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Original articles

• Chymase expressing bone marrow mast cells in mastocytosis and myelodysplastic syndromes: an immunohistochemical and morphometric study (1 February, 2003)

  H-P Horny, A Greschniok, J-H Jordan, D M Menke, P Valent
• Expression and prognostic relevance of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor (FLT-1) in nephroblastoma (1 February, 2003)

  M A Ghanem, G J van Steenbrugge, M K Sudaryo, R B Mathoera, J M Nijman, Th H van der Kwast
• European Concerted Action on Anticoagulation (ECAA). An assessment of lyophilised plasmas for ISI calibration of CoaguChek and TAS whole blood prothrombin time monitors (1 February, 2003)

  L Poller, M Keown, N Chauhan, A M H P van den Besselaar, A Tripodi, C Shiach, J Jespersen
• Genetic characterisation of adenovirus type 8 isolated in Hiroshima city over a 15 year period (1 February, 2003)

  A K Adhikary, J Numaga, T Kaburaki, H Kawashima, M Araie, Y Ikeda, T Ogino, E Suzuki, H Ushijima, A Mukoyama, S Matsuno, T Inada, N Okabe
• The effects of storage conditions on viability of Clostridium difficile vegetative cells and spores and toxin activity in human faeces

  (1 February, 2003)

  J Freeman, M H Wilcox
• A comparison of flow cytometry, bone marrow biopsy, and bone marrow aspirates in the detection of lymphoid infiltration in B cell disorders (1 February, 2003)

  S P Sah, E Matutes, A C Wotherspoon, R Morilla, D Catovsky
• Will the spectrum of lesions prompting a “B3” breast core biopsy increase the benign biopsy rate? (1 February, 2003)

  P J Carder, J C Liston