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CONTENTS Volume 48 Number 1 January 1991 Medical Laboratory Sciences: statement of editorial policy and full instruc- tions to authors ORIGINAL ARTICLES Lectin binding to normal mucosa, leukoplakia and squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, D. P. 7.M ay and P. Sloan A whole blood control for blood count analysers, and source material for an external quality assessment scheme, D. M. Reardon, D. Mack, B. Warner and D. Hutchinson Iron overload: detection using a micromethod for iron-binding capacity, K. S. Rana, N. Varma and S. Dash Assays for lupus anticoagulant: the sensitivity of different assays, Alok Fain, Sumitra Dash, N. Marwaha, S. D. Deodhar and S. Sehgal Plasma vitamin B,2 binding proteins correlate with disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, M. A. Sattar and K. C. Das Suspected allergy: a sequential protocol for testing patients’ sera, D. R. G. Walkingshaw and D. O. Ho-Yen Rheumatoid factor quantitation: a comparison of ELISA and nephelometric methods, A. O. Adebajo, 7.K . Wright, T. E. Cawston and B. L. Hazleman Enzyme techniques in blood group serology: the effect of ionic strength, Ewan }. Campbell and Marion L. Scott ANNOTATIONS Liquid chromatographic analysis of amino acids in physiological fluids: recent advances, Roger S. Ersser and fohn F. Davey EDTA, the traditional anticoagulant of haematology: with increased auto- mation is it time forareview?, D. M. Reardon, B. Warner and E. A. Trowbridge SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Detection of cannabinoids in urine: a cost-effective low risk immunoassay procedure, F. M. L. Moore and D. Simpson Discovery of unsuspected pathological states using a new haematology analyser, 7. X. Corberand, P. F. Laharrague, G. Fillola, #. P. Charlet and ¥. P. Cambus Human Xanthine oxidase antibody levels: variation between males and females in Chinese and Europeans, W. H. P. Lewis and Y. L. E. Ng THESIS ABSTRACT LETTERS TO THE EDITOR BOOK REVIEWS Contents Volume 48 Number 2 April 1991 EDITORIAL Keeping up to date, A. D. Farr ORIGINAL ARTICLES A rapid test to detect the most clinically significant Staphylococcus species, C. Geary and M. Stevens 99-105 Detection of Staphylococcus aureus in blood cultures: evaluation of a two- hour method, C. ¥. Mitchell, C. Geary and M. Stevens 106-109 Recovery of Mycoplasma hominis from blood culture media, S. Davies and R. Eggington 110-113 Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: factors influencing recovery of organisms from effluents, P. A. Howe and A. P. Fraise 114-117 Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis: comparison of agar-gel precipitin test and enzyme immunoassay, E. A. O. Irokanulo, C. O. Akueshi and A. A. Makinde 118-121 Determination of C reactive protein: an evaluation of three methods, F. Rodgers and R. Bayston 122-125 Alpha-fetoprotein: a sensitive avidine-biotin assay, Mala Chakrabarty, Maitrayi Bhattacharyya and Chitra Mandal 126-133 Platelet indices: intra-individual variation in pre- and post-menopausal females, fohn M. Carter, Robert W. L. Siebers and Philip 7.W aken 134-136 Detection of toxoplasma-specific Immunoglobulin-G: assessment of a slide agglutination test, P. Dunford and Julie Johnson 137-141 Antibodies to cytomegalovirus, Herpes simplex virus and Epstein-Barr virus in Greek blood donors, L. Kawvallierou, E. Bezirtzoglou, P. Kapellou, S. Spanaki and N. Renieri 142-146 ANNOTATION Tissue banking: the role of the Regional Blood Centre: an American experience in Minnesota, D. Steckler and T. Eastlund 147-154 BIOMEDICAL UPDATE Cervical cancer, S. L. Mera 155-160 SHORT COMMUNICATION Serum prostatic acid phosphatase activity and prostate specific antigen when the prostate gland is enlarged, Debra fenkins, R. T. fonesand A. M.T.Clarke 161-163 THESIS ABSTRACT 164 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 165-166 BOOK REVIEWS 167-169 Contents Volume 48 Number 3 July 1991 LEADING ARTICLE Hepatitis C virus screening: UK Blood Transfusion Service on the threshold, John A. F. Barbara and Marcela Contreras 171-174 ORIGINAL ARTICLES Early detection of lower respiratory tract infection: the value of the Gram- stained sputum smear, D. Glaister 175-177 Detection of micro-organisms using a two bottle blood culture system: a twelve month study, G. S. Temple, S. Oliver and ¥. A. Wilson 178-182 The Limulus amoebocyte lysate assay for prediction of chlamydial infection in males with non-gonococceal urethritis: an evaluation, George 7.G ianako- poulos and Richard B. Prior 183-188 Microwave ovens: mapping the electrical field distribution, Kwan-Hoong Ng 189-192 Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Wistar rats fed vitamin D deficient or normal diet: effect of ultraviolet irradiation and temperature, M. S. Devgun 193-195 The immunological status in Parkinson’s disease, U. Fiszer, K. Piotrowska, ¥. Korlak and A. Cztonkowska 196-200 C-reactive protein levels in serum: a rapid enzyme immunoassay, W. R. Lamb, P. E. C. Brenchley, K. ¥. Wood and R. S. Pumphrey 201-205 Malaria screening to prevent transmission by transfusion: an evaluation of techniques, N. Choudhury, 7. G. Folly, R. C. Mahajan, N. K. Ganguly, M. L. Dubey and S. K. Agnihotri 206-211 Blood group chimaerism: a possible further example, Imelda M. Bromilow and Fennifer K. M. Duguid 212-216 A computerised spreadsheet for audit of a microbiology laboratory, P. I. Otter and A. A. Pease 217-224 BIOMEDICAL UPDATE Breast cancer, S. L. Mera 225-231 SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Platelet separation from the blood of severely thrombocytopaenic patients, A. Kazemi and N. B. Westwood 232-234 Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: detection of parasites by immunofluores- cence based on a monoclonal antibody, fohn G. Magee, Kevin ¥. McDade, Julie Cunningham and Valerie Harrison 235-237 LETTER TO THE EDITOR 238 BOOK REVIEWS 239-242 Contents Volume 48 Number 4 October 1991 EDITORIAL The medical laboratory and the environment, A. D. Farr ORIGINAL ARTICLES Human monoclonal antibodies: analysis of two antibodies derived from lymphocytes of a patient with acute rheumatic fever, E. 7. Hughes, Q. Eichbaum and D. W. Beatty 244-255 Anti-HIV-1: extended validation of a modified gelatin particle agglutination assay, and its use with an image analyser, M. A. Rodriguez, 7. Runganga, M. Contreras, R. Ahya, D. R. Howell and ¥. A. ¥. Barbara 256-260 REVIEW ARTICLES Multidrug resistance in haematological malignancies, Xu-Rong Jiang, Marion G. Macey and Adrian C. Newland 261-270 Mycotoxins in food, G. Blunden, O. G. Roch, D. }. Rogers, R. D. Coker, N. Bradburn and A. E. Fohn 271-282 ANNOTATIONS Aluminium, amyloid, and Alzheimer’s disease, S. L. Mera 283-295 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, 7. G. Collee 296-302 The microbiology of drinking water, R. 7. Lee 303-313 Public health bacteriology in the 1990s, B. S. Chessum 314-316 Radiation: how real are the risks?, B. Heaton 317-323 Treatment and disposal of clinical and laboratory waste, C. H. Collins 324-331 BIOMEDICAL UPDATE Immunohaematology, D. M. Reardon, B. Warner, R. Luddington and D. W. Finch 332-345 SHORT COMMUNICATION Haemoglobin in stools from neonates: measurement by a modified Apt-test, M. Crook 346-347 THESIS ABSTRACT 348 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 349-350 BOOK REVIEWS 351-353 SUBJECT AND AUTHOR INDEXES 354-360