Editorials:

Johannes Mair

Role of Cardiac Natriuretic Peptide Testing in Heart Failure
Clin Chem 2002 48: 977-978. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Malcolm Nattrass

Improving Results from Home Blood-Glucose Monitoring: Accuracy and Reliability Require Greater Patient Education as Well as Improved Technology
Clin Chem 2002 48: 979-980. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlo Brugnara

A Hematologic "Gold Standard" for Iron-deficient States?
Clin Chem 2002 48: 981-982. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics:

Ling Ji, Shixiu Pan, Jacqueline Marti-Jaun, Edgar Hänseler, Katharina Rentsch, and Martin Hersberger

Single-Step Assays to Analyze CYP2D6 Gene Polymorphisms in Asians: Allele Frequencies and a Novel *14B Allele in Mainland Chinese
Clin Chem 2002 48: 983-988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giorgio Ghilardi, Maria Luisa Biondi, Marco DeMonti, Mara Bernini, Olivia Turri, Federico Massaro, Emma Guagnellini, and Roberto Scorza

Independent Risk Factor for Moderate to Severe Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis: T786C Mutation of the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene
Clin Chem 2002 48: 989-993. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evidence-based Laboratory Medicine and Test Utilization:

Svein Skeie, Geir Thue, Kari Nerhus, and Sverre Sandberg

Instruments for Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose: Comparisons of Testing Quality Achieved by Patients and a Technician
Clin Chem 2002 48: 994-1003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jan-Christian Wasmuth, Desamparados Oliver y Miñarro, Angela Homrighausen, Ludger Leifeld, Jürgen K. Rockstroh, Tilman Sauerbruch, and Ulrich Spengler

Phospholipid Autoantibodies and the Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome: Diagnostic Accuracy of 23 Methods Studied by Variation in ROC Curves with Number of Clinical Manifestations
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1004-1010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Table  

Hemostasis and Thrombosis:

Piet Meijer, Moniek P.M. de Maat, Cornelis Kluft, Frits Haverkate, and Hans C. van Houwelingen

Long-Term Analytical Performance of Hemostasis Field Methods as Assessed by Evaluation of the Results of an External Quality Assessment Program for Antithrombin
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1011-1015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Protein Markers:

Shun-Qing Xu, Min He, Hong-Ping Yu, Xiao-Yang Wang, Xiang-Lin Tan, Bin Lu, Xi Sun, Yi-Kai Zhou, Qun-Feng Yao, Yong-Jun Xu, and Zhi-Ren Zhang

Bioluminescent Method for Detecting Telomerase Activity
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1016-1020. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Terence C.W. Poon, Tony S.K. Mok, Anthony T.C. Chan, Charles M.L. Chan, Veronica Leong, Steven H.T. Tsui, Thomas W.T. Leung, Herman T.M. Wong, Stephen K.W. Ho, and Philip J. Johnson

Quantification and Utility of Monosialylated -Fetoprotein in the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Nondiagnostic Serum Total -Fetoprotein
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1021-1027. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wesley J. Kim, Omar F. Laterza, Karl G. Hock, James F. Pierson-Perry, Delores M. Kaminski, Martine Mesguich, François Braconnier, Régine Zimmermann, Martina Zaninotto, Mario Plebani, Atef Hanna, George S. Cembrowski, and Mitchell G. Scott

Performance of a Revised Cardiac Troponin Method That Minimizes Interferences from Heterophilic Antibodies
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1028-1034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jens Peter Goetze, Jens Kastrup, Frants Pedersen, and Jens F. Rehfeld

Quantification of Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Its Products in Human Plasma by Use of an Analysis Independent of Precursor Processing
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1035-1042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors:

Yoshiaki Hashimoto, Toshifumi Nakayama, Azusa Futamura, Miho Omura, Hideo Nakarai, and Kazuhiko Nakahara

Relationship between Genetic Polymorphisms of Alcohol-metabolizing Enzymes and Changes in Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease Associated with Alcohol Consumption
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1043-1048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Drug Monitoring and Toxicology:

Jifeng Liu, Weidong Cao, Haibo Qiu, Xiuhua Sun, Xiurong Yang, and Erkang Wang

Determination of Sulpiride by Capillary Electrophoresis with End-Column Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence Detection
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1049-1058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea R. Terrell, Thomas M. Daly, Karl G. Hock, Daniel C. Kilgore, Tie Q. Wei, Sharon Hernandez, Don Weibe, Leona Fields, Leslie M. Shaw, and Mitchell G. Scott

Evaluation of a No-Pretreatment Cyclosporin A Assay on the Dade Behring Dimension RxL Clinical Chemistry Analyzer
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1059-1065. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hematology:

Christian Thomas and Lothar Thomas

Biochemical Markers and Hematologic Indices in the Diagnosis of Functional Iron Deficiency
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1066-1076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Table  

Endocrinology and Metabolism:

Nils G. Morgenthaler, Juergen Froehlich, Johann Rendl, Marita Willnich, Christine Alonso, Andreas Bergmann, and Christoph Reiners

Technical Evaluation of a New Immunoradiometric and a New Immunoluminometric Assay for Thyroglobulin
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1077-1083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laboratory Management:

Magnus Jonsson and Joyce Carlson

Computer-supported Interpretation of Protein Profiles after Capillary Electrophoresis
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1084-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Figures  

Technical Briefs:

Gizele Thame, Elvira Maria Guerra-Shinohara, and Antonio Fernandes Moron

Serum Folate by Two Methods in Pregnant Women Carrying Fetuses with Neural Tube Defects
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1094-1095. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven C. Kazmierczak, Alex F. Robertson, Paul G. Catrou, Kimberly P. Briley, Bill L. Kreamer, and Glenn R. Gourley

Direct Spectrophotometric Method for Measurement of Bilirubin in Newborns: Comparison with HPLC and an Automated Diazo Method
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1096-1097. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fred S. Apple, Heidi E. Quist, Angela P. Otto, Wendy E. Mathews, and MaryAnn M. Murakami

Release Characteristics of Cardiac Biomarkers and Ischemia-modified Albumin as Measured by the Albumin Cobalt-binding Test after a Marathon Race
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1097-1100. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claire Infante-Rivard, Georges-Etienne Rivard, Wagner V. Yotov, and Yves Théôret

Perinatal Reference Intervals for Plasma Homocysteine and Factors Influencing Its Concentration
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1100-1102. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Midori Ishibashi, Yuzuru Takemura, Haku Ishida, Kiyoaki Watanabe, and Tadashi Kawai

C-Reactive Protein Kinetics in Newborns: Application of a High-Sensitivity Analytic Method in Its Determination
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1103-1106. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eleni Bairaktari, Konstantin Seferiadis, George Liamis, Nikolaos Psihogios, Orestes Tsolas, and Moses Elisaf

Rhabdomyolysis-related Renal Tubular Damage Studied by Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Urine
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1106-1109. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dirk Peetz, Gerd Hafner, and Karl J. Lackner

Analytical Characteristics of the AxSYM Cardiac Troponin I and Creatine Kinase MB Assays
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1110-1111. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeremy A. Simpson, Ralf Labugger, Geoffrey G. Hesketh, Christine D’Arsigny, Denis O’Donnell, Nobuko Matsumoto, Christine P. Collier, Steve Iscoe, and Jennifer E. Van Eyk

Differential Detection of Skeletal Troponin I Isoforms in Serum of a Patient with Rhabdomyolysis: Markers of Muscle Injury?
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1112-1114. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Gröschl, Roland Wagner, Jörg Dötsch, Wolfgang Rascher, and Manfred Rauh

Preanalytical Influences on the Measurement of Ghrelin
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1114-1116. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Curt Rohlfing, Hsiao-Mei Wiedmeyer, Randie Little, V. Lee Grotz, Alethea Tennill, Jack England, Richard Madsen, and David Goldstein

Biological Variation of Glycohemoglobin
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1116-1118. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eun Jung Lee, Eun-Jee Oh, Yeon-Joon Park, Hae Kyung Lee, and Byung Kee Kim

Soluble Transferrin Receptor (sTfR), Ferritin, and sTfR/Log Ferritin Index in Anemic Patients with Nonhematologic Malignancy and Chronic Inflammation
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1118-1121. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

XinJing Wang, Angela Myers, Randall K. Saiki, and Garry R. Cutting

Development and Evaluation of a PCR-based, Line Probe Assay for the Detection of 58 Alleles in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) Gene
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1121-1123. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Arend Bökenkamp, Joanna A.E. van Wijk, Michael J. Lentze, and Birgit Stoffel-Wagner

Effect of Corticosteroid Therapy on Serum Cystatin C and ß₂-Microglobulin Concentrations
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1123-1126. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark M. Kushnir, Bori Shushan, William L. Roberts, and Marzia Pasquali

Serum Acylcarnitines and Vitamin B₁₂ Deficiency
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1126-1128. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sean O’Broin and Elaine Gunter

Dried-Serum Spot Assay for Folate
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1128-1130. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Report:

Stanley S. Levinson, Ronald J. Elin, and Lung Yam

Light Chain Proteinuria and Lysozymuria in a Patient with Acute Monocytic Leukemia
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1131-1132. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Danilo Villalta, Nicola Bizzaro, Elio Tonutti, and Renato Tozzoli

IgG Anti-Transglutaminase Autoantibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Sjögren Syndrome
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1133. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janne Suvisaari and Martti Syrjälä

Practical Method for Estimating the Frequency of Specimen Mix-Up in Clinical Chemistry Laboratories
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1133-1135. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alan H.B. Wu, Roland Valdes, Jr, and Charles D. Hawker

Guidelines and Recommendations in Laboratory Medicine
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1135-1136. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michelle M. Payn, Michelle C. Webb, David Lawrence, and Edmund J. Lamb

₁-Microglobulin Is Stable in Human Urine ex Vivo
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1136-1138. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elise Wasén, Pauli Suominen, Raimo Isoaho, Kari Mattila, Arja Virtanen, Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä, and Kerttu Irjala

Serum Cystatin C as a Marker of Kidney Dysfunction in an Elderly Population
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1138-1140. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book, Software, and Web Site Reviews:

James C. Boyd

The Logic of Laboratory Medicine, 2nd ed. Dennis A. Noe, 2001, 2.9 MB (222 pp. pdf file), free. Available at http://users.rcn.com/dennisanoe.
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1141-1142. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corrections:

Correction for Volume 48, Issue , p. 781
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1142. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Accent:

ACCENT® Continuing Education Credit for Readers of Clinical Chemistry
Clin Chem 2002 48: 1143-1144. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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