Practical tips to using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue archives for molecular diagnostics in a South African setting

Autor: Barbara S. van Deventer, Lorraine du Toit-Prinsloo, Chantal van Niekerk

Publikováno v: African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp e1-e6 (2022)

Background: Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue archives in hospitals, biobanks, and others offer a vast collection of extensive, readily available specimens for molecular testing. Unfortunately, the use of tissue samples for molecular dia

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The prevalence of HIV in the sudden, unexplained and unexpected death population at the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory

Autor: Neil K. Morris, Lorraine du Toit-Prinsloo, Lynne Webber, Gert Saayman

Publikováno v: Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp e1-e5 (2016)

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of HIV in the sudden, unexplained and unexpected (SUU) death population admitted to the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory. Methods: This study was conducted at the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory. Blood samples w

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Drugged driving in South Africa: An urgent need for review and reform

Autor: Jade Liebenberg, Lorraine Du Toit-Prinsloo, Gert Saayman, Vanessa Steenkamp

Publikováno v: South African Crime Quarterly; Vol. 67 No. 1 (2019); 7-18
SA Crime Quarterly, Issue: 67, Pages: 18-7, Published: MAR 2019
South African Crime Quarterly; No 67 (2019): March 2019; 7-18

Driving under the influence is a major threat to road safety in South Africa. Various psychoactive substances (both licit and illicit) have the potential to adversely affect driving performance and increase the probability of a road traffic accident.

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https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sacq/article/view/239433

Non-Fatal Autopsy Findings

Autor: Rebecca A. Irvine, Lorraine du Toit-Prinsloo

Publikováno v: Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Third Edition ISBN: 9780128236789

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https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823677-2.00067-2

Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy [SUDI]: What the clinician, pathologist, coroner and researchers want to know

Autor: Dominic A. Fitzgerald, Lorraine du Toit-Prinsloo, Teresa O'Sullivan, Heather E. Jeffery, Karen A. Waters, Susan Arbuckle

Publikováno v: Paediatric respiratory reviews. 41

The loss of an apparently healthy infant is confronting for any family, puzzling for a clinician and challenging for the pathologist charged with the task of demonstrating a cause for death. The term “cot death” evolved to “sudden infant death

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34998675