EDITORIALS:

RB Conn

Health care reform and the clinical laboratory
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1759-1760. [PDF]  

MR Glick and KW Ryder

Double trouble: hemolysis and stabilized hemoglobins (so you think you're seeing red now?)
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1761-1763. [PDF]  

REVIEWS:

PM Ueland, H Refsum, SP Stabler, MR Malinow, A Andersson, and RH Allen

Total homocysteine in plasma or serum: methods and clinical applications
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1764-1779. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G Mathis

Rare earth cryptates and homogeneous fluoroimmunoassays with human sera
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1953-1959. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RG Hamilton

Molecular engineering: applications to the clinical laboratory
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1988-1997. [Abstract] [PDF]  

D Arnott, J Shabanowitz, and DF Hunt

Mass spectrometry of proteins and peptides: sensitive and accurate mass measurement and sequence analysis
Clin Chem 1993 39: 2005-2010. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

H Benge, G Csako, and FF Parl

A 10-year analysis of "revenues," costs, staffing, and workload in an academic medical center clinical chemistry laboratory
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1780-1787. [Abstract] [PDF]  

BL Lee, AL New, PW Kok, HY Ong, CY Shi, and CN Ong

Urinary trans,trans-muconic acid determined by liquid chromatography: application in biological monitoring of benzene exposure
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1788-1792. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PA Metcalf, JR Baker, RK Scragg, E Dryson, AJ Scott, and CJ Wild

Albuminuria in people at least 40 years old: effect of alcohol consumption, regular exercise, and cigarette smoking
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1793-1797. [Abstract] [PDF]  

AT Kicman, H Oftebro, C Walker, N Norman, and DA Cowan

Potential use of ketoconazole in a dynamic endocrine test to differentiate between biological outliers and testosterone use by athletes
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1798-1803. [Abstract] [PDF]  

DW Jay and D Provasek

Characterization and mathematical correction of hemolysis interference in selected Hitachi 717 assays
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1804-1810. [Abstract] [PDF]  

EM Prence, MR Natowicz, and I Zalewski

Unusual thermolability properties of leukocyte beta-hexosaminidase: implications in screening for carriers of Tay-Sachs disease
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1811-1814. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MR Pandian, WD Odell, E Carlton, and DA Fisher

Development of third-generation immunochemiluminometric assays of follitropin and lutropin and clinical application in determining pediatric reference ranges
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1815-1819. [Abstract] [PDF]  

E Chapoteau, BP Czech, W Zazulak, and A Kumar

New reagent for colorimetric assay of calcium in serum
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1820-1824. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PH Gamache, ML Kingery, and IN Acworth

Urinary metanephrine and normetanephrine determined without extraction by using liquid chromatography and coulometric array detection
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1825-1830. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P Parvy, J Bardet, D Rabier, M Gasquet, and P Kamoun

Intra- and interlaboratory quality control for assay of amino acids in biological fluids: 14 years of the French experience
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1831-1836. [Abstract] [PDF]  

AW Jones

Pharmacokinetics of ethanol in saliva: comparison with blood and breath alcohol profiles, subjective feelings of intoxication, and diminished performance
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1837-1844. [Abstract] [PDF]  

GW Hensels, EA Janssen, JE Hoogendijk, LJ Valentijn, F Baas, and PA Bolhuis

Quantitative measurement of duplicated DNA as a diagnostic test for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1a
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1845-1849. [Abstract] [PDF]  

KB Lim and HL Pardue

Error-compensating kinetic method for enzymatic determination of DNAs
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1850-1856. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P Neven, RK Iles, I Howes, K Sharma, JH Shepherd, R Edwards, WP Collins, and T Chard

Substantial urinary concentrations of material resembling beta-core fragment of chorionic gonadotropin beta-subunit in mid-menstrual cycle
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1857-1860. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JC Tschantz and GI Sunahara

Microaffinity chromatographic separation and characterization of lipoprotein fractions in rat and mongolian gerbil serum
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1861-1867. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Kajiwara, K Hara, K Takatori, and K Matsumoto

Revised structure of a delta-aminolevulinic acid derivative
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1867-1871. [Abstract] [PDF]  

WL Roberts and PM Rainey

Interference in immunoassay measurements of total and free phenytoin in uremic patients: a reappraisal
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1872-1877. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JR Farley, SL Hall, S Herring, C Libanati, and JE Wergedal

Reference standards for quantification of skeletal alkaline phosphatase activity in serum by heat inactivation and lectin precipitation
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1878-1884. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Pergande and K Jung

Sandwich enzyme immunoassay of cystatin C in serum with commercially available antibodies
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1885-1890. [Abstract] [PDF]  

E Jacobs, M Nowakowski, and N Colman

Performance of Gem Premier blood gas/electrolyte analyzer evaluated
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1890-1893. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Mathieu, JP Steghens, M Horder, DW Moss, E Colinet, and C Profilis

A reference preparation of creatine kinase BB isoenzyme
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1894-1898. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RG Parsons, R Kowal, D LeBlond, VT Yue, L Neargarder, L Bond, D Garcia, D Slater, and P Rogers

Multianalyte assay system developed for drugs of abuse [published erratum appears in Clin Chem 1993 Nov;39(11 Pt 1):2343]
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1899-1903. [Abstract] [PDF]  

HJ ten Brink, CM van den Heuvel, E Christensen, C Largilliere, and C Jakobs

Diagnosis of peroxisomal disorders by analysis of phytanic and pristanic acids in stored blood spots collected at neonatal screening
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1904-1906. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ST Wang and HP Demshar

Rapid Zeeman atomic absorption determination of copper in serum and urine
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1907-1910. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JF Van Bocxlaer and AP De Leenheer

Solid-phase extraction technique for gas-chromatographic profiling of acylcarnitines
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1911-1917. [Abstract] [PDF]  

I Pocsi, AC Berki, SA Taylor, and RG Price

Urea inhibition of urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase is mixed- type and sensitive to changes of pH away from the optimum
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1918-1919. [PDF]  

SL Nelson and BA Hynd

ELISA kits measuring human IgG subclasses: cross-reactivity against IgG3 in an IgG1 ELISA
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1919. [PDF]  

NI Nakano and Y Chikaura

Unusual temperature dependence of the activity of aspartate aminotransferase in a commercial control material despite sample blank correction
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1920-1921. [PDF]  

KM Chan, ET Wong, and WS Matthews

Severe isopropanolemia without acetonemia or clinical manifestations of isopropanol intoxication
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1922-1925. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JB Findlay, SM Atwood, L Bergmeyer, J Chemelli, K Christy, T Cummins, W Donish, T Ekeze, J Falvo, and D Patterson

Automated closed-vessel system for in vitro diagnostics based on polymerase chain reaction
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1927-1933. [Abstract] [PDF]  

WR Carpenter, TE Schutzbank, VJ Tevere, KR Tocyloski, N Dattagupta, and KK Yeung

A transcriptionally amplified DNA probe assay with ligatable probes and immunochemical detection
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1934-1938. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R Devlin, RM Studholme, WB Dandliker, E Fahy, K Blumeyer, and SS Ghosh

Homogeneous detection of nucleic acids by transient-state polarized fluorescence [published erratum appears in Clin Chem 1993 Nov;39(11 Pt 1):2343]
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1939-1943. [Abstract] [PDF]  

LJ Kricka, O Nozaki, S Heyner, WT Garside, and P Wilding

Applications of a microfabricated device for evaluating sperm function
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1944-1947. [Abstract] [PDF]  

VY Liu, TY Lin, W Schrier, M Allen, and P Singh

AccuMeter noninstrumented quantitative assay of high-density lipoprotein in whole blood
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1948-1952. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SC Kazmierczak, PG Catrou, and F Van Lente

Diagnostic accuracy of pancreatic enzymes evaluated by use of multivariate data analysis
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1960-1965. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CR Schweiger, G Soeregi, S Spitzauer, G Maenner, and AL Pohl

Evaluation of laboratory data by conventional statistics and by three types of neural networks
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1966-1971. [Abstract] [PDF]  

AT Hatjimihail

Genetic algorithms-based design and optimization of statistical quality- control procedures [published erratum appears in Clin Chem 1994 Feb;40(2):267]
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1972-1978. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R Simondsen, L Sebek, J Moster, G Osikowicz, and D Brandt

Microparticle enzyme immunoassays for creatine kinase MB and ferritin on the Abbott AxSYM system
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1979. [PDF]  

D Crisan, MJ Anstett, N Matta, and DH Farkas

Detection of bcl-2 oncogene rearrangement in follicular lymphoma: nucleic acid hybridization and polymerase chain reaction compared [published erratum appears in Clin Chem 1993 Nov;39(11 Pt 1):2343]
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1980-1982. [PDF]  

BJ Oberhardt

Advancing blood coagulation testing to the point of care in response to molecular biology-driven development of pharmaceuticals
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1982-1984. [PDF]  

GA Manner, CR Schweiger, G Soregi, and AL Pohl

Detection of monoclonal gammopathies in serum electrophoresis by neural networks
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1984-1985. [PDF]  

LB Keil, G Barbi, R Comizio, and VA DeBari

Mathematical modeling of the electrophoretic distribution of IgG and the detection of clonotype restrictions
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1985-1987. [PDF]  

GM Fahy

Molecular nanotechnology
Clin Chem 1993 39: 2011-2016. [Abstract] [PDF]  

OVERALL:

25th Annual Oak Ridge Conference on Advanced Analytical Concepts for the Clinical Laboratory. Proceedings. Knoxville, Tennessee, April 22- 23, 1993
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1926-2016. [PDF]  

RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL:

ML Astion, MH Wener, RG Thomas, GG Hunder, and DA Bloch

Overtraining in neural networks that interpret clinical data
Clin Chem 1993 39: 1998-2004. [Abstract] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

A Tchao and F Rosenberg

Erroneous assay principle for prostate-specific antigen?
Clin Chem 1993 39: 2020-2021.  

NB Smith

Internal standards in gas-chromatographic analyses for ethylene glycol in serum
Clin Chem 1993 39: 2020.  

LZ Zhang, YF Gong, Y Fang, YS Zhang, and FS Gu

Use of microwaves in immunoenzyme techniques
Clin Chem 1993 39: 2021.  

RA Romero, VA Granadillo, O Salgado, R Garcia, and B Rodriguez-Iturbe

Desferrioxamine B increases urinary lead excretion
Clin Chem 1993 39: 2021-2023.  

T Reynolds, R John, and K Spencer

Utility of unconjugated estriol in screening for Down syndrome is not proven
Clin Chem 1993 39: 2023-2026.  

GA Crawford, AG Johnson, AZ Gyory, and D Kelly

Change in arginine vasopressin concentrations with age
Clin Chem 1993 39: 2023.  

J Geisel, T Schleifenbaum, B Weisshaar, and K Oette

Improved detection of familial defective apolipoprotein B-100 by restriction-site-introducing polymerase chain reaction
Clin Chem 1993 39: 2026-2027. [PDF]  

R Bednar and PM Bayer

Correction: measurements of plasma hemoglobin
Clin Chem 1993 39: 2027-2028. [PDF]  

S Muir, P Turner, V O'Toole, and TC Badrick

Sulfasalazine interference in total protein measurement on the Beckman CX7
Clin Chem 1993 39: 2028.  

GJ Kemp

Abnormalities of Pi concentration in plasma and in cells
Clin Chem 1993 39: 2028-2031.  

BK van Weemen

Reliability of home-use pregnancy tests
Clin Chem 1993 39: 2031-2032. [PDF]  

M Tang, D Gibson, and M Sullivan

Bacteriostatic saline flush interferes with sodium measurement on the Ektachem 700
Clin Chem 1993 39: 2032. [PDF]  

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