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W Boyd

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PubMed2000

Cervical cytology history in Irish doctors and midwives.

In Ireland we do not have a national cervical screening programme. It is hoped that such a service will soon be implemented and a pilot programme is currently underway. In our department there was a perception that many women working in the area of women's health had a "laissez-faire" attitude towards their own cervical cytology. This prompted us to perform an anonymous survey of a sample of Irish gynaecologists, general practitioners and midwives in advance of a national cervical screening programme. Overall, 80% of the questionnaires were returned completed--72% from gynaecologists, 68% from GPs and 100% from midwives. 60% of those who returned completed questionnaires were "up-to-date", 21% were "late" and 19% had never had a cervical smear.

Adult↗
PubMed1992

Fibronectin as a component of pseudophakic acellular membranes.

Avidin-biotin immunohistochemical staining for fibronectin was used to study 17 aphakic intraocular lens implanted globes and 12 explanted intraocular lenses. Fibronectin was identified as a component of acellular pseudophakic membranes and was also observed within lens epithelial cells and macrophages.

Cataract Extraction↗
PubMed1987

Immunoglobulin IgM detected by ELISA in bovine pituitary intraglandular colloid, non-vascular holocrine secretion of intermediate lobe cells.

ELISA was employed to determine the presence of immunoglobulin IgM in crude bovine pituitary intraglandular colloid (IGC). The percentage weight of IgM was 1.15% per total weight of lyophilized colloid. The colloid from 32 glands (sufficient amount to perform the ELISA) was pooled and placed in 20 ml cold phosphate buffered saline (pH 7.6) and lyophilized. The total weight of the lyophilized material was 2.05 g IGC, housed in the intraglandular lumen (residual lumen). This is the holocrine secretion of the marginal half of bovine pituitary intermediate lobe (IL) cells, known to produce the ACTH/LPH family of peptides. The discovery of immunoglobulin IgM in IGC is a unique phenomenon. Since it has been established that IL cells process common precursor molecules to different final secretory products, it can be envisioned that continuing studies will help to elucidate the relationship between immunoglobulins and the ACTH/LPH family of peptides.

Animals↗
PubMed1979

The fortune of a capacious spinal canal.

Injury to the spine may be either osseous, neural, or both. The neurological deficit may or may not be a reflection of the severity of the osseous injury. Patients having wide canals are more likely to have less neurological dysfunction than those having narrow canals.

Adolescent↗