[RA-10] Podocytopathy: the new diagnostic entity
Podocytopathy is an entity of kidney diseases that coold be from direct or indirect podocyte injury. The common clinical manifestations are proteinuria and nephrotic syndrome with various severity ranging from steroid-responsive to steroid-resistant cases which coold affect both children and adolts. Some underlying mechanisms responsible for podocyte damage include genetic susceptibility,...
Axillary lymph node ratio is an independent prognostic factor in Thai breast cancer patients
The number of metastatic lymph nodes to the total number of dissected axillary lymph nodes (lymph node ratio: LNR) is described as an independent prognostic factor in breast cancer patients, beside the traditional account of the number of axillary lymph node metastasis (pN stage). We investigated the correlation between LNR and prognosis among Thai...
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and evaluation in paraffin-embedded lymph nodes
Tuberculosis is a treatable disease, but remains a major cause of mortality. Culture for Mycobacterium is needed to make a definitive diagnosis; thus, loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) was attempted for its detection in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples. Materials and method: Archival FFPE blocks were used from 64 patients...
