Editorials:

Medical education, in particular the role of the MSc in medical microbiology

Armine M Sefton

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 567-568. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.567

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Leaders:

The role of the pathologist in human rights abuses

Jørgen L Thomsen

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 569-572. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.569

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Thrombophilia in pregnancy

Isobel D Walker

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 573-580. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.573

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HTLV-1 infections

Charles R M Bangham

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 581-586. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.581

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Best practice No 162 The histological reporting of melanoma

Eduardo Calonje

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 587-590. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.587

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Papers:

Small cell malignant melanoma: a variant of naevoid melanoma. Clinicopathological features and histological differential diagnosis

K Blessing, J J H Grant, D S A Sanders, M M Kennedy, A Husain, and P Coburn

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 591-595. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.591

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Consistency in the observation of features used to classify duct carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast

A G Douglas-Jones, J M Morgan, M A C Appleton, R L Attanoos, A Caslin, C S Champ, M Cotter, N S Dallimore, A Dawson, R W Fortt, A P Griffiths, M Hughes, P A Kitching, C O'Brien, A M Rashid, D Stock, A Verghese, D W Williams, N W Williams, and S Williams

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 596-602. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.596

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Aggressive angiomyxoma of pelvic parts exhibits oestrogen and progesterone receptor positivity

W G McCluggage, A Patterson, and P Maxwell

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 603-605. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.603

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PCR based high risk HPV testing is superior to neural network based screening for predicting incident CIN III in women with normal cytology and borderline changes

L Rozendaal, J Westerga, J C van der Linden, J M M Walboomers, F J Voorhorst, E K J Risse, M E Boon, and C J L M Meijer

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 606-611. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.606

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Histopathological detection of owl's eye inclusions is still specific for cytomegalovirus in the era of human herpesviruses 6 and 7

F M Mattes, J E McLaughlin, V C Emery, D A Clark, and P D Griffiths

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 612-614. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.612

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Comparison of three isolation systems for the culture of mycobacteria from respiratory and non-respiratory samples

G Harris, A Rayner, J Blair, and B Watt

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 615-618. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.615

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The gastric cardia in gastro-oesophageal disease

Hala M T El-Zimaity, Vino J Verghese, Jacqueline Ramchatesingh, and David Y Graham

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 619-625. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.619

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Differential expression of CD34 in normal colorectal tissue, peritumoral inflammatory tissue, and tumour stroma

Hirofumi Nakayama, Hideaki Enzan, Eriko Miyazaki, Naoto Kuroda, Keishi Naruse, and Makoto Hiroi

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 626-629. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.626

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Short reports:

Toxoplasma dye test using cell culture derived tachyzoites

D Ashburn, R Evans, J M W Chatterton, A W L Joss, and D O Ho-Yen

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 630-633. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.630

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Immunohistochemical detection of steroid receptors in breast cancer: a working protocol

Robin Leake, Diana Barnes, Sarah Pinder, Ian Ellis, Liz Anderson, Tom Anderson, Ruth Adamson, Tony Rhodes, Keith Miller, and Rosemary Walker

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 634-635. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.634

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Haemophagocytic syndrome and histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's disease)

U Mahadeva, T Allport, B Bain, and W K Chan

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 636-638. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.636

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Synchronous presentation of primary renal adenocarcinoma and contralateral ureteric metastasis

I Pearce, J M V Harney, and R F T McMahon

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 639-640. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.639

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Capillary haemangioma of the testis

P R Mazal, C Kratzik, R Kain, and M Susani

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 641-642. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.641

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Letters:

M2-AMA do not directly produce ANCA indirect immunofluorescence patterns

R C W Wong, R Wilson, J Neil, S Adelstein, R A Silvestrini, E M Benson, and L Powell

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 643. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.643

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Raised plasma parathyroid hormone related peptide in gastric adenocarcinoma

Georg Engelich, Niall Swan, and Kevan L Hartshorn

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 643-644. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.643-a

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ELISA is the superior method for detecting antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in the diagnosis of systemic necrotising vasculitis

Judy Savige, Paul Neeson, Michele Trevisin, Peter Gambel, Wendy Pollock, Anne Harris, David Gillis, Matthew Vadas, and Grace Chang

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 644-645. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.644

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The effect of using templates on the information included in histology reports on specimens of uterine cervix taken by loop excision of transformation zone (LETZ)

S Bradburn and MK Heatley

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 645. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.645

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Some problems found in HIV-1 RNA quantification

Satoru Yoshida, Nozomi Yusa, Noriharu Sato, Mieko Goto, and Aikichi Iwamoto

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 645-646. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.645-a

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Next of kin clinics

John Drayton, Peter S J Ellis, Tony Purcell, Peter Vanezis, and Stephen Leadbeatter

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 646. doi:10.1136/jcp.53.8.646

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Corrections:

Photodynamic treatment of pooled coumarin plasma for external quality assessment of the prothrombin time.: Van den Besselaar AMHP, Moor ACE.

J Clin Pathol 2000; 53: 646.

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