An automated staining protocol for seven-colour immunofluorescence of human tissue sections for diagnostic and prognostic use.

abstract：:Thirty-one patients aged over 60 yrs and with lupus anticoagulant (LA) were reviewed for their drug intake. Twenty-three (73%) were taking cinchona alkaloids, 10 (32%) quinine for night cramps, 11 (35%) quinidine for cardiac arrhythmia and 2 (6%) were taking both. These frequencies of drugs usage differed significantl...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Bird MR,O'Neill AI,Buchanan RR,Ibrahim KM,Des Parkin J

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is often associated with a poor prognosis and options for the treatment of this disease are few. To date, the important role of the immune microenvironment in modifying the disease natural history is well established. The programmed cell death pathway (PD-1/PD-L1) limits the T lymp...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Rrapaj E,Giacometti L,Spina P,Salvo M,Baselli GA,Veggiani C,Rena O,Trisolini E,Boldorini RL

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of complement-fixing (CF) antibody against the AG-4 early antigen of herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 2 (HSV-2) was determined in patients with culture confirmed HSV-2 genital herpes and control groups using a commercial HSV-2 early antigen (Simplex-2; Gene Link Australia Ltd). Eighty seven per cent of 3...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Field PR,Ho DW,Cunningham AL

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sequential study has been made of the ultrastructure of local renal graft-versus-host reactions produced in cyclophosphamide-pretreated rats by injection of either allogeneic or xenogeneic (mouse) spleen cells beneath the renal capsule. Early in the reaction, immunoblasts were seen between the outer cortical tubules...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Davies DJ,Conway MS

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sclerosing adenosis (SA) of the breast if a disease associated with an increase relative risk of malignancy. The exact incidence and factors influencing malignant transformation in association with SA are not well established. Two counts of the AgNOR silver staining technique have been correlated with ploidy and proli...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Mourad WA

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exfoliative, abrasive and aspiration cytology were increasingly relied upon for tissue diagnosis of tumours. The established histological stains for the differentiation of mucin and non-mucin-secreting tumours are not ideal for alcohol-fixed cytology smears and a more reliable cytological technique for the preservatio...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Nathan NA,van Deth AG

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lupus anticoagulant (LA) phenomenon created world-wide interest recently. Various tests have been devised to identify LA in plasma, but none of these methods have been universally accepted. In this study 16 cases labelled LA positive by a prior kaolin clotting time (KCT) test were reassessed by four other methods,...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Stark RA,Gordon S

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes and pathogenesis of severe childhood pneumonia in a developing country were studied in lungs removed at autopsy from 119 Bangladeshi children who presented with pneumonia and/or diarrhea. Pneumonia was observed in 93 patients. Morphologic features included acute alveolar exudate in 51% (of the 93 patients),...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Tomashefski JF Jr,Butler T,Islam M

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:p73, a homologue of p53, is known as a negative regulator of tumour progression. However, delta Np73, an isoform of p73 lacking the NH2-terminal transactivation domain plays an oncogenic role by interfering with the activity of p53 and TA (full-length transactivating isoforms) p73. In this study, we investigated t...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Ito Y,Uramoto H,Funa K,Yoshida H,Jikuzono T,Asahi S,Higashiyama T,Tomoda C,Takamura Y,Miya A,Kobayashi K,Matsuzuka F,Kuma K,Miyauchi A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have devised a simple, sensitive quantitative method for the determination of serum methemalbumin. The method uses a modified Allen correction to correct the alpha band of methemalbumin at 623 nm for background turbidity. The technique is robust and is more sensitive than Schumm's test. ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Cowley DM,Powell VR

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichostrongylus infection, an uncommonly reported zoonosis in Australia, is common in parts of the world where there is close human contact with herbivorous animals. We report 5 cases diagnosed in our laboratory since 1992. Over this period the laboratory has conducted over 46,000 parasitological examinations on fece...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Boreham RE,McCowan MJ,Ryan AE,Allworth AM,Robson JM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most carcinomas of the bladder occur de novo, some vesical lesions progress to malignancy over time. These lesions appear morphologically benign, but often harbour genetic changes that signify their malignant potential. Despite their benign appearance, accurate identification is important given that these pat...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Samaratunga H,Martignoni G,Egevad L,Delahunt B

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ stages of malignancy have been characterised in various neoplasms. Mesothelioma in situ (MIS) has been a controversial diagnosis, lacking clear diagnostic criteria and understanding as to whether it is truly a premalignant lesion in the progression of malignant mesothelioma (MM). Originally understood as a con...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Pulford E,Henderson DW,Klebe S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathological findings in a retrospective review of 100 consecutive intracranial stereotactic biopsies are presented. Definite diagnosis could be established in the majority (89) of cases and included 85 neoplasms (69 primary cerebral tumors, 10 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and 6 metastases) and 4 non-neoplastic process...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Robbins PD,Yu LL,Lee M,Stokes BA,Thomas GW,Watson P,Wong G

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We investigated the role of renal sympathetic innervation in the deterioration of renal haemodynamic and excretory functions during the early post-ischaemic phase of renal ischaemia/reperfusion injury. METHODS:Anaesthetised male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to unilateral renal ischaemia by clamping the left ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Salman IM,Ameer OZ,Sattar MA,Abdullah NA,Yam MF,Najim HS,Khan AH,Johns EJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients with Aeromonas species septicemia were seen at Westmead Hospital between 1983 and 1987. In 10 patients (77%) septicemia was caused by A. sobria, and in 3 (23%) by A. hydrophila, A. caviae was not isolated. Chronic underlying illness was present in 10 patients (77%), hematological malignancy being the...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Dryden M,Munro R

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercalcemia is a common biochemical abnormality. It is usually possible to make a presumptive diagnosis of its cause by relatively simple means. In a large majority of cases this involves differentiating between primary hyperparathyroidism and malignancy-associated hypercalcemia. Clinical evaluation and parathyroid ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Mason RS

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the clinical and postmortem findings in seven adults (four females and three males), who died with dissection of the coronary arteries. The median age was 56 years. Five of the coronary artery dissections (CADs) were spontaneous and two followed trauma: one a motor vehicle accident, the other occurred durin...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Mulvany NJ,Ranson DL,Pilbeam MC

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present conventional methods for determination of Hemoglobin (Hb) concentration in whole blood depend on the direct colorimetric measurement of chemically modified Hb following its release from red cells by lysis. This paper examines an alternative, indirect method which does not require initial red cell lysis, co...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Kalache GR,Sartor MM,Hughes WG

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perhexiline maleate is a potent anti-anginal drug which may cause alcoholic-type hepatitis and cirrhosis. We report a case of a patient who developed cirrhosis on a relatively low dose within 16 mth. ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Pieterse AS,Rowland R,Dunn D

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to establish a population based reference range for a commercial immunoblot assay detecting myositis specific autoantibodies (MSAs) and myositis associated autoantibodies (MAAs), and to assess the diagnostic performance of this reference range against the manufacturer's recommended rang...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Bundell C,Rojana-Udomsart A,Mastaglia F,Hollingsworth P,McLean-Tooke A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The increasing importance of cardiac disease has generated an interest in improved screening strategies regarding preclinical cardiac abnormalities and employing measurement of circulating biomarkers. This review focuses on the utility of the B-type natriuretic peptides (NP) and the cardiac troponins (cTns) for th...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Eggers KM,Venge P

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distinct differences in the extent and progression of the lateral and epicardial boundaries of evolving regional infarcts were demonstrated in isolated rabbit hearts. Ischemia was produced by interrupting (0-240 minutes) flow in the ventral interventricular branch of the left coronary artery, whilst the remainder of t...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Sage MD,Gavin JB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penile metastases from prostate cancer are rare and are usually a manifestation of wide-spread cancer dissemination. Isolated urethral metastases form a small fraction of these cases, have a longer survival rate and may represent spread by implantation following instrumentation. We report a case of prostatic carcinoma...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Taylor GB,McNeal JE,Cohen RJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tonsil swabs were collected from 248 children (1 through 10 yr) who presented with acute tonsillitis. A beta-hemolytic streptococcus was grown from 129 (53%) of 244 cases and as the sole pathogen from 83 (47%) of 178 cases. Beta-Hemolytic streptococci were especially common over the age of 6 yr (68% of children) relat...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Douglas RM,Miles H,Hansman D,Fadejevs A,Moore B,Bollen MD

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A calcified nodule on the liver of a 62-year-old man from North Carolina, USA, contained a degenerated nymph of Linguatula serrata. The nodule was incidentally discovered at laparotomy for malignant lymphoma and cholelithiasis. The cuticle was all that remained of the parasite, but sclerotized openings and large spine...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Baird JK,Kassebaum LJ,Ludwig GK

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is reported of a woman aged 60 yrs who presented with systemic symptoms and who was found to have proteinuria of 3.5 g per day. A renal biopsy revealed numerous neoplastic cells filling many of the glomerular capillary lumina. Immunoperoxidase stains revealed that the phenotype of the malignant cells was LCA+...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Axelsen RA,Laird PP,Horn M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of extracellular hemoglobin is useful for assessing the relative success of different blood storage strategies. The test is now also included in routine quality assurance procedures. With the recent trend towards transfusion of concentrated red cells resuspended in "additive" solutions, a safe and efficien...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Raftos JE,Stewart IM,Lovric VA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies have been raised against components of glomerular immune deposits in experimental glomerulonephritis and idiopathic human glomerulonephritis. An accelerated model of chronic serum sickness in the rat using cationized human serum albumin was employed to obtain renal tissue with capillary loop and ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Murphy BF,d'Apice AJ

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is composed of two distinct pathological entities, nodular lymphocyte predominant HL and classic HL, the latter with four subtypes. In contrast with most other human lymphomas, in which the neoplastic cells are a major population of the tumour constituents, the neoplastic 'Hodgkin (H) and Reed-St...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Piris MA,Medeiros LJ,Chang KC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00