Review:

Best Practice No 177: Best practice guideline: writing a business case for service development in pathology

M J Galloway

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 337-343. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.012518

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Editorials:

HbA_1c measurement

E S Kilpatrick

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 344-345. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.010918

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Original articles:

Conditions associated with very low values of glycohaemoglobin measured by an HPLC method

J L Camargo and J L Gross

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 346-349. doi:10.1136/jcp.2002.007088

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Distribution of constitutive (COX-1) and inducible (COX-2) cyclooxygenase in postviral human liver cirrhosis: a possible role for COX-2 in the pathogenesis of liver cirrhosis

N A Mohammed, S A El-Aleem, H A El-Hafiz, and R F T McMahon

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 350-354. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.012120

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The practical application of reflectance spectrophotometry for the demonstration of haemoglobin and its degradation in bruises

V K Hughes, P S Ellis, T Burt, and N E I Langlois

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 355-359. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.011445

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Unfavourable prognosis of patients with trisomy 18q21 detected by fluorescence in situ hybridisation in t(11;18) negative, surgically resected, gastrointestinal B cell lymphomas

J Krugmann, A Tzankov, S Dirnhofer, F Fend, R Greil, R Siebert, and M Erdel

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 360-364. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.012369

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Suspicious urinary cytology with negative evaluation for malignancy in the diagnostic investigation of haematuria: how to follow up?

G Nabi, D Greene, and M O Donnel

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 365-368. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.009696

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Trends of accuracy of clinical diagnoses of the basic cause of death in a university hospital

M H C Grade, S Zucoloto, J K Kajiwara, M T P Fernandes, L G F Couto, and S B Garcia

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 369-373. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.013235

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Loss of heterozygosity of the BRCA1 and FHIT genes in patients with sporadic breast cancer from Southern Brazil

S C L Santos, L R Cavalli, I J Cavalli, R S Lima, B R Haddad, and E M S F Ribeiro

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 374-377. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.013490

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Analytical and diagnostic accuracy of "second generation" assays for thyrotrophin receptor antibodies with radioactive and chemiluminescent tracers

D Villalta, E Orunesu, R Tozzoli, P Montagna, G Pesce, N Bizzaro, and M Bagnasco

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 378-382. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.012294

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Thyroid transcription factor 1 in pulmonary adenocarcinoma

G Stenhouse, N Fyfe, G King, A Chapman, and K M Kerr

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 383-387. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.007138

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The Dutch CISOE-A framework for cytology reporting increases efficacy of screening upon standardisation since 1996

S Bulk, F J van Kemenade, L Rozendaal, and C J L M Meijer

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 388-393. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.011841

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Size, shape, structure, and direction of angiogenesis in laryngeal tumour development

J Laitakari, V Näyhä, and F Stenbäck

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 394-401. doi:10.1136/jcp.2002.004978

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Steatosis and fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C

J Wyatt, H Baker, P Prasad, Y Y Gong, and C Millson

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 402-406. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.009357

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An audit of splenectomies in a teaching hospital in North India. Are postsplenectomy guidelines being complied with?

M Deodhar and N Kakkar

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 407-410. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.013896

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Serological and genetic characterisation of a unique strain of adenovirus involved in an outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis

A K Adhikary, T Inada, U Banik, A Mukouyama, Y Ikeda, M Noda, T Ogino, E Suzuki, T Kaburaki, J Numaga, and N Okabe

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 411-416. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.012500

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Aberrant tetranectin expression in human breast carcinomas as a predictor of survival

P Obrist, G Spizzo, C Ensinger, D Fong, T Brunhuber, G Schäfer, M Varga, R Margreiter, A Amberger, G Gastl, and M Christiansen

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 417-421. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.010058

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Teaser:

POPULAR PATHOLOGY REQUISITIONS: THE HIDDEN MEANING

T Rajalakshmi

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 368. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.011858

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Echoes:

Steatosis and viral genotype in chronic hepatitis C

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 382.

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Pancolonic dye aids surveillance for adenomas

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 406.

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Nitric oxide synthase 1 and prognosis in cystic fibrosis

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 434.

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Short reports:

Expression of connective tissue growth factor (CCN2) in desmoplastic small round cell tumour

A W Rachfal, M H Luquette, and D R Brigstock

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 422-425. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.012344

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Does activity in research correlate with visibility?

T M Reynolds and A S Wierzbicki

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 426-427. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.012351

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Case reports:

Adenocarcinoma arising from a gastric duplication cyst with invasion to the stomach: a case report with literature review

K Kuraoka, H Nakayama, T Kagawa, T Ichikawa, and W Yasui

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 428-431. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.013946

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Osteosarcomatous differentiation in lung metastases from a malignant phyllodes tumour of the breast

H Tsubochi, N Sato, M Kaimori, and T Imai

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 432-434. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.012336

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Cutaneous manifestations of thyroid cancer: a report of four cases and review of the literature

S Alwaheeb, D Ghazarian, S L Boerner, and S L Asa

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 435-438. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.012922

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A tale of two sisters

D R Gaya, A L C McLay, K A Oien, R J Spooner, and T G Reilly

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 439-441. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.012013

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CD20 positive T cell lymphoma: is it a real entity?

T Sun, A Akalin, M Rodacker, and T Braun

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 442-444. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.011734

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Acquired C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency or serendipity? The chance finding of a paraprotein after an apparently low C1 esterase inhibitor concentration

D Sinclair, A Smith, T Cranfield, and R J Lock

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 445-447. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.013524

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Correspondence:

The impact of the organ retention controversy on the practice of hospital necropsy: a four year audit

D Mcguone and E W Kay

J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 448. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.012633

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