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Browsing Research Articles (Anatomical Pathology) by Issue Date
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Boy, Sonja Catharina; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita; Engelbrecht, Susan; Dreyer, Leonora; Van Heerden, Marlene B.; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus
(Blackwell, 2006-02)
Background: High-risk human papilloma viruses (HPV) are reported to be significant independent risk factors for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The prevalence of HPV in OSCC in a South African population sample was ...
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Jacyk, Witold Kamil; Grayson, Wayne; Dinkel, Jurgen Erich; Requena, Luis
(Blackwell, 2007-08)
Pagetoid reticulosis (PR), also named Woringer-Kolopp disease, is a low-grade primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma that usually presents as a solitary, slowly enlarging erythematous or hyperkeratotic plaque on the distal areas ...
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Van Biljon, Gertruida; Louw, Melanie; Dreyer, Leonora
(Springer, 2007-09)
Renal disease is a common complication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in adults. In children, however, HIV pathology of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts predominates, whereas renal disease is ...
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Buffart, Tineke E.; Louw, Melanie; Van Grieken, Nicole C.T.; Tijssen, Marianne; Carvalho, Beatriz; Ylstra, Bauke; Grabsch, Heike; Mulder, Chris J.J.; Van de Velde, Cornelis J.H.; Van der Merwe, Schalk Willem; Meijer, Gerrit A.
(BioMed Central, 2011-01)
BACKROUND: Infection with H. pylori is important in the etiology of gastric cancer. Gastric cancer is infrequent in Africa, despite high frequencies of H. pylori infection, referred to as the African enigma. Variation in ...
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Muller, Craig; Adroos, Narosha; Lockhat, Zarina I.; Slavik, Tomas; Kruger, Henk
(Springer, 2011-02)
No abstract available.
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Eyal, Paula
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012)
Barrett's oesophagus (BO) is defined as the occurrence of metaplastic, specialised columnar epithelium lining the distal part of the oesophagus. Evidence points to this as a metaplastic condition in reaction to ulceration ...
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Louw, Melanie
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012-02)
Chronic renal disease (CRD) in adults is
fairly common worldwide. CRD is often
associated with cardiovascular mortality,
which is increasing. In adults CRD is
associated with systemic hypertension,
diabetes mellitus ...
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Dinkel, Jurgen Erich
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012-02)
Lymph node biopsy, if performed correctly, is likely to yield an optimal diagnostic result. However, in view of the invasive nature of the procedure, biopsy should only be undertaken in patients with a definitive clinical ...
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Louw, Melanie
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012-02)
No abstract available.
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Baker, Gillian; Babb, Chantal; Schnugh, Desmond; Nayler, Simon; Melanie, Louw; Goedhals, Jacqueline; Bringuier, Pierre-Paul; Blay, Jean-Yves; Willem, Pascale
(Spandisos, 2013)
Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumours of the digestive tract. Pathogenesis is linked to activating mutations identified in two proto-oncogenes, v-kit Hardy/Zuckerman 4 feline ...
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Heunis, Nanette; Horton, A.; Richter, Karin Louise; Dreyer, Greta; Louw, Melanie
(2014)
BACKGROUND: The L1 capsid protein is a viral nuclear protein that encapsidates the human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA to build
new infectious particles. Previous studies in immune-competent patients have shown that detectable ...
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Slavik, Tomas; Montgomery, Elizabeth Anne
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2014)
Cronkhite–Canada syndrome is a rare gastro-enterocolopathy
of uncertain aetiology first described
almost 60 years ago. It is characterised by diffuse
gastrointestinal polyposis sparing only the oesophagus,
ectodermal ...
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Slavik, Tomas; Asselah, Fatima; Fakhruddin, Najla; El Khodary, Ahmed; Torjman, Fairouz; Anis, Elia; Quinn, Martin; Khankan, Azzam; Kerr, Keith M.
(Elsevier, 2014-11)
The identification of tumor biomarkers provides information on the prognosis and guides the implementation of
appropriate treatment in patients with many different cancer types. In nonesmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), ...
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Crause, Chantelle
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-01)
This case report highlights the importance of timely diagnosis of disseminated fungal infections in neonates, as well as the increased
incidence of infection with non-albicans Candida, and the association with surgical ...
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McCrow, John P.; Petersen, Desiree C.; Louw, Melanie; Chan, Eva K. F.; Harmeyer, Katherine; Vecchiarelli, Stefano; Lyons, Ruth J.; Bornman, Maria S. (Riana); Hayes, Vanessa M.
(Wiley, 2016-03)
BACKGROUND : Prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates are significantly increased in
African–American men, but limited studies have been performed within Sub–Saharan
African populations. As mitochondria control ...
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Rad, Amir; Sorbye, Sveinung Wergeland; Dreyer, Greta; Hovland, Siri; Falang, Bente Marie; Louw, Melanie; Skjeldestad, Finn Egil
(Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2017)
Accurate identification of human papillomavirus (HPV)-types in cervical cancer tissue may be important for tailoring tests for primary
screening and types to be included in a vaccine. The aim of this study was to compare ...
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Solomon, Christa; Louw, Melanie; Van Aardt, M.C. (Matthys Cornelis); Dreyer, Greta
(Medpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited [trading as the Taylor & Francis Group], 2017)
BACKGROUND : Cervical carcinoma was the second leading malignancy in South African women (following breast carcinoma)
in 2010. This study aimed to correlate histopathological criteria and immunohistochemical stains in ...
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Jackson, Brandon Spencer; Pratt, T.L.; Van Rooyen, A.
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-04)
Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma (MASC) is a rare and recently described tumour of the salivary glands. MASC has similar
histomorphological and immunohistochemical features of secretory carcinoma of the breast. MASC ...
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Muller, M.; Kalmeier, G.; Eyal, P.; De Bruin, A.; Pool, Roger; Du Rant, C.; Ehlers, Rene; Stander, Andre; Van Schoor, Albert-Neels; Nortje, Evangeline; Du Toit, Peet J.
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-09)
BACKGROUND. The number of peripheral blood and endometrial natural killer cells varies greatly during implantation and the first trimester of
pregnancy and is thought to play a role in the maintenance of a healthy pregnancy. ...
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Carrim, Yacoob Omar; Gaxa, Luvo; Van der Schyff, Fransica; Bida, Nndweleni Meshack; Omar, Fareed E.; Lockhat, Zarina I.
(Elsevier, 2017-12)
Colorectal carcinoma in children and adolescents is extremely rare, with an annual incidence <0.3 cases
per million, most frequently reported in the second decade of life. It accounts for severe morbidity and
poor prognosis ...