathogens. The outbreak provided an opportunity to estimate the extent of routine under ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Qamruddin AO,Keaney MG,McCann R,Chadwick PR

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of a patient with plasmacytoma which assumed different clinicopathological features over seven years. The tumour first presented as a subcutaneous mass which was misdiagnosed as anaplastic carcinoma. Complete response to radiotherapy ensued but recurrence took the form of an intracerebral tumour. Fu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kwong YL,Ng WK

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A series of patients with myeloma were investigated to assess whether immunological risk factors predisposing to serious infection could be identified. METHODS:Patients (n = 102) with predominantly plateau phase myeloma were monitored prospectively for infections. Immunological parameters including total non-para...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hargreaves RM,Lea JR,Griffiths H,Faux JA,Holt JM,Reid C,Bunch C,Lee M,Chapel HM

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the genetic differences among the strains of adenovirus type 8 (Ad8) circulating in Hiroshima city, Japan, and to study their circulation pattern. METHODS:One hundred and twenty nine strains of adenovirus type 8 (Ad8) were isolated in Hiroshima City over a 15 year period (1983-97) from patients wit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Adhikary AK,Numaga J,Kaburaki T,Kawashima H,Araie M,Ikeda Y,Ogino T,Suzuki E,Ushijima H,Mukoyama A,Matsuno S,Inada T,Okabe N

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:An increase in the proliferative state of the gastric epithelium has been attributed to infection with Helicobacter pylori. In order to obtain a more precise estimate of the magnitude of this change, the proliferative state of 17 cases of florid H pylori associated follicular gastritis was examined using the antib...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Havard TJ,Sarsfield P,Wotherspoon AC,Steer HW

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the Questor automated bacteriuria and pyuria screening system; to compare its performance with that of a reference method; and to assess its usefulness in a routine clinical laboratory. METHODS:The Questor urine screening system was compared with a comprehensive regimen to detect urinary tract infecti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stevens M,Mitchell CJ,Livsey SA,MacDonald CA

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop a strategy for neonatal screening of sickle cell disease (SCD) and effective enrollment of affected neonates in a comprehensive follow-up programme adapted to the socioeconomic conditions, health structures and cultural background of an African setting. METHODS:The strategy implemented at the two large...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rahimy MC,Gangbo A,Ahouignan G,Alihonou E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven commercially available screening tests for rheumatoid factor and two quantitative tests have been compared with the standard Rose-Waaler test in a series of 477 sera from patients with various joint diseases. Markedly different results were obtained, and on the basis of our findings suggestions are made as to wh...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： MacSween RN,Hughes H,Breen C,Kitchen P,Cathcart B,Buchanan WW

更新日期：1974-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chemical test for the detection of bacteriuria-Uriglox-has been compared with the results obtained on culturing urine obtained by suprapubic aspiration in 351 pregnant or puerperal women. The results of this comparison show a correlation of 96.9%, both false positive and false negative results occurring. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Paterson L,Miller AW

更新日期：1973-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer lineage/tissue-of-origin assignment in cancers of unknown primary remains a challenge even when aided by massively parallel sequencing. The stakes are high for patients as many contemporary therapeutic strategies are disease-specific, and the biological differences can influence the patients' responses. Herein,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yoon JY,Rosenbaum JN,Vergara N,Cohen RB,Wilson RB

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00