Modified colorimetric ultramicro method for estimating Nefa in serum.

abstract：:Infection with Vibrio vulnificus is uncommon in Europe but is associated with necrotising wound infections and life-threatening septicaemia. This case is one of infection most likely to have been acquired from a thermal pool in Turkey without preceding exposure to seawater or shellfish. The report also describes how e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Partridge DG,Townsend R,Larkin S,Parsons HK

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung tissue from 13 cases of unexplained non-immunological hydrops fetalis was examined by in situ hybridisation to detect parvovirus. Four specimens contained parvovirus DNA in cells in the blood vessel lumina and alveoli. Twenty six control cases were negative for parvovirus DNA. As there was no known epidemic of pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Porter HJ,Khong TY,Evans MF,Chan VT,Fleming KA

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To establish the number of histological levels necessary for the evaluation of breast needle core biopsy (NCB) specimens taken from areas of mammographic calcification in patients presenting via the UK National Health Service Breast Screening Programme. METHODS:Retrospective review of a series of breast NCB speci...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kumaraswamy V,Carder PJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmembrane serine protease 2 is encoded by the TMPRSS2 gene. The gene is widely conserved and has two isoforms, both being autocatalytically activated from the inactive zymogen form. A fusion gene between the TMPRSS2 gene and ERG (erythroblast-specific-related gene), an oncogenic transcription factor, is the most c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Thunders M,Delahunt B

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced non-small cell lung cancer samples are tested for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations. Their detection by direct sequencing is time-consuming. Conversely, the length analysis of fluorescently labelled PCR products is easier. To avoid labelled primers and the automated capillary electrophore...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Malapelle U,Russo S,Pepe F,Sgariglia R,De Luca C,Bellevicine C,Pallante P,Troncone G

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma diamine oxidase levels were assayed in 66 patients who presented with pregnancy complicated by threatened abortion. Levels within the normal range were associated with continuing pregnancies, whereas levels below the normal range were associated with subsequent abortion. Among those patients in whom gestation w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Legge M,Duff GB

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a recognised cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals. This review will concentrate on recent advances in the understanding of the complex interplay between the host and parasite and the pathological consequences of perturbation of the host immune system. The classic v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Emery VC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We aimed to assess the one step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA) assay as an intraoperative method in comparison with frozen sections (FS) for detection of metastasis in sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) of breast cancer. METHOD:100 SLNs from patients with breast carcinoma were enrolled within a 3-month period. Alterna...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jara-Lazaro AR,Hussain IH,Thike AA,Wong CY,Ho GH,Yong WS,Ong KW,Madhukumar P,Tan BK,Oey CL,Hwang JS,Tan PH

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:Of 30 children with bleeding disorders exposed to an index tuberculosis case, six developed primary pulmonary tuberculosis and two others became positive skin reactors. There was a significant correlation between the amount of replacement treatment received and the development of evidence of tuberculous infection. Onl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Beddall AC,Hill FG,George RH,Williams MD,Al-Rubei K

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polyclonal antiserum, produced in sheep and reactive against purified human leucocyte elastase, has been applied to paraffin sections from a range of human tissues by means of the indirect immunoperoxidase method. Striking and consistent results have been obtained. Normal or inflammatory granulocytes were intensely ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Crocker J,Jenkins R,Burnett D

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Thalassaemia is a good candidate disease for control by preventive genetic programmes in developing countries. Accurate population frequency data are needed for planning the control of thalassaemia in the high risk Guangdong Province of southern China. METHODS:In total, 13397 consecutive samples from five geograph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Xu XM,Zhou YQ,Luo GX,Liao C,Zhou M,Chen PY,Lu JP,Jia SQ,Xiao GF,Shen X,Li J,Chen HP,Xia YY,Wen YX,Mo QH,Li WD,Li YY,Zhuo LW,Wang ZQ,Chen YJ,Qin CH,Zhong M

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a quality assurance programme at the Aga Khan University Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan, all hysterectomy specimens were reviewed from January 1986 to December 1989. Adenomyosis was found in 237 of the 419 (56.5%) specimens studied. Of these 237 patients, 232 (97.9%) were parous and 196 (82.8%) were in t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shaikh H,Khan KS

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare prognostic information obtained by image analysis cytometry of paraffin wax embedded soft tissue sarcomas with conventional assessment. METHODS:A CAS 200 image analyser was used to determine DNA content of Feulgen stained cytology preparations and tissue sections and to quantify immunostaining by Ki67 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Michie BA,Black C,Reid RP,Barrett A,Hamblen DL

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical study of 401 cases of tumour of salivary tissue has been made and the results reported, together with a review of the literature. The histological variations of such tumours are classified and discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： CAMERON JM

更新日期：1961-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four assays for the detection of alphafetoprotein (AFP) in the diagnosis of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were evaluated. The frequency of AFP detection was compared in 89 HCC patients and in 71 patients with chronic active hepatitis/cirrhosis. Of the four assays, immunodiffusion, counterimmunoelectrophoresis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chan SH,Heng SH,Yo SL,Oon CJ

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (CMML) is a myelodysplastic syndrome with a diverse clinical spectrum. A case of a 60 year old man with CMML who developed cardiac tamponade is reported. Cytological examination of the pericardial effusion fluid showed extramedullary haemopoiesis. Serous effusions are well recognised i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bradford CR,Smith SR,Wallis JP

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to classify the underlying disorder in four patients with biopsy-proven amyloidosis without overt monoclonal gammopathy, the cytoplasmic immunoglobulin (Ig) distribution of bone marrow plasma cells was evaluated using direct immunofluorescence microscopy. This procedure revealed the presence of a monoclonal p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Thielemans C,Aelbrecht W,Verbeelen D,Somers G,De Waele M,Van Camp B

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cryptogenic organising pneumonia (COP) and acute fibrinous and organising pneumonia (AFOP) are recognised patterns of organising pneumonia (OP), a condition that resembles pneumonia but is not caused by infection. We have recognised granulomatous organising pneumonia (GOP) to be a similar histopathological entity ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Feinstein MB,DeSouza SA,Moreira AL,Stover DE,Heelan RT,Iyriboz TA,Taur Y,Travis WD

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing evidence of histopathological changes in autopsied individuals infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); however, data on histopathological changes in autopsied patients with eradicated COVID-19 are limited. We performed an autopsy on a Caucasian female in her 80s, wh...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schwensen HF,Borreschmidt LK,Storgaard M,Redsted S,Christensen S,Madsen LB

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of signet-ring cell lymphoma affecting bone marrow is reported. The tumour presented as multiple lytic lesions in the lumbosacral spine. A bone biopsy specimen showed the typical appearances of signet-ring cell lymphoma, and the cells stained positively with antiserum to CD20, though neither immunoglobulin ligh...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Talbot DC,Davies JH,Maclennan KA,Smith IE

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) is a high grade type of neuroendocrine tumour with an aggressive clinical course. This report describes the first case of LCNEC combined with an adenocarcinoma component in the common bile duct. A 68 year old man presented with jaundice. Severe stenosis of the bile duct was ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sato K,Waseda R,Tatsuzawa Y,Fujinaga H,Wakabayashi T,Ueda Y,Katsuda S

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:A case of cirrhosis of the liver, associated with false-positive serological tests for syphilis and an antibody active against stored red cells, is presented. Methods used in the identification of the ;stored red cell' antibody are described. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： EASTON JA,PRIEST CJ,GILES CM

更新日期：1965-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma (PLGA) is a rare tumour that mostly affects oral minor salivary glands. Our review of the literature found that there are only two reported cases of PLGA originating in the nasopharynx. Another nasopharyngeal PLGA in a 14-year-old boy is reported, focusing on the histopathological...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wei YC,Huang CC,Chien CY,Hwang JC,Chen WJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a two-year period of observation Bacteroides species were isolated from specimens of pus and vaginal swabs from 115 patients in this hospital. Thirty-five representative strains proved on examination to be Bacteroides fragilis. Minimal inhibitory and minimal bactericidal concentrations of six antibiotics for th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ingham HR,Selkon JB,Codd AA,Hale JH

更新日期：1968-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The haematological features of 118 cases of primary myelodysplastic syndromes (PMDS) were reviewed to see how these could be related and classified according to the recent FAB proposals. A majority of the cases were elderly who presented with a macrocytic or normocytic anaemia and reticulocytopenia. Cases of acquired ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Juneja SK,Imbert M,Jouault H,Scoazec JY,Sigaux F,Sultan C

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Congenital neutropenia (CN) is a rare inherited disease that results in recurrent, life-threatening bacterial infections due to a deficiency of mature neutrophils. They are usually caused by heterozygous ELANE mutations although mutations in other genes like HAX-1, G6PC3 and GFI1 have also been reported. Identifyi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Arunachalam AK,Suresh H,Edison ES,Korula A,Aboobacker FN,George B,Shaji RV,Mathews V,Balasubramanian P

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is essential for optimal treatment, prevention and control. There are two reference assays for CDI diagnosis: the cell cytotoxicity assay (CCTA) and toxigenic culture (TC). Importantly, these tests actually detect different targets: CCTA detects the presence ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Planche T,Wilcox M

更新日期：2011-01-01 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