Routine bone marrow examination in the management of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia of childhood.

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：: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：:The discovery of cell-free circulating fetal nucleic acids in maternal plasma has opened up new possibilities in non-invasive prenatal diagnosis. The rapid advancement of this field in the past decade is catalysed by the discovery of new classes of fetal nucleic acid markers and technological developments in nucleic a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hung EC,Chiu RW,Lo YM

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a histological study of normal osteoid tissue in man, the monkey, the dog, and the rat, using thin microtome sections of plastic-embedded undecalcified bone, are described. Osteoid tissue covers the entire bone surface, except for areas of active resorption, although the thickness of the layer of osteoi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Raina V

更新日期：1972-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic balance studies for iron have been carried out on 24 apparently healthy elderly people (11 men and 13 women) aged 69.7 to 85.5 years living in their own homes and eating self selected diets. Several biochemical and haematological indices of iron state were also measured. The mean daily iron intake was 176 mu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bunker VW,Lawson MS,Clayton BE

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhombencephalitis is not a rare presentation of listerial central nervous system infections in healthy adults. This report describes a case with several management difficulties linked to antibiotic related adverse events, pointing to alternative solutions to aminopenicillins. In addition, the role of dexamethasone in ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Popescu GA,Saquepée M,Poisson D,Prazuck T

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rates of urinary excretion concomitant with the molecular size distribution of filtered polymer fragments were determined in five normovolaemic men dosed with 30 g/m2 BSA of a species of HES (HES 350/0.60) possessing a M-W of 350 000 combined with an MS of 0.60. Approximately 13% of the total injected dose of HES 350/...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mishler JM,Ricketts CR,Parkhouse EJ

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only four cases of tracheopathia osteoplastica have been reported in Britain in the past 110 years. Ten further cases are now reported; in two the diagnosis was made at bronchoscopy. It is suggested that the reputed rarity of the condition in Britain is not the whole picture. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Way SP

更新日期：1967-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This 14th best practice review is the second of a pair that examines tumour marker requesting primary care situations. This review considers carbohydrate antigen 125, α-fetoprotein and human chorionic gonadotropin. It is presented in question-answer format, referenced for each question. The recommendations represent a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cabrera-Abreu JC,Smellie WS,Bowley R,Shaw N

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with rhabdomyosarcoma is described in whom the presenting clinical and laboratory features were those of disseminated intravascular coagulation. The patient's rapid downhill course was primarily expressed by haemorrhagic tendency. An alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, affecting many organs, including vascular and ca...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Eldor A,Naparstek E,Boss JH,Biran S

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary heart disease is associated with increased B-type natriuretic peptides (BNPs), and, although controversial, may cause exaggerated exercise-induced BNP secretion. We investigated BNP in relation to reversible myocardial ischaemia. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Serum N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) was measure...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chatha K,Alsoud M,Griffiths MJ,Elfatih A,Abozguia K,Horton RC,Dunmore SJ,Gama R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Strong thyroglobulin immunoreactivity within sinus histiocytes in a lymph node draining a papillary thyroid carcinoma was observed in a recent case. This prompted the investigation of whether thyroglobulin immunoreactivity is common in regional lymph nodes in cases of thyroid malignancy. METHODS:Eighty seven lymp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Venkatraman L,Maxwell P,McCluggage WG

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusually severe hypersensitivity reaction to carbamazepine is described, in which the patient presented with lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, bone marrow suppression, immunosuppression and other features strongly suggestive of a lymphoma. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yates P,Stockdill G,McIntyre M

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the complement system, the main humoral mediator of inflammation, is restrained by the action of enzyme inhibitors including alpha 1-antitrypsin. Deficiency leads to chronic liver disease in about one in five children with this genetic defect. Complement activation was investigated in 34 children with al...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Littleton ET,Bevis L,Hansen LJ,Peakman M,Mowat AP,Mieli-Vergani G,Vergani D

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：:The pathological diagnoses and classification schemes for thyroid carcinoma have changed over the past 20 years and continue to do so. New entities have been described and molecular analyses have suggested better characterisation and grouping of certain tumours. Because some of the lesions have been named differently ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Baloch Z,LiVolsi VA,Tondon R

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The congenital dyserythropoietic anaemias (CDAs) are a group of rare hereditary disorders characterised by ineffective erythropoiesis and morphological abnormalities in the erythroblasts. Patients may present with jaundice or with symptoms of anaemia, gall stones or iron overload. The diagnosis can be challenging and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dukka S,King MJ,Hill QA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the natural history of patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis by means of a prospective histological study. METHODS:One thousand five hundred and seventy one patients underwent liver biopsy at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow during the 10 year period 1985 to 1994. All biopsies were reported by...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Evans CD,Oien KA,MacSween RN,Mills PR

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred cases of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder were studied to determine whether squamous metaplasia and other histological features within the bladder can be of value in predicting outcome of treatment with radiotherapy. Sixty cases showed the changes of squamous metaplasia, and of this group 46 (78%...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Martin JE,Jenkins BJ,Zuk RJ,Blandy JP,Baithun SI

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred catalase-positive, coagulase-negative, Gram-positive cocci isolated in significant numbers from the urine of patients with urinary tract infections, provisionally subdivided by their sensitivity to nonoviocin, were classified according to a slightly model version of Baird-Parker's schemes (1965 and 1972). ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Meers PD,Whyte W,Sandys G

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the use of multimedia enhancements, using a computerised microscope, in the training of microscope skills. METHODS:The HOME microscope provides facilities to highlight features of interest in conjunction with either text display or aural presentation. A pilot study was carried out with 10 individuals, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gray E,Duvall E,Sprey J,Bird CC

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is the preferred surgical technique for staging the axilla in clinically node-negative breast cancer. Accurate intraoperative staging allows for the immediate performance of an axillary clearance in node-positive patients. We assessed the Metasin assay for the intraoperative analys...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smith GJ,Hodges E,Markham H,Zhang S,Cutress RI

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver diseases are associated with complex haemostasis defects, in which platelets, coagulation, and fibrinolysis may all be affected. The low plasma concentrations of clotting factors often found can be the result of many changes such as impaired synthesis, increased catabolism due to intravascular coagulation, or al...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Knot E,Ten Cate JW,Drijfhout HR,Kahlé LH,Tytgat GN

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histological examination of the lower margin of the internal sphincter has demonstrated an increased amount of fibrous tissue in patients with haemorrhoids compared with controls. This finding may be of relevance to the treatment of haemorrhoids by maximal anal dilatation. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Haqqani MT,Hancock BD

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of chronic coronary periarteritis associated with chronic periaortitis are described. In one, the chronic periaortitis took the form of perianeurysmal fibrosis around a thoracic atherosclerotic aneurysm; in the other it resembled idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis. The findings in the two subjects support t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mitchinson MJ,Wight DG,Arno J,Milstein BB

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/METHODS:After the recognition of contaminating algae on histopathological sections stained by periodic acid Schiff (PAS) and Grocott methods, a detailed audit was undertaken to assess the extent of contamination and its possible source. RESULTS:The contaminating organism was a member of the staurastrum ge...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Agarwal A,Helliwell TR

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To elucidate potential mechanisms of drug resistance, levels of topoisomerase II alpha mRNA, a target for cytostatic drugs, were measured in cryopreserved tumour tissue from 36 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. To evaluate the potential association between topoisomerase II alpha and cell proliferation, Ki-67 i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lohri A,Reuter J,Gudat F,Herrmann R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of an investigation show that there is no statistically significant excess of blood group A in cases of carcinoma of the oesophagus or in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： BEASLEY WH

更新日期：1964-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In October 1859, 'The Queen of Hearts' was published by Wilkie Collins. This book is a collection of 10 short stories written by the protagonists (three retired brothers), in order to keep their niece (aka the queen of hearts) entertained, until the arrival of her fiancé-to-be. The second story of the book, titled 'Br...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fernandez-Flores A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments are described with glass fibre filter paper and complete glass filters as fitted to high pre-vacuum autoclaves to determine whether organisms can grow or penetrate through the filters. A filter consisting of four layers of glass fibre paper fitted inside a sterilizer chamber for a year and used for 96 ster...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fallon RJ

更新日期：1963-05-01 00:00:00