Clinical Chemistry -- Table of Contents (October 1 2002, 48 [10])

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Reviews:

Stephen George and Robin A. Braithwaite: Use of On-Site Testing for Drugs of Abuse
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1639-1646. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics:

Nancy B.Y. Tsui, Enders K.O. Ng, and Y.M. Dennis Lo: Stability of Endogenous and Added RNA in Blood Specimens, Serum, and Plasma
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1647-1653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Aldo Roda, Mara Mirasoli, Simona Venturoli, Monica Cricca, Francesca Bonvicini, Mario Baraldini, Patrizia Pasini, Marialuisa Zerbini, and Monica Musiani: Microtiter Format for Simultaneous Multianalyte Detection and Development of a PCR-Chemiluminescent Enzyme Immunoassay for Typing Human Papillomavirus DNAs
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1654-1660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher Schmitt, Andreas Humeny, Cord-Michael Becker, Kay Brune, and Andreas Pahl: Polymorphisms of TLR4: Rapid Genotyping and Reduced Response to Lipopolysaccharide of TLR4 Mutant Alleles
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1661-1667. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ron H.N. van Schaik, Ilse P. van der Heiden, John N. van den Anker, and Jan Lindemans: CYP3A5 Variant Allele Frequencies in Dutch Caucasians
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1668-1671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hemostasis and Thrombosis:

Leon Poller, Michelle Keown, Nikhil Chauhan, Anton M.H.P. van den Besselaar, Armando Tripodi, Caroline Shiach, and Jorgen Jespersen: European Concerted Action on Anticoagulation. Evaluation of a Method for International Sensitivity Index Calibration of Two Point-of-Care Prothrombin Time (PT) Monitoring Systems (CoaguChek Mini and TAS PT-NC) with Fresh Plasmas Based on Whole-Blood Equivalent PT
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1672-1680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Proteomics and Protein Markers:

Lisa G. Rider, Adam S. Schiffenbauer, Mark Zito, Ken L. Lim, Alaa Ahmed, Lawrence S. Zemel, Robert M. Rennebohm, Murray H. Passo, Ronald M. Summers, Jeanne E. Hicks, Peter A. Lachenbruch, Melvyn P. Heyes, and Frederick W. Miller: Neopterin and Quinolinic Acid Are Surrogate Measures of Disease Activity in the Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1681-1688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Else Marie Vestergaard, Steen Seier Poulsen, Henning Grønbæk, Rune Larsen, Anette Mertz Nielsen, Kirsten Ejskjær, Jes Thorn Clausen, Lars Thim, and Ebba Nexø: Development and Evaluation of an ELISA for Human Trefoil Factor 3
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1689-1695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Drug Monitoring and Toxicology:

Adrián Martinavarro-Domínguez, Maria-Elisa Capella-Peiró, Mayte Gil-Agustí, José V. Marcos-Tomás, and Josep Esteve-Romero: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Anticonvulsant Drugs by Micellar HPLC with Direct Injection of Serum Samples
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1696-1702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jonathan M. Oyler, Edward J. Cone, Robert E. Joseph, Jr, Eric T. Moolchan, and Marilyn A. Huestis: Duration of Detectable Methamphetamine and Amphetamine Excretion in Urine after Controlled Oral Administration of Methamphetamine to Humans
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1703-1714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stefan W. Toennes and Gerold F. Kauert: Excretion and Detection of Cathinone, Cathine, and Phenylpropanolamine in Urine after Kath Chewing
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1715-1719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Endocrinology and Metabolism:

M. Adnan El-Masri, Barbara J. Clark, Hassan M. Qazzaz, and Roland Valdes, Jr: Human Adrenal Cells in Culture Produce Both Ouabain-like and Dihydroouabain-like Factors
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1720-1730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christian Bieglmayer, Gerhard Prager, and Bruno Niederle: Kinetic Analyses of Parathyroid Hormone Clearance as Measured by Three Rapid Immunoassays during Parathyroidectomy
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1731-1738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jaap van Doorn, Cok M. Hoogerbrugge, Johanna G. Koster, Ruud J. Bloemen, Klaas Hoekman, Aart H. Mudde, and Sylvia C. van Buul-Offers: Antibodies Directed against the E Region of Pro-Insulin-like Growth Factor-II Used to Evaluate Non-Islet Cell Tumor-induced Hypoglycemia
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1739-1750. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Automation and Analytical Techniques:

Charles D. Hawker, Susan B. Garr, Leslie T. Hamilton, John R. Penrose, Edward R. Ashwood, and Ronald L. Weiss: Automated Transport and Sorting System in a Large Reference Laboratory: Part 1. Evaluation of Needs and Alternatives and Development of a Plan
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1751-1760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Charles D. Hawker, William L. Roberts, Susan B. Garr, Leslie T. Hamilton, John R. Penrose, Edward R. Ashwood, and Ronald L. Weiss: Automated Transport and Sorting System in a Large Reference Laboratory: Part 2. Implementation of the System and Performance Measures over Three Years
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1761-1767. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Clinical Chemistry:

Ebba Nexo, Anne-Mette Hvas, Øyvind Bleie, Helga Refsum, Sergey N. Fedosov, Stein Emil Vollset, Jorn Schneede, Jan Erik Nordrehaug, Per Magne Ueland, and Ottar Kjell Nygard: Holo-Transcobalamin Is an Early Marker of Changes in Cobalamin Homeostasis. A Randomized Placebo-controlled Study
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1768-1771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pediatric Clinical Chemistry:

Claudia Carducci, Maurizio Birarelli, Vincenzo Leuzzi, Carla Carducci, Roberta Battini, Giovanni Cioni, and Italo Antonozzi: Guanidinoacetate and Creatine plus Creatinine Assessment in Physiologic Fluids: An Effective Diagnostic Tool for the Biochemical Diagnosis of Arginine:Glycine Amidinotransferase and Guanidinoacetate Methyltransferase Deficiencies
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1772-1778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Technical Briefs:

Xavi Orta, Joaquin Balsells, Jorge Olsina, Yusimy Venereo, Toni Segovia-Silvestre, and Mireia Farriol: Quantitative Analysis of Ornithine Decarboxylase mRNA by Reverse Transcription-PCR with the LightCycler System
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1779-1781. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jennifer K. Pai, Gary C. Curhan, Carolyn C. Cannuscio, Nader Rifai, Paul M. Ridker, and Eric B. Rimm: Stability of Novel Plasma Markers Associated with Cardiovascular Disease: Processing within 36 Hours of Specimen Collection
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1781-1784. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Fred S. Apple, MaryAnn M. Murakami, Robert L. Jesse, M. Andrew Levitt, Alan K. Berger, Lesly A. Pearce, and Paul Collinson: Near-Bedside Whole-Blood Cardiac Troponin I Assay for Risk Assessment of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1784-1787. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Leonid M. Irenge, Michel Heusterspreute, Marianne Philippe, Isabelle Derclaye, Annie Robert, and Jean-Luc Gala: Validation of a Recombinant DNA Construct (µLCR and Full-Length ß-Globin Gene) for Quantification of Human ß-Globin Expression: Application to Mutations in the Promoter, Intronic, and 5'- and 3'-Untranslated Regions of the Human ß-Globin Gene
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1787-1791. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data Data Supplement Data Supplement

Tivadar Fenyvesi, Ingrid Joerg, and Job Harenberg: Influence of Lepirudin, Argatroban, and Melagatran on Prothrombin Time and Additional Effect of Oral Anticoagulation
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1791-1794. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kleopatra H. Schulpis, George A. Karikas, Joanna Tjamouranis, Helen Michelakakis, and Stylianos Tsakiris: Acetylcholinesterase Activity and Biogenic Amines in Phenylketonuria
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1794-1796. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mary O. Carayannopoulos, David G. Grenache, and Ann M. Gronowski: Total ß-Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Measured in Urine by an Automated Method
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1796-1797. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masahisa Horiuchi, Tomoko Fukushige, Takeyori Saheki, and Tamotsu Kanzaki: Improved Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometric Method for Identification of Amino Acid O-Glycosides in Patients with ${alpha}$ -N-Acetylgalactosaminidase Deficiency
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1798-1799. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrew T. Kicman, John K. Fallon, David A. Cowan, Christopher Walker, Sue Easmon, and David Mackintosh: Candida albicans in Urine Can Produce Testosterone: Impact on the Testosterone/Epitestosterone Sports Drug Test
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1799-1801. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul S. Horn and Amadeo J. Pesce: Effect of Ethnicity on Reference Intervals
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1802-1804. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Case Reports:

Roshini S. Abraham, M. Cristine Charlesworth, Barbara A.L. Owen, Linda M. Benson, Jerry A. Katzmann, Craig B. Reeder, and Robert A. Kyle: Trimolecular Complexes of ${lambda}$ Light Chain Dimers in Serum of a Patient with Multiple Myeloma
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1805-1811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

G. Russell Warnick, W. Greg Miller, Parvin P. Waymack, and F. Philip Anderson: Lack of Agreement of Homogeneous Assays with the Reference Method for LDL-Cholesterol May Not Indicate Unreliable Prediction of Risk for Cardiovascular Disease • Authors of the article cited above respond:
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1812-1815. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Book, Software, and Web Site Reviews:

Michael A. Noble: Bailey and Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology, Eleventh Edition. Betty Forbes, Daniel F. Sahm, and Alice S. Weissfeld. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 2002, 1069 pp. ISBN 0-323-01678-2.
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1816. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sheshadri Narayanan: Phlebotomy: Worktext and Procedures Manual. Sandra R. Sommer, Robin S. Warekois, and Richard Robinson. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Company, 2002, $32.00, 414 pp. ISBN 0-7216-8484-X.
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1816-1817. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Klaus Jung: Prostate Cancer Screening. Ian M. Thompson, Martin I. Resnick, and Eric A. Klein, eds. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2001, 317 pp. (plus one compact disc), $99.50, hardcover. ISBN 0-89603-901-3.
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1817. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David L. Martin: Excitatory Amino Acids: Ten Years Later. Lechoslaw Turski, Darryle D. Schoepp, and Esper A. Cavalheiro, eds., Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2001, 346 pp., $100, hardcover. ISBN 158603-072-8.
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1817-1818. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Oak Ridge Conference:

Leonard A. Herzenberg, David Parks, Bita Sahaf, Omar Perez, Mario Roederer, and Leonore A. Herzenberg: The History and Future of the Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter and Flow Cytometry: A View from Stanford
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1819-1827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert W. Veltri, Manisha Chaudhari, M. Craig Miller, Edward C. Poole, Gerard J. O’Dowd, and Alan W. Partin: Comparison of Logistic Regression and Neural Net Modeling for Prediction of Prostate Cancer Pathologic Stage
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1828-1834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yinsheng Qu, Bao-Ling Adam, Yutaka Yasui, Michael D. Ward, Lisa H. Cazares, Paul F. Schellhammer, Ziding Feng, O. John Semmes, and George L. Wright, Jr.: Boosted Decision Tree Analysis of Surface-enhanced Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectral Serum Profiles Discriminates Prostate Cancer from Noncancer Patients
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1835-1843. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Risa Peoples, Helena Weltman, Reuel Van Atta, Jingli Wang, Michael Wood, Marta Ferrante-Raimondi, Peter Cheng, and Bingfang Huan: High-Throughput Detection of Submicroscopic Deletions and Methylation Status at 15q11-q13 by a Photo-Cross-Linking Oligonucleotide Hybridization Assay
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1844-1850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Abstracts of Oak Ridge Posters:

Phillip S. Kim, Denice K. Tai, and Kan V. Lu: Combinatorial Multiplex Assay Format Using Electronic Microchip Arrays and Its Potential Application in Complex Cancer Diagnostics
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1851-1853. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Arumugham Raghunathan, Martin P. Sorette, Harley R. Ferguson, Jr, and Steven P. Piccoli: Rolling Circle Amplification Technology as a Potential Tool in Detection and Monitoring of Cancer by Flow Cytometry
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1853-1855. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael C. Mullenix, Ramou Sivakamasundari, William J. Feaver, R. Murli Krishna, Martin P. Sorette, Hirock J. Datta, David M. Morosan, and Steven P. Piccoli: Rolling Circle Amplification Improves Sensitivity in Multiplex Immunoassays on Microspheres
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1855-1858. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tanya L. Applegate, Harry J. Iland, Elisa Mokany, and Alison V. Todd: Molecular Monitoring of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia by DzyNA Reverse Transcription-PCR
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1858-1860. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jay Patel, Christopher J. Stanley, and Stuart M. Wilson: Homogeneous Assay for Tyrosine Kinase: Use of Bacteriophage Antibody Conjugates in an Assay for p56^lck Kinase
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1860-1862. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Manjula K. Gupta, Leslie Taguba, Rosemary Arciaga, Allan Siperstein, Charles Faiman, Adi Mehta, and S. Sethu K. Reddy: Detection of Circulating Thyroid Cancer Cells by Reverse Transcription-PCR for Thyroid-stimulating Hormone Receptor and Thyroglobulin: The Importance of Primer Selection
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1862-1865. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dom Zichi, Tepper Koga, Chad Greef, Rachel Ostroff, and Helen Petach: Photoaptamer Technology: Development of Multiplexed Microarray Protein Assays
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1865-1868. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]