ACP best practice:

Haemoglobin A_1c in the diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes mellitus

E S Kilpatrick

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 977-982. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.054304

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Reviews:

Haemoglobin A_1c analysis in the management of patients with diabetes: from chaos to harmony

A H Berg and D B Sacks

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 983-987. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.049205

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T cell immunodeficiency

J D M Edgar

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 988-993. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.051144

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Antibody deficiency

R Herriot and W A C Sewell

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 994-1000. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.051177

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Immune deficiency disorders involving neutrophils

G P Spickett

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1001-1005. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.051185

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Genetically determined susceptibility to mycobacterial infection

S Y Patel, R Doffinger, G Barcenas-Morales, and D S Kumararatne

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1006-1012.
Published Online First: 6 March 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.051201

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Complement deficiency and disease

D J Unsworth

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1013-1017.
Published Online First: 21 May 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.056317

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Analysis of mucins: role in laboratory diagnosis

A S Mall

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1018-1024.
Published Online First: 19 July 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.058057

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Leading article:

Ischaemia-modified albumin: clinical utility and pitfalls in measurement

P O Collinson and D C Gaze

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1025-1028. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.053363

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Original articles:

Assessment of the clinical significance of intestinal spirochaetosis

S O’Donnell, N Swan, P Crotty, D Sangster, and C O’Morain

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1029-1033.
Published Online First: 4 August 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.059204

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Gains of chromosome region 3q26 in intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva are frequent and independent of HPV status

S Aulmann, J Schleibaum, R Penzel, P Schirmacher, G Gebauer, and H P Sinn

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1034-1037.
Published Online First: 17 June 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.056275

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Do patients with low volume prostate cancer have prostate specific antigen recurrence following radical prostatectomy?

B Furusato, I L Rosner, D Osborn, A Ali, S Srivastava, C J Davis, I A Sesterhenn, and D G McLeod

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1038-1040.
Published Online First: 13 June 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.057794

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Human papillomaviruses do not play an aetiological role in Müllerian adenosarcomas of the uterine cervix

E Mumba, H Ali, D Turton, K Cooper, and W Grayson

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1041-1044.
Published Online First: 13 June 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.056614

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Nestin is expressed in basal-like and triple negative breast cancers

S Parry, K Savage, C Marchiò, and J S Reis-Filho

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1045-1050.
Published Online First: 19 July 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.058750

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Midazolam in conjunction with local anaesthesia is superior to Entonox in providing pain relief during bone marrow aspirate and trephine biopsy

G Chakupurakal, J Delgado, E Nikolousis, S Pitchapillai, D Allotey, K Holder, L Bratby, J de la Rue, and D W Milligan

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1051-1054. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.058180

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Use of tissue ink to maintain identification of individual cores on needle biopsies of the prostate

P B Singh, N K Saw, A Haq, R A Blades, F L Martin, S S Matanhelia, and C M Nicholson

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1055-1057.
Published Online First: 19 July 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.058545

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Hepatic giant cells in hepatitis C virus (HCV) mono-infection and HCV/HIV co-infection

S T L Micchelli, D Thomas, J K Boitnott, and M Torbenson

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1058-1061.
Published Online First: 4 August 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.058560

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Case report:

Pathological evidence of rhabdomyolysis-induced acute tubulointerstitial nephritis accompanying Legionella pneumophila pneumonia

C Shimura, T Saraya, H Wada, S Takata, S Mikura, T Yasutake, J Kato, A Kato, M Yamamoto, M Watanabe, T Yokoyama, D Kurai, H Ishii, M Aoshima, A Yamada, and H Goto

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1062-1063.
Published Online First: 13 June 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.057000

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Snippets in pathology:

Snippets in surgical pathology

Kumarasen Cooper and Runjan Chetty

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1064-1068. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.058651

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PostScript:

A new grossing knife with two parallel blades for preparing uniform thickness gross tissue sections

J Yang, X Chen, B Su, S Zhao, and L Qiang

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1069-1070. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.057786

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Positive immunostaining for thyroid transcription factor-1 in colorectal adenocarcinoma using the 8G7G3/1 monoclonal antibody

N A C S Wong, H Kamel, E A Sheffield, and M Sohail

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1070-1071. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.058552

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Terminal digit preference occurs in pathology reporting irrespective of patient management implication

S J Hayes

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1071-1072. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.059543

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CORRECTION

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1072. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.056689corr1

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NOTICE

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1072. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.042408corr1

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