Editorials:

Paul O. Collinson

To T or Not to T, That Is the Question
Clin Chem 1997 43: 421-423. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Misha Angrist

Does Phaster Mean Better?
Clin Chem 1997 43: 424-426. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special Reports:

Steve E. Humphries, Vilmundur Gudnason, Ros Whittall, and Ian N. M. Day

Single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis with high throughput modifications, and its use in mutation detection in familial hypercholesterolemia
Clin Chem 1997 43: 427-435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Pathology:

Helen R. Seddon, George Gray, Rodney J. Pollitt, Antti Iitiä, and Anne Green

Population screening for the common G985 mutation causing medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency with Eu-labeled oligonucleotides and the DELFIA system
Clin Chem 1997 43: 436-442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eva Corey, Edward W. Arfman, Alvin Y. Liu, and Robert L. Vessella

Improved reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction protocol with exogenous internal competitive control for prostate-specific antigen mRNA in blood and bone marrow
Clin Chem 1997 43: 443-452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Siegelman, Ajay Mohabeer, Thomas J. Fahey, III, Gail Tomlinson, Chris Mayambala, Sepideh Jafari, Walter W. Noll, Stephen N. Thibodeau, and D. Brian Dawson

Rapid, nonradioactive screening for mutations in exons 10, 11, and 16 of the RET protooncogene associated with inherited medullary thyroid carcinoma
Clin Chem 1997 43: 453-457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Protein Markers:

Margit Müller-Bardorff, Klaus Hallermayer, Angelika Schröder, Christoph Ebert, Anneliese Borgya, Willie Gerhardt, Andrew Remppis, Jörg Zehelein, and Hugo A. Katus

Improved troponin T ELISA specific for cardiac troponin T isoform: assay development and analytical and clinical validation
Clin Chem 1997 43: 458-466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuichi Ishikawa, Jeffrey E. Saffitz, Terrence L. Mealman, Ann M. Grace, and Robert Roberts

Reversible myocardial ischemic injury is not associated with increased creatine kinase activity in plasma
Clin Chem 1997 43: 467-475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geza S. Bodor, Libby Survant, Ellen M. Voss, Stephen Smith, Diane Porterfield, and Fred S. Apple

Cardiac troponin T composition in normal and regenerating human skeletal muscle
Clin Chem 1997 43: 476-484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Florian Renner and Rolf-Dieter Kanitz

Quantification of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin by ion-exchange chromatography with an enzymatically prepared calibrator
Clin Chem 1997 43: 485-490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johannes M. G. Bonfrer, Catharina M. Korse, Rob A. Verstraeten, Gerard J. van Kamp, Guus A. M. Hart, and Peter Kenemans

Clinical evaluation of the Byk LIA-mat CA125 II assay: discussion of a reference value
Clin Chem 1997 43: 491-497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Drug Monitoring and Toxicology:

Nouredine Sadeg, Gilles François, Brigitte Petit, Hélène Dutertre-Catella, and Michel Dumontet

Automated liquid-chromatographic analyzer used for toxicology screening in a general hospital: 12 months' experience
Clin Chem 1997 43: 498-504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitchell G. Scott, Karl G. Hock, Daniel L. Crimmins, and Paula M. Fracasso

HPLC method for monitoring SDZ PSC 833 in whole blood
Clin Chem 1997 43: 505-510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endocrinology and Metabolism:

M. Javad Khosravi, Anastasia Diamandi, and Jehangir Mistry

Immunoassay of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1
Clin Chem 1997 43: 523-532. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Automation and Analytical Techniques:

Gabriele Halwachs-Baumann, Susanne Katzensteiner, Wolfgang Schnedl, Peter Pürstner, Thomas Pieber, and Martie Wilders-Truschnig

Comparative evaluation of three assay systems for automated determination of hemoglobin A_1c
Clin Chem 1997 43: 511-517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Schadewaldt, Bernd Schommartz, Gregor Wienrich, Herbert Brösicke, Ralf Piolot, and Dan Ziegler

Application of isotope-selective nondispersive infrared spectrometry (IRIS) for evaluation of [¹³C]octanoic acid gastric-emptying breath tests: comparison with isotope ratio–mass spectrometry (IRMS)
Clin Chem 1997 43: 518-522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

General Clinical Chemistry:

James R. Etchison and Hudson H. Freeze

Enzymatic assay of D-mannose in serum
Clin Chem 1997 43: 533-538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Technical Briefs:

Bruce Kaplan, Herwig-Ulf Meier-Kriesche, Kimberly Napoli, and Barry D. Kahan

A Limited Sampling Strategy for Estimating Sirolimus Area-Under-the-Concentration Curve
Clin Chem 1997 43: 539-540. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hassan M. Heshmati, Yvan Touitou, Luc Foubert, William F. Young, Jr., Eric Bruckert, and Gérard Turpin

Serum Neuron-Specific Enolase in Patients with Pituitary Adenoma
Clin Chem 1997 43: 540-541. [Full Text]  

Øystein Nygaard, Bodil Langbakk, and Bertil Romner

Age- and Sex-Related Changes of S-100 Protein Concentrations in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Serum in Patients with No Previous History of Neurological Disorder
Clin Chem 1997 43: 541-543. [Full Text]  

Michele Cioffi, Anna Maria Molinari, Patrizia Gazzerro, Bruno Di Finizio, Mario Fratta, Angela Deufemia, and Giovanni Alfredo Puca

Serum Osteocalcin in 1634 Healthy Children
Clin Chem 1997 43: 543-545. [Full Text]  

Rémy Sapin, Françoise Gasser, Michèle d'Herbomez, Jean Louis Wemeau, Christoph Ebert, and Jean Louis Schlienger

Elecsys^® Thyrotropin (TSH) Assay Evaluated
Clin Chem 1997 43: 545-547. [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Christian Bieglmayer and Georg Mustafa

Adhesive Labels Cause High Thyroxine Results
Clin Chem 1997 43: 548. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanne Slavin

More Information on Phytoestrogens in Breast Milk
Clin Chem 1997 43: 548-549. [Full Text]  

Book Reviews:

Dennis M. Bleile

Immunoassay. Eleftherios P. Diamandis and Theodore K. Christopoulos, eds. San Diego: Academic Press, 1996, 579 pp, Paperback. ISBN 0-12-214730-8
Clin Chem 1997 43: 550. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mary Kemper and Stanley S. Levinson

Serum Proteins in Clinical Medicine, Vol. 1, Laboratory Section, 1st ed. Robert Richie, ed., Olga Navolotskaia, asst. ed. Foundation for Blood Research, PO Box 190, Scarborough ME 04070-0190.
Clin Chem 1997 43: 550-551. [Full Text]  

The Clinical Chemist:

Compiled by David E. Bruns, Editor
Clin Chem 1997 43: 552. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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