Histology Picture Tests

Any role left for invasive tests? Histology in clinical practice.

Introduction Although some patients may consider even a venepuncture “invasive”, in the context of tests for Helicobacter pylori infection this term is usually restricted to those which require gastric biopsy samples. These tests incorporate a range of techniques to show the presence of H pylori in biopsy material and comprise histology, culture, rapid urease tests and, of lesser importance, mi...

Graphical Assessment of Dependence: Is a Picture Worth 100 Tests?

Nonparametric tests of association have been around for a long time, and new ones continue to be proposed to cope with speciŽ c forms of association. However, graphs have the potential to assess a far richer class of bivariate dependence structures than any collectionof tests. This article describes how chi-plots, used in conjunctionwith the usual scatterplot, provides a useful practical tool i...

Book Review: Picture Tests and Short Cases for the MRCP.

When writing can change your life, when writing can enrich you by offering much money, why don't you try it? Are you still very confused of where getting the ideas? Do you still have no idea with what you are going to write? Now, you will need reading. A good writer is a good reader at once. You can define how you write depending on what books to read. This picture tests and short cases for the...

Histology

HISTOLOGY. Roy 0. Greep, Ed. New York, Blakiston, 1954. 953 pp., 648 figs., $15.00. This massive textbook of histology marks a new departure from the usual text. It began as a sixth edition of the text by Bremer and Weatherford and ended as a completely new book, both as to text and as to most of the illustrations. In addition, the chapters have been written by thirteen different contributors, ...

Histology