Review:

Best Practice No 172: Pituitary gland pathology

J W Ironside

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 561-568. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.561

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Teasers:

Winds of change

T Rajalakshmi

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 568. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.568

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Pathology’s top ten one liners—and what they really mean

T Rajalakshmi

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 626. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.626

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Original articles:

Expression of folate receptors and heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein E1 in women with human papillomavirus mediated transformation of cervical tissue to cancer

M R Pillai, P Chacko, L A Kesari, P G Jayaprakash, H N Jayaram, and A C Antony

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 569-574. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.569

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Increase of bone marrow lymphocytes in systemic mastocytosis: reactive lymphocytosis or malignant lymphoma? Immunohistochemical and molecular findings on routinely processed bone marrow biopsy specimens

H-P Horny, K Lange, K Sotlar, and P Valent

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 575-578. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.575

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Prognostic significance of grading (MIB-1 system) in patients with myxoid liposarcoma

U Tateishi, T Hasegawa, Y Beppu, A Kawai, and N Moriyama

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 579-582. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.579

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Enhanced telomere shortening in transformed lymphoblasts from patients with X linked dyskeratosis

L Montanaro, P L Tazzari, and M Derenzini

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 583-586. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.583

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p27^Kip1 protein expression in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

G Troncone, A Iaccarino, A Caleo, D Bifano, G Pettinato, and L Palombini

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 587-591. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.587

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Outcome of women with inadequate cervical smears followed up for five years

Y L Hock, S Ramaiah, E S Wall, A M Harris, L Marston, J Marshall, K Kendall, and A Teale

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 592-595. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.592

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Unconjugated bilirubin in human bile: the nucleating factor in cholesterol cholelithiasis?

M K Dutt, G M Murphy, and R P H Thompson

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 596-598. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.596

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Insulin-like growth factor system gene expression in women with type 2 diabetes and breast cancer

E Nardon, I Buda, G Stanta, E Buratti, M Fonda, and L Cattin

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 599-604. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.599

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External quality assessment for warfarin dosing using computerised decision support software

T P Oppenkowski, E T Murray, H Sandhar, and D A Fitzmaurice

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 605-607. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.605

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A comparison of the performance of commercially available chromogenic agars for the isolation and presumptive identification of organisms from urine

D Fallon, G Ackland, N Andrews, D Frodsham, S Howe, K Howells, K J Nye, and R E Warren

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 608-612. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.608

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Optimisation of acid fast smears for the direct detection of mycobacteria in clinical samples

S J Murray, A Barrett, J G Magee, and R Freeman

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 613-615. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.613

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Syndication:

Associations between Mycoplasma genitalium, Chlamydia trachomatis and pelvic inflammatory disease

I Simms, K Eastick, H Mallinson, K Thomas, R Gokhale, P Hay, A Herring, and P A Rogers

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 616-618. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.616

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Echo:

Quality and use of synovial fluid tests open to question

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 618. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.618

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Short reports:

Correction of uneven illumination (vignetting) in digital microscopy images

F J W-M Leong, M Brady, and J O’D McGee

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 619-621. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.619

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Measurement of 5-hydroxy-2-aminovaleric acid as a specific marker of metal catalysed oxidation of proline and arginine residues of low density lipoprotein apolipoprotein B-100 in human atherosclerotic lesions

J Pietzsch and R Bergmann

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 622-623. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.622

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Case reports:

The effect of calpain 3 deficiency on the pattern of muscle degeneration in the earliest stages of LGMD2A

M Vainzof, F de Paula, A M Tsanaclis, and M Zatz

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 624-626. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.624

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Late pulmonary metastasis in uterine PEComa

A Dimmler, G Seitz, W Hohenberger, T Kirchner, and G Faller

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 627-628. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.627

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Intestinal goblet cell autoantibody associated enteropathy

K Hori, Y Fukuda, T Tomita, T Kosaka, K Tamura, T Nishigami, A Kubota, and T Shimoyama

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 629-630. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.629

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Hepatosplenic T cell lymphoma with no expression of cytotoxic molecules

Y Sadahira, K Notohara, and T Manabe

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 631-633. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.631

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Letters to JCP:

Primary venous dissecting aneurysm arising during pregnancy: a case report and review of the literature

H M Burnley, D McCormick, J Hurren, and P J Gallagher

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 634-635. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.634

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Fungus colonisation of pulmonary rheumatoid nodule

A Cavazza, M Paci, E Turrini, R Dallari, and G Rossi

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 636-637. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.636

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Correspondence:

An early lesion of pulmonary carcinosarcoma: possible diagnostic problem in frozen section interpretation

H Hattori

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 638. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.638

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Caution should be taken in using CD31 for distinguishing the vasculature of lymph nodes

H Hattori

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 638-639. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.638-a

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Cirrhosis with steatohepatitis following longterm stilboestrol treatment

L Cooper, M Palmer, and K Oien

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 639. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.639

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Book reviews:

Cytopathology of the Breast: McKee GT. (£130.00.) Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0 19 514006 0.

N A Miller

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 640. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.640

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The Diagnosis of Lymphoproliferative Diseases: An atalas: Gatter K, Delsol G. (£145.00.) Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0 19 850 891 3.

R Chetty

J Clin Pathol 2003; 56: 640. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.640-a

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