Editorials:

Basement membrane components

A C Y Li and R P H Thompson

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 885-887. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.885

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Echoes:

Role of microbiological investigations in the management of non-perineal cutaneous abscesses

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 887. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.887

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Anti-inflammatory cytokines may maintain healthy synovial tissue

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 909. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.909

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Screening for familial Mediterranean fever makes sense in Greece

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 932. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.932

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Pathophysiology of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 941. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.941

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Reviews:

Best Practice No 174: Best practice guidelines for the examination of specimens for the diagnosis of parasitic infections in routine diagnostic laboratories

J Francis, S P Barrett, and P L Chiodini

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 888-891. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.888

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-Methylacyl CoA racemase (P504S): overview and potential uses in diagnostic pathology as applied to prostate needle biopsies

A J Evans

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 892-897. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.892

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Original articles:

Immunohistochemical analysis of adenocarcinoma of the small intestine: a tissue microarray study

M Svrcek, F Jourdan, N Sebbagh, A Couvelard, D Chatelain, N Mourra, S Olschwang, D Wendum, and J-F Fléjou

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 898-903. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.898

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SV40 Tag DNA sequences, present in a small proportion of human hepatocellular carcinomas, are associated with reduced survival

N A C S Wong, F Rae, M M Herriot, N J Mayer, D H Brewster, and D J Harrison

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 904-909. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.904

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Detection of human papillomavirus DNA in oral inverted ductal papillomas

C Haberland-Carrodeguas, M L Fornatora, R F Reich, and P D Freedman

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 910-913. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.910

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Salivary duct carcinoma: immunohistochemical profile of an aggressive salivary gland tumour

A Etges, D S Pinto, Jr, L P Kowalski, F A Soares, and V C Araújo

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 914-918. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.914

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Thymidine phosphorylase expression and stromal vascularity in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast

N B Teo, B S Shoker, C Jarvis, J P Sloane, and C Holcombe

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 919-923. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.919

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Red cell or serum folate? Results from the National Pathology Alliance benchmarking review

M Galloway and L Rushworth

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 924-926. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.924

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External quality assessment schemes raise standards: evidence from the UKNEQAS parasitology subschemes

M M Kettelhut, P L Chiodini, H Edwards, and A Moody

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 927-932. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.927

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Inequalities of primary care microbiology testing between hospital catchment areas

W S A Smellie, G Clark, and C A M McNulty

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 933-936. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.933

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Postprandial hypertriglyceridaemia in patients with Tangier disease

G Kolovou, D Daskalova, K Anagnostopoulou, I Hoursalas, V Voudris, D P Mikhailidis, and D V Cokkinos

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 937-941. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.937

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Genetic evolution of fetoprotein producing gastric cancer

H Fujii, K Ichikawa, T Takagaki, Y Nakanishi, M Ikegami, S Hirose, and T Shimoda

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 942-949. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.942

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Letter to JCP:

Medical educators’ personal attitudes towards the necropsy

J L Burton

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 950-951. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.950

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Short reports:

Development of immunoglobulin variable heavy chain gene consensus probes with conjugated 3' minor groove binder groups for monitoring minimal residual disease in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

M Uchiyama, C Maesawa, A Yashima, T Itabashi, T Satoh, M Tarusawa, M Endo, Y Takahashi, S Sasaki, S Tsuchiya, Y Ishida, and T Masuda

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 952-955. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.952

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Mannan binding lectin in febrile adults: no correlation with microbial infection and complement activation

A N Tacx, A B J Groeneveld, M H Hart, L A Aarden, and C E Hack

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 956-959. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.956

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Water transport becomes uncoupled from K⁺ siphoning in brain contusion, bacterial meningitis, and brain tumours: immunohistochemical case review

S Saadoun, M C Papadopoulos, and S Krishna

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 972-975. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.972

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Symptomatic laryngeal nodular chondrometaplasia: a clinicopathological study

A Orlandi, S Fratoni, I Hermann, and L G Spagnoli

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 976-977. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.976

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Case reports:

Hepatitis C virus genotype testing in paraffin wax embedded liver biopsies for specimen identification

Y Ikura, M Ohsawa, E Hai, H Jomura, and M Ueda

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 960-962. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.960

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Multiple microcarcinoids in a patient with long standing ulcerative colitis

T Matsumoto, Y Jo, R Mibu, M Hirahashi, T Yao, and M Iida

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 963-965. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.963

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Chronic granulomatous pleuritis caused by nocardia: PCR based diagnosis by nocardial 16S rDNA in pathological specimens

R Wada, C Itabashi, Y Nakayama, Y Ono, C Murakami, and S Yagihashi

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 966-969. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.966

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Carcinoma metastasis to unexpected synchronous lymphoproliferative disorder: report of three cases and review of literature

U Pandey, M Naraynan, U Karnik, and B Sinha

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 970-971. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.970

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Correspondence:

Psammomatous carcinoid of the rectum

S A Pai, D Kini, K Shetty, and U V Rao

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 978. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.978

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Corrections:

CORRECTION

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 978. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.12.978-a

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