The Malaysian Journal of Pathology

Current Issue: Volume 37 No.2 August 2015

Journal cover v37, No.2 August 2015

ISSN 0126-8635

Contents

Editoral

Malaysian pathology spreading its canopy
Author: Looi LM

Review Article

IsomiRs have functional importance
Author: Tan GC and Dibb N

Original Articles

Increased soluble HLA-DRB1in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Author: Hassan N, Dhaliwal JS, Mohd Ibrahim H, Osman R, Idris SZ, Lee LJ and Abdullah M

Gamma irradiation and red cell haemolysis: a study at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
Authors: Yousuf R, Mobin MH and Leong CF

Detection of chromosome 13 (13q14) deletion among Sudanese patients with multiple myeloma using a molecular genetics fluorescent in situ hybridization technique (FISH)
Authors: Dowd AA, Homeida S and Elkarem HA

Diagnostic flex-rigid pleuroscopic biopsy of parietal pleura for exudative pleural effusions in suspected malignant and tuberculosis cases: a retrospective study of 219 cases
Authors: Lad LV, Samsudin AT, Kannan K, Makki JS and Mohamed M

Comparison of Abtectcell III and Diamed red cell antibody screening kit for detection of clinically significant red cells alloantibody
Authors: Syed Azim SMS, Muhamad NA, Leong CF and Hussin NH

Tumour morphology after neoadjuvant chemotherapy as a predictor of survival in serous ovarian cancer: an experience from a tertiary care centre in India
Authors: Khandakar B, Kumar L, Kumar S, Gupta SD, Kalaivani M, Iyer VK and Mathur SR

Effectiveness of bone cleaning process using chemical and entomology approaches: time and cost
Authors: Lai PS, Khoo LS, Mohd Hilmi S, Ahmad Hafizam H, Mohd Shah M, Nurliza A and Nazni WA

Short communication

Routine diabetes screening in blood donation campaigns
Authors: Samad NA, Yong PW and Mahendran K

Pseudotumour cerebri in acute promyelocytic leukemia on treatment with all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) - an experience from a tertiary care centre
Authors: Ahmad Tali M, Bashir Y, Bhat S, Manzoor F, Bashir N, Geelani S, Rasool J and Waheed Mir A

Case Reports

A rare case of combined placental site trophoblastic tumour with mature cystic teratoma and mixed germ cell tumour in the testis
Authors: Leow WQ, Loh HLA, Lee LS and Goh CHR

Obstructive jaundice in small cell lung carcinoma
Author: Mokhtar Pour A, Masir N and Isa MR

Molecular characterization of two Malaysian patients with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Authors: Baharin MF, Kader Ibrahim SB, Yap SH, Abdul Manaf AR, Mat Ripen A and Dhaliwal JS

Triple cancer: chronic lymphocytic leukemia with bladder and prostate carcinoma
Authors: Gajendra S, Sharma R and Sahoo MK

Practice guidelines

Guidelines for nucleic acid detection and analysis in hematological disorders
Authors: Hassan R, Husin A, Sulong S, Yusoff S, Johan MF, Yahaya BH, Ang CY, Ghazali S and Cheong SK

Abstracts of the 2015 Annual Scientific Meeting of the College of Pathologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia