EDITORIALS:

DE Normansell

Cost-effective detection of anomalous immunoglobulins in serum
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2193. [PDF]  

JC Boyd

Accuracy in cholesterol assays
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2194-2195. [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

JE McLean-Bushnell, KN Frayn, and J Mitchener

More on predictive value of "AlbuScreen" and "AlbuSure" results
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2387. [PDF]  

J Vanderborght, J Smitz, and AC Van Steirteghem

Performance of the SimulTRAC free T4/TSH assay during pregnancy and treatment with amiodarone
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2387-2388. [PDF]  

AG Hadjivassiliou, NS Benou, and EJ Diskakis

Total serum protein quantified without interference from dextran
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2388. [PDF]  

FL Redondo

Probability of disease ascertained by modified cumulative frequency plots: some comments
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2389-2390. [PDF]  

RP Singh

Extent of removal of sulfate and phosphate during the extraction step in the sigma enzymatic method for oxalate assay, as determined by ion chromatography
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2390. [PDF]  

NA McCarroll

Serious overestimation of endogenous fecal porphyrin concentrations by solvent-extraction techniques, as demonstrated by HPLC
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2390-2391. [PDF]  

SJ Soldin, S Nicholson, A Einhorn, and S Koppes

Serendipitous diagnosis of iodide intoxication
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2391-2392. [PDF]  

A Goto, K Yamada, M Ishii, and T Sugimoto

How best to detect endogenous digitalis-like factor?
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2392-2393. [PDF]  

DJ Rowe, RM Szydlo, and GF Watts

Which specimen to screen for microalbuminuria
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2393-2394. [PDF]  

Articles:

DF Keren, JS Warren, and JB Lowe

Strategy to diagnose monoclonal gammopathies in serum: high-resolution electrophoresis, immunofixation, and kappa/lambda quantification
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2196-2201. [Abstract] [PDF]  

TN English, D Ruxton, and CJ Eastman

Abnormalities in thyroid function associated with chronic therapy with methadone
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2202-2204. [Abstract] [PDF]  

TG Shrivastav, PK Pandey, and GL Kumari

Enzyme immunosorbent assay of prolactin with penicillinase as label
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2205-2207. [Abstract] [PDF]  

WG Thompson, RG Mahr, WS Yohannan, and MR Pincus

Use of creatine kinase MB isoenzyme for diagnosing myocardial infarction when total creatine kinase activity is high
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2208-2210. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L Longerich, S Vasdev, E Johnson, and MH Gault

Disposable-column radioimmunoassay for serum digoxin with less interference from metabolites and endogenous digitalis-like factors
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2211-2216. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SA Margolis and TP Davis

Stabilization of ascorbic acid in human plasma, and its liquid- chromatographic measurement
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2217-2223. [Abstract] [PDF]  

H Ito, C Naito, H Hayashi, and M Kawamura

Activity of low-density lipoprotein receptors as estimated from concentrations of apolipoprotein B and C-II in serum
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2224-2227. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Y Kinoshita, S Yamada, K Haraguchi, T Takayanagi, Y Mori, T Takahashi, and E Haruki

Determination of vanillylmandelic acid, vanillactic acid, and homovanillic acid in dried urine on filter-paper discs by high- performance liquid chromatography with coulometric electrochemical detection for neuroblastoma screening
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2228-2230. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J Ruf, B Czarnocka, M Ferrand, F Doullais, and P Carayon

Novel routine assay of thyroperoxidase autoantibodies
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2231-2234. [Abstract] [PDF]  

LL Yung-Jato, PR Durie, and SJ Soldin

Liquid-chromatographic measurement of p-aminobenzoic acid and its metabolites in serum
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2235-2238. [Abstract] [PDF]  

WD Neithercut and RJ Spooner

Nosocomial dysnatremia
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2239-2240. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ND Atherton and A Green

HPLC measurement of phenylalanine in plasma
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2241-2244. [Abstract] [PDF]  

EK Frandsen and RA Bacchus

Influence of timing in the fructosamine assay
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2245-2248. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RT Evans, J O'Callaghan, and A Norman

A longitudinal study of cholinesterase changes in pregnancy
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2249-2252. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P Chappuis, L Duhaux, F Paolaggi, MC de Vernejoul, and F Rousselet

Analytical problems encountered in determining aluminum status from hair in controls and hemodialyzed patients
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2253-2255. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MH Kroll, M Ruddel, and RJ Elin

A model for the effect of bias for cholesterol on the population at risk
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2256-2259. [Abstract] [PDF]  

I Kobayashi, N Amemiya, T Endo, J Motegi, A Kurihara, S Hamaoka, K Tamura, and S Kume

Amidolytic kinetic assay of protein C by selective spectrophotometry in a centrifugal analyzer
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2260-2263. [Abstract] [PDF]  

T Niwa, N Takeda, A Tatematsu, and K Maeda

Accumulation of indoxyl sulfate, an inhibitor of drug-binding, in uremic serum as demonstrated by internal-surface reversed-phase liquid chromatography
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2264-2267. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C Mizon, C Becuwe, M Balduyck, JF Colombel, A Cortot, J Mizon, and P Degand

Qualitative study of fecal alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor in normal subjects and patients with Crohn's disease
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2268-2270. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F Mashige, N Tanaka, T Murakami, H Shimosaka, S Kamei, and A Ohkubo

Clinical usefulness of an enzymatic determination of total urinary polyamines, excluding cadaverine
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2271-2274. [Abstract] [PDF]  

H Ong, A De Lean, and C Gagnon

A highly specific radioreceptor assay for the active circulating form of atrial natriuretic factor in human plasma
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2275-2279. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P Ellerbe, A Cohen, MJ Welch, and E White, 5th

The stability of uric acid in ammonium hydroxide
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2280-2282. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P Mocarelli, P Brambilla, L Colombo, A Marocchi, C Crespi, P Tramacere, and A Mondonico

A new method for D-glucaric acid excretion measurement that is suitable for automated instruments
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2283-2290. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S Teshima, K Tamai, Y Hayashi, and S Emi

New enzymatic determination of sialic acid in serum
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2291-2294. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MN Berry, RD Mazzachi, M Pejakovic, and MJ Peake

Enzymatic determination of sodium in serum
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2295-2298. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S Scharpe, I De Meester, G Vanhoof, D Hendriks, M van Sande, K Van Camp, and A Yaron

Assay of dipeptidyl peptidase IV in serum by fluorometry of 4-methoxy-2- naphthylamine
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2299-2301. [Abstract] [PDF]  

DS Ooi, MS Mahadevan, DC Greenway, and SZ Gertler

Evaluation of four commercially available assays for free thyroxin
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2302-2307. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MH Barreto-Lins, FA Campos, MC Azevedo, and H Flores

A re-examination of the stability of retinol in blood and serum, and effects of a standardized meal
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2308-2310. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P Hagemann and SN Kahn

Significance of low concentrations of creatinine in serum from hospital patients
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2311-2312. [Abstract] [PDF]  

AR Pettigrew, JM Orrell, and MH Dominiczak

Mobile laboratory unit based on the Kodak Ektachem DT system
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2313-2315. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CN Verme, TM Ludden, and SC Harris

Immunoassay of alpha 1-acid glycoprotein in the Cobas Bio centrifugal analyzer
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2316-2320. [Abstract] [PDF]  

I Hemmila, O Malminen, H Mikola, and T Lovgren

Homogeneous time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay of thyroxin in serum
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2320-2322. [Abstract] [PDF]  

VC Dias, HG Parsons, ND Boyd, and P Keane

Dual-precipitation method evaluated for determination of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), HDL2, and HDL3 cholesterol concentrations
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2322-2327. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JC Liao, M Rountree, R Good, J Hook, and C Punko

Determination of D-sorbitol in human erythrocytes by an improved enzymatic method with fluorometric detection
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2327-2330. [Abstract] [PDF]  

WM Awni, JA Maloney, and KL Heim-Duthoy

Liquid-chromatographic determination of fleroxacin in serum and urine
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2330-2332. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SL Mikkelsen and KO Ash

Adulterants causing false negatives in illicit drug testing
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2333-2336. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S Dakubu, R Hale, A Lu, J Quick, D Solas, and J Weinberg

Time-resolved pulsed fluorescence immunometric assays of carcinoembryonic antigen
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2337-2340. [Abstract] [PDF]  

IM Barlow, SP Harrison, and GL Hogg

Evaluation of the Technicon Chem-1
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2340-2344. [Abstract] [PDF]  

I Biaggioni, S Paul, and D Robertson

A simple liquid-chromatographic method applied to determine caffeine in plasma and tissues
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2345-2348. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RC Dorey, SH Preskorn, and PK Widener

Results compared for tricyclic antidepressants as assayed by liquid chromatography and enzyme immunoassay
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2348-2351. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Z Rotenberg, R Seip, LA Wolfe, and DE Bruns

"Flipped" patterns of lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes in serum of elite college basketball players
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2351-2354. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J McManus, D Blake, and S Ratnaike

An assay of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase in erythrocytes
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2355-2357. [Abstract] [PDF]  

DW Horne and D Patterson

Lactobacillus casei microbiological assay of folic acid derivatives in 96-well microtiter plates
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2357-2359. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Y Tokuda, K Kasagi, Y Iida, H Hatabu, A Hidaka, T Misaki, and J Konishi

Sensitive, practical bioassay of thyrotropin, with use of FRTL-5 thyroid cells and magnetizable solid-phase-bound antibodies
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2360-2364. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F Apple, L Preese, R Bennett, and A Fredrickson

Clinical and analytical evaluation of two immunoassays for direct measurement of creatine kinase MB with monoclonal anti-CK-MB antibodies
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2364-2367. [Abstract] [PDF]  

WE Neeley

A reflectance photometer with a square photodiode array detector for use on multilayer dry-film slides
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2367-2370. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. John Rush

Clinical Diagnosis of Mood Disorders
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2370. [Abstract] [PDF]  

DA Orinda, M Braddick, J Meme, JO Achola, and P Achola

Concentrations of thyroid hormones in maternal and cord blood from a normal Kenyan population
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2371. [PDF]  

IM Barlow and SP Harrison

Whole-blood glucose method adapted to the technicon RA-1000
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2371-2372. [PDF]  

D Willems and W Steenssens

Ammonia determined in plasma with a selective electrode
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2372. [PDF]  

EM Ostrea, Jr, PM Parks, and MJ Brady

Rapid isolation and detection of drugs in meconium of infants of drug- dependent mothers
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2372-2373. [PDF]  

G Leroux-Roels, F Offner, J Philippe, and A Vermeulen

Influence of blood-collecting systems on concentrations of tumor necrosis factor in serum and plasma
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2373-2374. [PDF]  

LW Westerhuis

Measurement of cortisol with EMIT and Amerlite immunoassays
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2374. [PDF]  

P Kintz, A Tracqui, P Mangin, A Lugnier, and A Chaumont

Specificity of the Abbott TDx assay for amphetamine in post-mortem urine samples
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2374-2375. [PDF]  

D MacDonald and R Swaminathan

Seasonal variation in 25-OH vitamin D in plasma of Hong Kong Chinese
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2375. [PDF]  

Y Touitou and HM Heshmati

Neuron-specific enolase in medullary thyroid carcinoma
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2375-2376. [PDF]  

AJ Bakker, R Lerk, B Reitsma, F Reitsma, and V de Vrij

Determining iron without copper interference from carryover of total protein reagent in Hitachi analyzers
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2376. [PDF]  

DB Taichman, K Bayer, M Senior, DB Goodman, and LJ Kricka

Oligoclonal immunoglobulins in HIV-antibody-positive serum
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2377. [PDF]  

HF Larsen and M Kisby

Automated method for measuring cystine in urine
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2377-2378. [PDF]  

MR Bonnin, MT Gonzalez, B Arranz, P Rosel, and MA Navarro

Intact parathyrin in patients after kidney transplantation
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2378. [PDF]  

MW Brighton and AJ Furth

Fructosamine concentration changes in serum during hemodialysis of kidney-disease patients
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2378-2379. [PDF]  

MR Baxter, JA Hinds, JR Gollogly, and P Duffy

Repair of RA-1000 probes
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2379. [PDF]  

C Cocco, M Marini, and G Bacciga

Performance of the Technicon "Chem I" system for estimating high- density-lipoprotein cholesterol
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2379-2380. [PDF]  

F Padbury, AM Martinez, JK Ludlow, CW Evans, and SL Thio

Radioenzymatic assay for simultaneous estimation of dobutamine and endogenous catecholamines
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2380. [PDF]  

DH Embury and JC Doery

"Tina Quant" immunoturbidometric kit for C-reactive protein adapted to the Cobas FARA centrifugal analyzer
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2381. [PDF]  

RE Brown, SL Alade, JA Knight, and BJ Evans

Serum lipoperoxidation products in an infant with hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2382-2384. [Abstract] [PDF]  

DS Sheriff and M el Fakhri

Libyan family with beta-thalassemia trait associated with hypercholesterolemia with widespread xanthomas
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2385-2386. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Books Received
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2396. [PDF]  

the clinical chemist
Clin Chem 1988 34: 2397-2400. [PDF]  

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