Recently added articles from New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science:
Attenuation of serum laminin concentrations upon treatment of chronic hepatitis.(Clinical report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Introduction Laminin was initially identified by Timpl and Martin in 1979, from a murine fibrosarcoma (1). Laminin is one of the main glycoproteins of the basement membrane and participates in a series of such biological phenomena such as adhesion, migration, cellular ...
Estimated platelet and differential leucocyte counts by microscopy, Sysmex XE-2100 and CellaVision[TM] DM96.
Apr 01, 2009; ... Introduction The increased workload experienced by many haematology laboratories coupled with reductions in staff numbers has lead to the introduction of automated morphological analysis in laboratories. The improved processing capacity of computers combined with high resolution ...
A retrospective review of homozygous haemoglobin E patients.(Report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Introduction Haemoglobin E is a common [beta] chain haemoglobin (Hb) variant prevalent in South East Asia (SEA), resulting from a point mutation that creates an amino acid substitution of glutamic acid for lysine at position 26 ([[[alpha].sub.2][[beta].sub.2].sup.26Glu Lys]) ....
Evaluation of the immature reticulocyte fraction as an early indicator for bone marrow engraftment in patients treated with bone marrow/stem cell transplantation.(Report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Introduction Normally reticulocytes are present at about one percent of the red cells in the peripheral circulation. However, their release into the circulation may be enhanced by intense erythropoietic stimulation. The reticulocyte count is used, therefore, in the evaluation of ...
TH pullar address. Finding Rumplestiltskin by crossing the Southern Alps.
Nov 01, 2008; ... In 1998, almost 10 years ago to the day, an article appeared in the NZIMLS journal entitled a room full of straw. This was based on the well known fairy tale of Rumplestiltskin, where a young lass was imprisoned by an unreasonable persecutor who made her spin a roomful of straw into gold ....