Comparison of methods to identify microglial cells and macrophages in the human central nervous system.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have shown that minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins (Mcm2-7) may be useful proliferation markers in dysplasia and cancer in various tissues. AIMS:To investigate the use of Mcm7 as a proliferation marker in 79 lymph node negative prostate cancers and compare it with Ki-67, a commonly use...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Padmanabhan V,Callas P,Philips G,Trainer TD,Beatty BG

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the new beta-lactam antibiotic FL 1060 on urinary tract pathogens, of which 71 were sensitive to and 100 resistant to ampicillin, is presented here. When tested by conventional methods FL 1060 was found to be highly active against ampicillin-sensitive strains of E. coli but phenotypically resistant varia...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Greenwood D,Brooks HL,Gargan R,O'Grady F

更新日期：1974-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:As the best characterised cancer/testis antigen family members, melanoma-associated antigens (MAGE) have been reported to be expressed in various malignant tumours. However, the expression pattern of MAGE-A family in lung adenocarcinoma (LAC) specimens and their prognostic and therapeutic significance for pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sang M,Gu L,Yin D,Liu F,Lian Y,Zhang X,Liu S,Huang W,Wu Y,Shan B

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate two detailed step sectioning protocols for sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs). METHODS:After vital dye or combined dye and radiocolloid guided biopsy, SLNs were fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin wax. In protocol A, SLNs from 123 patients were sectioned in steps of 50-100 micro m, whereas in protocol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cserni G

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of anticonvulsant megaloblastic anaemia are described, showing features of unusual interest. Though both cases were apparently deficient in folic acid, the Figlu tests were negative. One patient had an extremely low serum B(12) concentration apparently associated with defective B(12) absorption due to defici...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reynolds EH,Hallpike JF,Phillips BM,Matthews DM

更新日期：1965-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A knowledge-based computer system, designed to assist pathologists in the histological diagnosis of breast disease, is described. This system represents knowledge in the form of "disease profiles" and uses a novel inference model based on the mathematical technique of hypergraphs. Its design overcomes many of the limi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Heathfield H,Bose D,Kirkham N

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thyrotropin-secreting adenomas (TSH-As) are rare and, according to the World Health Organization criteria (WHO 2004), a significant proportion of them present features of atypical adenomas at the time of diagnosis. AIMS:To determine the frequency of "atypical adenomas" and the significance of this definitio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Marucci G,Faustini-Fustini M,Righi A,Pasquini E,Frank G,Agati R,Foschini MP

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strokes are one of the most common causes of mortality and long term severe disability. There is evidence that lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) is a predictor of many forms of vascular disease, including premature coronary artery disease. Several studies have also evaluated the association between Lp(a) and ischaemic (thrombot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Milionis HJ,Winder AF,Mikhailidis DP

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of digestion of fibrin was measured in vitro by an isotopic technique in 140 blood samples of differing fibrinogen concentration; the assessment of fibrinolytic activity thus obtained was compared with a standard method of measurement, the dilute whole blood lysis time. The lysis time was related exponentiall...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hickman JA,Gordon-Smith IC,Whitfield PF,Godfrey SJ

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laboratories traditionally culture toxoplasma tachyzoites in animals for testing and experimental use. This article considers why available cell culture methods are not used more often. AIM:To compare HeLa cell culture and animal culture for production of toxoplasma tachyzoites. METHODS:In 2000 HeLa cultur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chatterton JM,McDonagh S,Ho-Yen DO

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of bilateral gonadoblastoma/dysgerminoma in a 46 XY phenotypical female is presented. Increased circulating beta human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-HCG) and testosterone together with a decreased concentration of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) reflected the activities of these tumours. The patient is alive ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fisher RA,Salm R,Spencer RW

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autoreactive humoral and cellular immune responses may be involved in the pathogenesis of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC). Certain human leucocyte antigens (HLA) could also be linked to the development of IDC. AIM:To determine whether various markers of autoimmunity are present in the final phase of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： de Leeuw N,Melchers WJ,Ruiter DJ,Caforio AL,Balk AH,de Jonge N,Galama JM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for separate swab transport methods for aerobes and anaerobes may result in inadequate transport of specimens for anaerobic bacteriology. Most microbiology laboratories in Australia rely on Stuart's transport medium to protect anaerobic bacteria. This paper presents a new, simple transport medium (Transport D...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Alfa M,Lee A

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine specimens were collected from 26 normal subjects, 10 patients with proven primary hyperparathyroidism, and eight patients with hypercalcaemia due to other causes. After overnight urine concentration, an oral water load was given to induce a diuresis and provide urine specimens with a relatively wide range of cre...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wills MR

更新日期：1969-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To analyse the expression of proteins involved in DNA double strand break detection and repair in the luminal and myoepithelial compartments of benign breast lesions and malignant breast tumours with myoepithelial differentiation. METHODS:Expression of the ataxia telangiectasia (ATM) and p53 proteins was immunohi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Angèle S,Jones C,Reis Filho JS,Fulford LG,Treilleux I,Lakhani SR,Hall J

更新日期：2004-11-01 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:To investigate whether cholesterol and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) measurements in fluids are more sensitive and specific markers for differentiating between exudates and transudates, as confirmed clinically, than the measurement of fluid total protein concentrations alone. PATIENTS/METHODS:Serum, pleural fluid, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Paramothayan NS,Barron J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The laboratory findings in seven cases of endocarditis caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci are presented. The usefulness of biochemical characterization of the strains in diagnosis and the selection of antibiotics for prophylaxis and treatment are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Speller DC,Mitchell RG

更新日期：1973-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the causes of ovarian granulomatous inflammation and to discuss the differential diagnoses. METHODS:The pathological features of all ovarian granulomas identified by pathology SNOMED coding in Northern Ireland over a 13 year period were reviewed. Case notes of patients were also reviewed. RESULTS:Th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McCluggage WG,Allen DC

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Lymphocytic infiltration in the portal triads usually conceals the detection--in haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained sections--of bile ducts in two liver diseases: chronic hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis. The aim was to assess the number and the characteristics of the bile ducts in those diseases with the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rubio CA

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:A patient with a 10 year history of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and Bence Jones proteinuria, and a 44 year history of ankylosing spondylitis, developed a nephrotic syndrome secondary to renal amyloidosis. Clinically the amyloidosis was ascribed to Bence Jones proteinuria rather than to the burnt...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Quinton R,Siersema PD,Michiels JJ,ten Kate FJ

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the suitability of primary gel separation tubes for the storage of frozen sera intended for serological testing. METHODS:Blood samples from 102 patients were collected into gel separation tubes. The sera from these samples were split between the primary gel separation tubes and conventional plastic s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ellis V,Charlett A,Bendall R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the prevalence of gastric giardiasis in patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, and to define the clinicopathological correlates of gastric Giardia lamblia infection. METHODS:Consecutive gastric biopsy specimens (n = 15,023) from 11,085 patients, taken at Feltre City Hospital (north easter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Doglioni C,De Boni M,Cielo R,Laurino L,Pelosio P,Braidotti P,Viale G

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the value of squamous mucosal histology in the assessment of patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms. METHODS:Sixty six patients with reflux symptoms underwent endoscopy with oesophageal biopsy, manometry, and 24 hour oesophageal pH testing. The following histological features were assessed ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bowrey DJ,Williams GT,Clark GW

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of phosphohexose isomerase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase have been studied in the vaginal fluid of women from the gynaecological departments. Women from these departments gave a very high false positive rate, though no cases of carcinoma in situ were not detected by estimating phosphohexose isome...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Muir GG

更新日期：1966-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter pyloridis is a spiral bacterium which was seen by histopathologists several years before it was cultured in 1982 in Perth, Western Australia. It has unique cellular fatty acids, predominantly tetradecanoic acid and cis-11, 12 methylene octadecanoic acid. It also has a unique ultrastructure which is diffe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Goodwin CS,Armstrong JA,Marshall BJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The assessment of lymphatic vessel density (LVD) has been suggested as a tool to determine the metastatic risk of neoplasias. On this premise, the authors aimed to verify whether progression risk of stage I colorectal cancer may be related to LVD. The authors also evaluated and correlated vascular endothelial grow...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Barresi V,Reggiani-Bonetti L,Di Gregorio C,De Leon MP,Barresi G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sclerochoroidal calcification is an uncommon condition. Metabolic evaluation and clinical examination are important to exclude associated systemic conditions such as the Bartter and Gitelman syndromes. It has been suggested that the lesions seen in sclerochoroidal calcification are calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crys...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gupta R,Hu V,Reynolds T,Harrison R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper records the results of the intravenous inoculation of chick embryos with type 5 gonococci and establishes that these strains are pathogenic. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hafiz S,Jennings R,McEntegart MG,Jephcott AE

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00