Editorials:

Jing Ma and Meir J. Stampfer

Body Iron Stores and Coronary Heart Disease
Clin Chem 2002 48: 601-603. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics:

Jie Chen, Claire Yager, Robert Reynolds, Michael Palmieri, and Stanton Segal

Erythrocyte Galactose 1-Phosphate Quantified by Isotope-Dilution Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Clin Chem 2002 48: 604-612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Protein Markers:

Johan Bjerner, Kjell Nustad, Lars F. Norum, Kari Hauge Olsen, and Ole P. Børmer

Immunometric Assay Interference: Incidence and Prevention
Clin Chem 2002 48: 613-621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors:

Claudia Bozzini, Domenico Girelli, Elisa Tinazzi, Oliviero Olivieri, Chiara Stranieri, Antonella Bassi, Elisabetta Trabetti, Giovanni Faccini, Pier Franco Pignatti, and Roberto Corrocher

Biochemical and Genetic Markers of Iron Status and the Risk of Coronary Artery Disease: An Angiography-based Study
Clin Chem 2002 48: 622-628. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Drug Monitoring and Toxicology:

Rodrigo Aguilera, Caroline K. Hatton, and Don H. Catlin

Detection of Epitestosterone Doping by Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry
Clin Chem 2002 48: 629-636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endocrinology and Metabolism:

Susan S-C. Tai, Lorna T. Sniegoski, and Michael J. Welch

Candidate Reference Method for Total Thyroxine in Human Serum: Use of Isotope-Dilution Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry with Electrospray Ionization
Clin Chem 2002 48: 637-642. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Technical Briefs:

Harald Schennach, Christian Murr, Elmar Gächter, Peter Mayersbach, Diether Schönitzer, and Dietmar Fuchs

Factors Influencing Serum Neopterin Concentrations in a Population of Blood Donors
Clin Chem 2002 48: 643-645. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zheng Li, Xuefan Bai, and Huijie Bian

Serologic Diagnosis of Hantaan Virus Infection Based on a Peptide Antigen
Clin Chem 2002 48: 645-647. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diego Gazzolo, Matteo Bruschettini, Romolo Di Iorio, Emanuela Marinoni, Mario Lituania, Mauro Marras, Rossana Sarli, Pier Luigi Bruschettini, and Fabrizio Michetti

Maternal Nitric Oxide Supplementation Decreases Cord Blood S100B in Intrauterine Growth-retarded Fetuses
Clin Chem 2002 48: 647-650. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dorine W. Swinkels, Jacques B. de Kok, Jan C.M. Hendriks, Erwin Wiegerinck, Petra L.M. Zusterzeel, and Eric A.P. Steegers

Hemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes, and Low Platelet Count (HELLP) Syndrome as a Complication of Preeclampsia in Pregnant Women Increases the Amount of Cell-free Fetal and Maternal DNA in Maternal Plasma and Serum
Clin Chem 2002 48: 650-653. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chris Meier, Tianhua Huang, Philip R. Wyatt, and Anne M. Summers

Accuracy of Expected Risk of Down Syndrome Using the Second-Trimester Triple Test
Clin Chem 2002 48: 653-655. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roshini S. Abraham, Raynell J. Clark, Sandra C. Bryant, James F. Lymp, Timothy Larson, Robert A. Kyle, and Jerry A. Katzmann

Correlation of Serum Immunoglobulin Free Light Chain Quantification with Urinary Bence Jones Protein in Light Chain Myeloma
Clin Chem 2002 48: 655-657. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nana Jacobsen, Mogens Fenger, Joan Bentzen, Søren Lind Rasmussen, Mogens Havsteen Jakobsen, Jef Fenstholt, and Jan Skouv

Genotyping of the Apolipoprotein B R3500Q Mutation Using Immobilized Locked Nucleic Acid Capture Probes
Clin Chem 2002 48: 657-660. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cecilia Zuppi, Irene Messana, Päivi Tapanainen, Mikael Knip, Federica Vincenzoni, Bruno Giardina, and Matti Nuutinen

Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectral Profiles of Urine from Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
Clin Chem 2002 48: 660-662. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Larry J. Kricka and Paolo Fortina

Nanotechnology and Applications: An All-Language Literature Survey Including Books and Patents
Clin Chem 2002 48: 662-665. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Data Supplements  

Natalia Louise Duarte, Xing Li Wang, and David Emil Leon Wilcken

Effects of Anticoagulant and Time of Plasma Separation on Measurement of Homocysteine
Clin Chem 2002 48: 665-668. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. Colantonio, William Pickett, Robert J. Brison, Christine E. Collier, and Jennifer E. Van Eyk

Detection of Cardiac Troponin I Early after Onset of Chest Pain in Six Patients
Clin Chem 2002 48: 668-671. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patricia M. Crofton, Nancy Evans, Mervyn R.H. Taylor, and Celia V. Holland

Serum CrossLaps: Pediatric Reference Intervals from Birth to 19 Years of Age
Clin Chem 2002 48: 671-673. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margit Müller-Bardorff, Britta Weidtmann, Evangelos Giannitsis, Volkhard Kurowski, and Hugo A. Katus

Release Kinetics of Cardiac Troponin T in Survivors of Confirmed Severe Pulmonary Embolism
Clin Chem 2002 48: 673-675. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Salvador F. Sena, Syed Kazimi, and Alan H.B. Wu

False-Positive Phencyclidine Immunoassay Results Caused by Venlafaxine and O-Desmethylvenlafaxine
Clin Chem 2002 48: 676-677. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mario Plebani, Monica Mion, Sara Altinier, Maria Antonia Girotto, Goretta Baldo, and Martina Zaninotto

False-Positive Troponin I Attributed to a Macrocomplex
Clin Chem 2002 48: 677-679. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-Marc Costa and Pauline Ernault

Automated Assay for Fetal DNA Analysis in Maternal Serum
Clin Chem 2002 48: 679-680. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas G. Cole, William L. Nowatzke, Charles L. Bisgaier, and Brian R. Krause

Method-dependent Changes in "HDL-Cholesterol" with Recombinant Apolipoprotein A-I_Milano Infusion in Healthy Volunteers
Clin Chem 2002 48: 680-681. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book, Software, and Web Site Reviews:

Roberta G. Reed

Biochemistry Explained: A Practical Guide to Learning Biochemistry. Thomas Millar. Newark, NJ: Gordon and Breach Publishing (Harwood Academic Publishers), 2000, 211 pp., $58.00. ISBN 90-5702-474-8.
Clin Chem 2002 48: 682. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valerie Ng

Effects of Disease on Clinical Laboratory Tests, 4th Edition, Vol. 1 and 2. D.S. Young and R.B. Friedman, eds. Washington, DC: AACC Press, 2001, $199.00 ($159.00 AACC members), softcover. ISBN 1-890883-45-X.
Clin Chem 2002 48: 682-683. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Y. Wang

Industrial Chemical Exposure: Guidelines for Biological Monitoring, 3rd ed. R. R. Lauwerys and P. Hoet. Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers, 2001, 638 pp., $129.95, hardcover. ISBN 1-56670-545-2.
Clin Chem 2002 48: 683-684. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy G. Strein

Capillary Electrophoresis of Nucleic Acids, Vol. 1: Introduction to the Capillary Electrophoresis of Nucleic Acids. Keith R. Mitchelson and Jing Cheng, eds. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2001, 484 pp., $125.00. ISBN 0-89603-779-7.
Capillary Electrophoresis of Nucleic Acids, Vol. 2: Practical Applications of Capillary Electrophoresis. Keith R. Mitchelson and Jing Cheng, eds. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2001, 408 pp., $125.00. ISBN 0-89603-765-7.

Clin Chem 2002 48: 683. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correction:

Correction for vol. 48, p. 364
Clin Chem 2002 48: 686. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Accent^®:

ACCENT® Continuing Education Credit for Readers of Clinical Chemistry
Clin Chem 2002 48: 687. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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