Serum immunoglobulin concentrations before and after splenectomy in patients with homozygous beta-thalassaemia.

abstract：:The incidence of jaundice and of abnormal liver function tests has been assessed in 91 multitransfused patients with severe haemophilia A and B. Tests of hepatocyte function were within the normal range in the majority of patients. On the contrary, tests of biliary cell function, liver cell damage, and bromsulphthalei...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mannucci PM,Capitanio A,Del Ninno E,Colombo M,Pareti F,Ruggeri ZM

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate a recently developed digital slide and virtual microscope system, and to compare this method with optical microscopy on routine gastrointestinal biopsy specimens in both local and remote access modes. METHODS:A fully computer controlled commercial microscope was used. The scanning program included obj...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Molnar B,Berczi L,Diczhazy C,Tagscherer A,Varga SV,Szende B,Tulassay Z

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the oesophageal histological changes in long term users of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) compared with patients not receiving these drugs. METHODS:Ninety eight patients were studied, 53 of whom had taken NSAIDs for three years; 45 had not. Oesophageal biopsy specimens were taken from hea...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Taha AS,Dahill S,Nakshabendi I,Lee FD,Sturrock RD,Russell RI

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:Experiments were performed to evaluate five commercial kit assays used for the detection of antibodies to dsDNA. The kits were compared using a performance index score as recommended by the guidelines of the European Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. The highest performance score was obtained using the radi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McMillan SA,Fay AC

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative histological analysis of the major salivary glands was carried out at necropsy in 28 alcoholics and in a series of age and sex matched controls. The findings were related to the different types of histologically diagnosed liver disease present. Significant quantitative changes of salivary gland structur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Scott J,Burns J,Flower EA

更新日期：1988-08-01 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：:Recent evidence shows that chronic liver disease induced by hepatitis delta virus is closely associated with production of autoantibodies. To verify this sera from patients with hepatitis delta virus and from those with hepatitis B virus mediated chronic liver disease were tested for a panel of autoantibodies. Althoug...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zauli D,Crespi C,Bianchi FB,Craxi A,Pisi E

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes two cases of Osler's triad of pneumonia, meningitis, and endocarditis, as a result of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, also called Austrian's syndrome. In the first patient, a 51 year old non-alcoholic man, the aortic valve was affected and needed to be replaced in an emergency operation. The ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： du Cheyron D,Lesage A,Le Page O,Flais F,Leclercq R,Charbonneau P

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antibody was raised against a protein isolated from the cytoplasm of mesothelioma cells. It was subsequently used in an immunoperoxidase procedure on formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue sections. A representative sample of benign and malignant tumours from all the systems of the human body was examined. All th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Donna A,Betta PG,Bellingeri D,Marchesini A

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An indirect immunoperoxidase technique has been used for visualisation of cellular immunoglobulins in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Baker's formol calcium was used as fixative. Monoclonal light and heavy chain patterns were demonstrated in 24 out of 27 cases. Only one case did not have any demonstrable immunoglobulin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Markey GM,McConnell RE,Alexander HD,Morris TC,Robertson JH

更新日期：1983-12-01 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：:One hundred sera from 49 patients with glandular toxoplasmosis were examined by a latex agglutination test, the dye test, an indirect haemagglutination test, and a double antibody sandwich enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for antitoxoplasma IgM. The results support previous findings that the dye test, indirec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Payne RA,Francis JM,Kwantes W

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatic fibrosis is one of the main consequences of liver disease. Both fibrosis and steatosis may be seen in some patients with chronic hepatitis C and alcoholic liver disease (ALD). AIMS:To quantitate fibrosis and steatosis by stereological and morphometric techniques in patients with chronic hepatitis C ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zaitoun AM,Al Mardini H,Awad S,Ukabam S,Makadisi S,Record CO

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients with advanced cancer are malnourished. Anorexia is common, as is the use of chemotherapy, which may cause nausea and poor appetite. Ten per cent of these patients experience haemorrhagic events. AIM:Since vitamin K deficiency (VKD) causes bleeding, to establish the prevalence of VKD in patient...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Harrington DJ,Western H,Seton-Jones C,Rangarajan S,Beynon T,Shearer MJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytological features of testicular germ cell tumours were established in smears from 15 freshly resected tumours. These features were applied to the fine needle aspiration cytology diagnosis of metastases in 27 patients referred for chemotherapy. There were 16 positive reports in 32 aspirates of which 13 were take...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Highman WJ,Oliver RT

更新日期：1987-11-01 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：:In order to detect the heat labile toxin of Escherichia coli human embryo lung fibroblast cells were seeded with whole cell lysate preparations of the organism to be tested. Positive results consisted of growth inhibition and cytopathic change which were easily seen. Heat-labile toxin was produced by strains belonging...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Holzel H

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amoebicidal and amoebistatic action in vitro of 24 compounds was tested on two strains of Acanthamoeba, A. polyphaga and A. castellanii, isolated from eye infections in this country. For comparison, the Ryan strain of A. castellanii and Naegleria gruberi L-1 were also examined. Nine compounds showed sufficient act...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nagington J,Richards JE

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesothelial lesions pose considerable diagnostic challenges not only because benign tumours, reactive proliferations and malignant mesothelioma can mimic one another, but also because the morphological patterns displayed by malignant mesothelioma can simulate a variety of epithelial and non-epithelial malignancies. Im...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Butnor KJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-seven percutaneous renal biopsies showing no significant abnormalities on light microscopy were studied electron optically and by immunofluorescence when available. Assessment of the pathological material was followed by analysis of the patients' clinical notes, and a clinicopathological correlation was carried...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lawler W,Tarpey P,Williams G,Acheson EJ,Mallick NP

更新日期：1976-05-01 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 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：:This review surveys the staging systems used for the classification of colorectal carcinomas, including the TNM system, and focuses on the assessment of the nodal stage of the disease. It reviews the quantitative requirements for a regional metastatic work up, and some qualitative features of lymph nodes that may help...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cserni G

更新日期：2003-05-01 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

abstract：:These guidelines update the previous UK HER2 testing guidelines and have been formulated to give advice on methodology, interpretation and quality assurance to ensure that HER2 testing results are accurate, reliable and timely with the expansion of testing to all patients with breast cancer at the time of primary diag...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Walker RA,Bartlett JM,Dowsett M,Ellis IO,Hanby AM,Jasani B,Miller K,Pinder SE

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of the Paris study on risk factors of cardiovascular disease in a large professional group, 7710 active and apparently healthy men aged between 48 and 54 were examined. This study measured the relationship between clinical abnormalities suggesting alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and the following blood par...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Eschwege E,Papoz L,Lellouch J,Claude JR,Cubeau J,Pequignot G,Richard JL,Schwartz D

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant deciduoid mesothelioma is a rare variant of epithelioid mesothelioma. This tumour generally has poor prognosis, and can be asbestos related. AIM:To identify peculiar genetic changes responsible for critical phases in pathogenesis of malignant deciduoid mesothelioma and their prognostic relevance. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Scattone A,Pennella A,Gentile M,Musti M,Nazzaro P,Buonadonna AL,Marzullo A,Cavone D,Pollice L,Serio G

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraoperative frozen section (FS) examination in thoracic surgery is a reliable method for diagnosis and staging of pulmonary lesions and provides a valuable guide in directing the extent of the ongoing surgical procedure. However, the contribution of touch preparation cytology (TPC) to FS diagnosis remains...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rakha EA,Haider A,Patil S,Fourtan H,Chaudry Z,Soomro IN

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The Royal College of Pathologists recommend that a median of at least 12 lymph nodes should be harvested during pathological staging of colorectal cancer. It is not always easy to harvest the required number, especially in patients with rectal cancer receiving neoadjuvant therapy. Lymph node revealing solutions, f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Horne J,Carr NJ,Bateman AC,Kandala N 2nd,Adams J,Silva S,Ryder I

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00