Frequency distribution and 'reference values' of plasma alkaline phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.1) activity in the adult population of a Scottish new town.

abstract：:Renal endocrine tumours are extremely rare, and carcinoid tumoral elements in renal cell carcinoma have never been reported. This is the first report of a composite renal cell carcinoma containing a clear cell renal cell carcinoma associated with carcinoid tumoral elements, in a patient with synchronous metastatic dis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bressenot A,Delaunay C,Gauchotte G,Oliver A,Boudrant G,Montagne K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The applicability of a recently developed non-radioactive DNA labelling and detection method, which uses the digoxigenin (DIG) enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) system, for the detection of viral infections in pathology specimens by in situ hybridisation, was examined. Its efficacy was compared with that of bi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Furuta Y,Shinohara T,Sano K,Meguro M,Nagashima K

更新日期：1990-10-01 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：:A commercial latex slide test (Oxoid DR 620) for the identification of Escherichia coli O157 was compared with a standard tube agglutination method using E coli O157 antiserum (Difco). Thirty isolates previously confirmed as E coli O157 were positive by both methods: 30 isolates of E coli of serogroups other than O157...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chapman PA

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the physical status of human papillomavirus 16 (HPV-16) in low grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSILs) as a means of determining the percentage of viral integration. METHODS:Ninety two LSIL/HPV positive Thin Prep(TM) samples were initially tested for the E6 gene by the polymerase chain react...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gallo G,Bibbo M,Bagella L,Zamparelli A,Sanseverino F,Giovagnoli MR,Vecchione A,Giordano A

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Transcription factors of the forkhead box P (FOXP1-4) family have been implicated in various human cancer types before. The relevance and role of neuronal transcription factor FOXP2 in prostate cancer is unknown. METHODS:A tissue microarray containing samples from more than 11 000 prostate cancers ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stumm L,Burkhardt L,Steurer S,Simon R,Adam M,Becker A,Sauter G,Minner S,Schlomm T,Sirma H,Michl U

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review deals with difficulties of diagnosis in cutaneous malignant melanoma encountered by histopathologists of variable seniority and is based on referred material at The Royal Marsden Hospital over a 20-year period and on the experience of more than two-and-a-half thousand cases referred to The World Health Org...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Levene A

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoinfective strongyloidiasis is often fatal in immunosuppressed patients or in immunocomprised hosts. An interesting case of Strongyloides stercolaris hyperinfection was seen in an immunocompetent patient. This report describes a case of fatal strogyloidiasis in a 79 year old man, who had suffered gastrointestinal d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mayayo E,Gomez-Aracil V,Azua-Blanco J,Azua-Romeo J,Capilla J,Mayayo R

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：AIMS:To validate a method of assessment of low hepatic iron concentration based on a biochemical colorimetric assay plus histological scoring. METHODS:The within-day and day to day precision of the iron colorimetric assay was determined on frozen rat liver. The coefficient of variation (CV) of iron measurement in two ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Imbert-Bismut F,Charlotte F,Turlin B,Khalil L,Piton A,Brissot P,Le Charpentier Y,Delattre J,Opolon P,Deugnier Y,Poynard T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the expression of immunohistochemical variables between benign and malignant components of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST) arising within neurofibroma. METHODS:Eight cases of MPNST arising within a neurofibroma, associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), were studied. The areas of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Watanabe T,Oda Y,Tamiya S,Masuda K,Tsuneyoshi M

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：:An immunohistochemical study of the tissue CEA content of 82 epithelial neoplasms of the ovary has shown that mucinous tumours contain more of this substance than do their serous counterparts; otherwise a knowledge of tissue CEA content appears to be of little value in the differential histological diagnosis of this g...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Heald J,Buckley CH,Fox H

更新日期：1979-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Although Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is a predisposing factor for B-lineage thyroid lymphoma, clonal B-cell populations in HT are rare. AIM:To investigate whether there is a clonal relationship between HT and primary thyroid lymphoma. METHODS:Clonalilty and sequence similarity was determined by PCR followed...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Moshynska OV,Saxena A

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：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：AIMS:To evaluate whether endometrial pathology is more likely to be diagnosed in gynaecologically symptomatic rather than in gynaecologically asymptomatic postmenopausal breast cancer patients with tamoxifen treatment; and to evaluate the possible influence of various clinical factors on the incidence of endometrial pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cohen I,Perel E,Flex D,Tepper R,Altaras MM,Cordoba M,Beyth Y

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of using a product of serum thyroxine and triiodothyronine binding coefficient, estimated by simple methods, to give a ;free thyroxine index' in normal women, in pregnant women, and in patients taking oral contraceptives is described. The method is believed to provide a reliable means of assessing thyroid ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gimlette TM,Piffanelli A

更新日期：1968-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To ascertain the views of Scottish hospital laboratory users on aspects of regional and supraregional biochemical services offered by the Institute of Biochemistry at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. METHODS:A questionnaire was circulated asking questions or inviting opinions under various headings, including current patt...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Murphy MJ,Dryburgh FJ,Shepherd J

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum total calcium was measured in 1693 patients during a four-month period. We examined the effects of adjustment for albumin concentration on the interpretation of single measurements of serum total calcium and on the variation of series of measurements in individual patients. Markedly abnormal total calcium concen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Payne RB,Carver ME,Morgan DB

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adhesion molecule E-cadherin is essential for maintaining epithelial intercellular adhesion. Loss or reduced expression of E-cadherin has been related to invasive behaviour in a wide range of carcinomas. Using immunoblotting techniques, the existence of multiple soluble forms of E-cadherin was demonstrated in urin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Banks RE,Porter WH,Whelan P,Smith PH,Selby PJ

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of islet cell necrosis in neonates are reported. The association of this rare condition with antepartum haemorrhage, anoxia, shock and intravascular coagulation are discussed. The clinical and morphological appearances were compared with previous descriptions of this condition and an association with neona...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Roberts PF

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 12-month period, 40 146 blood donors were tested for the presence of high titre antitetanus antibodies. An attempt has been made to define the most suitable donors, those with antitetanus antibody titres of 4 IU/ml or above, by virtue of titre, sex, location, and length of time since most recent immunisation...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wiseman IC,Gascoigne ME

更新日期：1977-02-01 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：:The urinary excretion of the renal proximal tubular enzyme, gamma-glutamyltransferase (gamma-GT), has been studied in 41 patients receiving tobramycin, gentamicin or streptomycin for a variety of infections. All patients receiving tobramycin or gentamicin have shown increased excretion of gamma-GT in the urine. Only 4...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Beck PR,Thomson RB,Chaudhuri AK

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To perform a clinicopathological analysis of a series of primary cutaneous Ewing sarcomas/primitive neuroectodermal tumours (ES/PNET) to highlight the pathological features, discuss the differential diagnosis, emphasise the role of molecular testing (particularly fluorescence in situ hybridisation, FISH) in diagno...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shingde MV,Buckland M,Busam KJ,McCarthy SW,Wilmott J,Thompson JF,Scolyer RA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Clot waveform analysis (CWA) has been reported to extend the interpretation of clotting time measurement. The parameters obtained from successive derivatives of the clotting reaction curves reflect the rates of activation of individual coagulation factors, theoretically dissecting the cascade pathway. This study a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wakui M,Fujimori Y,Katagiri H,Nakamura S,Kondo Y,Kuroda Y,Nakagawa T,Shimizu N,Murata M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum haptoglobin levels have been studied in patients with a number of haemolytic disorders. In general, serum haptoglobins were low in patients with increased haemolysis. Values were reduced irrespective of whether haemolysis occurred intravascularly or extravascularly. The reduction was related to the amount of hae...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Owen JA,de Gruchy GC,Smith H

更新日期：1960-11-01 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