Reviews:

Interference from endogenous antibodies in automated immunoassays: what laboratorians need to know

A A A Ismail

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 673-678. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.055848

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Lynch syndrome (hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer) and endometrial carcinoma

K Garg and R A Soslow

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 679-684. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.064949

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Original articles:

Improved method for assessing iron stores in the bone marrow

K S Phiri, J C J Calis, D Kachala, E Borgstein, J Waluza, I Bates, B Brabin, and M Boele van Hensbroek

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 685-689. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.064451

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Cyclo-oxygenase-2 overexpression is a feature of early and well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma with a favourable prognosis

K J Schmitz, J Wohlschlaeger, H Lang, G C Sotiropoulos, G M Kaiser, K W Schmid, and H A Baba

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 690-693. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.065888

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An improved method for constructing tissue microarrays from prostate needle biopsy specimens

F McCarthy, A Fletcher, N Dennis, C Cummings, H O’Donnell, J Clark, P Flohr, R Vergis, S Jhavar, C Parker, and C S Cooper

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 694-698. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.065201

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Biotin-free systems provide stronger immunohistochemical signal in oestrogen receptor evaluation of breast cancer

R M Rocha, K Miller, F Soares, N Schenka, J Vassallo, and H Gobbi

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 699-704.
Published Online First: 15 May 2009. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.065326

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The expression of adiponectin receptors Adipo-R1 and Adipo-R2 is associated with an intestinal histotype and longer survival in gastric carcinoma

V Barresi, M Grosso, G Giuffrè, G Tuccari, and G Barresi

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 705-709. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.066175

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Prognostic significance of neuron-associated protein expression in non-muscle-invasive urothelial bladder cancer

P Mhawech-Fauceglia, L Ali, R T Cheney, J Groth, and F R Herrmann

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 710-714. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.066159

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MGMT methylation in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: validation of quantitative methylation-specific PCR and comparison with MGMT protein expression

S Uccella, R Cerutti, C Placidi, S Marchet, I Carnevali, B Bernasconi, I Proserpio, G Pinotti, M G Tibiletti, D Furlan, and C Capella

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 715-723. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.064741

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Immunophenotype of neoplastic plasma cells in AL amyloidosis

M Deshmukh, K Elderfield, A Rahemtulla, and K N Naresh

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 724-730. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.065474

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Lupus anticoagulant: case-based external quality assessment

A M H P van den Besselaar, K M J Devreese, P G de Groot, and A Castel

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 731-734. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.066449

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Staphylococcal pyrogenic toxins in infant urine samples: a possible marker of transient bacteraemia

L M Harrison, J A Morris, R M Lauder, and D R Telford

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 735-738.
Published Online First: 21 May 2009. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.057232

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Can we rely on one laboratory test in detection of extended-spectrum β-lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae? An evaluation of the Vitek 2 system and comparison with four other detection methods in Kuwait

A A Dashti, M M Jadaon, and F M Habeeb

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 739-742.
Published Online First: 29 April 2009. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.066134

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Short reports:

Appropriateness of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody testing in a tertiary hospital

P C Robinson and R H Steele

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 743-745. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.064485

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Where do out-of-hours calls to a consultant microbiologist come from?

H Humphreys

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 746-748.
Published Online First: 12 April 2009. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.059790

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eSlide suite: an open source software system for whole slide imaging

V Della Mea, N Bortolotti, and C A Beltrami

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 749-751. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.057737

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Rapid blood separation is superior to fluoride for preventing in vitro reductions in measured blood glucose concentration

R Z Shi, E S Seeley, R Bowen, and J D Faix

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 752-753. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.062547

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Aberrations of the MYC gene in unselected cases of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma are rare and unpredictable by morphological or immunohistochemical assessment

E C Obermann, M Csato, S Dirnhofer, and A Tzankov

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 754-756. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.065227

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Case reports:

Myeloid sarcoma of the small bowel associated with a CBFβ/MYH11 fusion and inv(16)(p13q22): a case report

M McKenna, C Arnold, M A Catherwood, M W Humphreys, R J G Cuthbert, C Bueso-Ramos, and D T McManus

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 757-759. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.063669

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Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumour-mixed connective tissue variant without oncogenic osteomalacia

R Winters, S Bihlmeyer, L McCahill, and K Cooper

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 760-761. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.055996

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Snippets in pathology:

Snippets in surgical pathology

Kumarasen Cooper and Runjan Chetty

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 762-764. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.068015

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PostScript:

Subcutaneous nodules, some 20 years after a fall in Namibia, diagnosed in Belgium: imported pathology may take a long time before diagnosis

L Ide, J Knol, L Op De Beeck, and I Surmont

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 765. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.064204

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Inverted follicular keratosis with sebaceoma-like areas: first case report

M D’Agostino, A Al Habeeb, and D Ghazarian

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 765-766. doi:10.1136/jcp.2009.067231

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Cutaneous actinomycosis: the great mimicker

H A Ngow and W M N Wan Khairina

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 766. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.063842

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Antigliadin antibody testing for coeliac disease in children under 3 years of age is unhelpful

S Holding, M Abuzakouk, and P C Doré

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 766-767. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.063594

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The Washington manual of surgical pathology

S A Pai

J Clin Pathol 2009; 62: 767-768. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.063057

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