External quality assessment schemes raise standards: evidence from the UKNEQAS parasitology subschemes

We believe that UKNEQAS for Parasitology has been of direct benefit in raising awareness of parasitic infection in UK laboratory practice, and in ensuring more uniform application of standard diagnostic methods. By highl...

Salivary duct carcinoma: immunohistochemical profile of an aggressive salivary gland tumour

The patients comprised four men and one woman, with ages ranging from 50 to 67 years (median, 58.5). All tumours were located in the parotid gland. Two patients presented regional lymph node metastases at...

Renal function in preeclampsia

Postprandial hypertriglyceridaemia in patients with Tangier disease

This patient (fig 1​1, , V10), the proband, has been described previously.17 She is a 34 year old woman who initially presented with anaemia. Clinical examination only revealed mild hepatosplenom...

Genetic evolution of α fetoprotein producing gastric cancer

Nineteen cases of AFP-GC were identified in the archival pathology files of the pathology division, National Cancer Centre Research Institute and Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, and the department of pathology at Jikei Universit...