Clinical Chemistry -- Table of Contents (November 1 2005, 51 [11])

Editorials:

Michael D. Hill: Diagnostic Biomarkers for Stroke: A Stroke Neurologist’s Perspective
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2001-2002. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert P. Heaney: Measuring What Isn’t There
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2003-2004. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Review:

Alice M. Mitchell, Michael D. Brown, Ian B.A. Menown, and Jeffery A. Kline: Novel Protein Markers of Acute Coronary Syndrome Complications in Low-Risk Outpatients: A Systematic Review of Potential Use in the Emergency Department
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2005-2012. Published online September 15, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.052456 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics:

Susan H. Bernacki, Jeanne C. Beck, Ana K. Stankovic, Laurina O. Williams, Jean Amos, Karen Snow-Bailey, Daniel H. Farkas, Michael J. Friez, Feras M. Hantash, Karla J. Matteson, Kristin G. Monaghan, Kasinathan Muralidharan, Victoria M. Pratt, Thomas W. Prior, Kristy L. Richie, Barbara C. Levin, Elizabeth M. Rohlfs, Frederick V. Schaefer, Antony E. Shrimpton, Elaine B. Spector, Catherine A. Stolle, Charles M. Strom, Stephen N. Thibodeau, Eugene C. Cole, Barbara K. Goodman, and Timothy T. Stenzel: Genetically Characterized Positive Control Cell Lines Derived from Residual Clinical Blood Samples
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2013-2024. Published online September 15, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.048694 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Data Supplement

Alison Castley, Melinda Higgins, John Ivey, Cyril Mamotte, David C. Sayer, and Frank T. Christiansen: Clinical Applications of Whole-Blood PCR with Real-Time Instrumentation
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2025-2030. Published online September 15, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.055327 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Data Supplement

Proteomics and Protein Markers:

Adeline Vanderver, Raphael Schiffmann, Margaret Timmons, Katherine A. Kellersberger, Dan Fabris, Eric P. Hoffman, Jelena Maletkovic, and Yetrib Hathout: Decreased Asialotransferrin in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Childhood-Onset Ataxia and Central Nervous System Hypomyelination/Vanishing White Matter Disease
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2031-2042. Published online September 9, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.055053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Laure Allard, Pierre R. Burkhard, Pierre Lescuyer, Jennifer A. Burgess, Nadia Walter, Denis F. Hochstrasser, and Jean-Charles Sanchez: PARK7 and Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase A as Plasma Markers for the Early Diagnosis of Stroke
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2043-2051. Published online September 1, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.053942 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Erik Magid, Henrik Guldager, Dan Hesse, and Merete Skovdal Christiansen: Monitoring Urinary Orosomucoid in Acute Inflammation: Observations on Urinary Excretion of Orosomucoid, Albumin, ${alpha}$ ₁-Microglobulin, and IgG
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2052-2058. Published online September 15, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.055442 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nasir A. Abbas, R. Ian John, Michelle C. Webb, Michelle E. Kempson, Aisling N. Potter, Christopher P. Price, Susan Vickery, and Edmund J. Lamb: Cardiac Troponins and Renal Function in Nondialysis Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2059-2066. Published online September 15, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.055665 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors:

Daniel T. Holmes, Brian A. Schick, Karin H. Humphries, and Jiri Frohlich: Lipoprotein(a) Is an Independent Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease in Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2067-2073. Published online September 1, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.055228 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Drug Monitoring and Toxicology:

Thierry Dervieux, Gary Meyer, Robert Barham, Mariko Matsutani, Mary Barry, Roselyne Boulieu, Bruce Neri, and Ernest Seidman: Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Erythrocyte Thiopurine Nucleotides and Effect of Thiopurine Methyltransferase Gene Variants on These Metabolites in Patients Receiving Azathioprine/6-Mercaptopurine Therapy
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2074-2084. Published online September 15, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.050831 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sherri L. Kacinko, Allan J. Barnes, Eugene W. Schwilke, Edward J. Cone, Eric T. Moolchan, and Marilyn A. Huestis: Disposition of Cocaine and Its Metabolites in Human Sweat after Controlled Cocaine Administration
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2085-2094. Published online September 15, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.054338 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Endocrinology and Metabolism:

Robert L. Fitzgerald, Darren J. Hillegonds, Douglas W. Burton, Terrance L. Griffin, Scott Mullaney, John S. Vogel, Leonard J. Deftos, and David A. Herold: ⁴¹Ca and Accelerator Mass Spectrometry to Monitor Calcium Metabolism in End Stage Renal Disease Patients
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2095-2102. Published online September 1, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.049650 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Automation and Analytical Techniques:

Amrei Windelberg, Ove Årseth, Gry Kvalheim, and Per Magne Ueland: Automated Assay for the Determination of Methylmalonic Acid, Total Homocysteine, and Related Amino Acids in Human Serum or Plasma by Means of Methylchloroformate Derivatization and Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2103-2109. Published online August 25, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.053835 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Karen A. Kramer, Devin Oglesbee, Stacy J. Hartman, Joe Huey, Bambi Anderson, Mark J. Magera, Dietrich Matern, Piero Rinaldo, Brian H. Robinson, Jessie M. Cameron, and Si Houn Hahn: Automated Spectrophotometric Analysis of Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Complex Enzyme Activities in Cultured Skin Fibroblasts
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2110-2116. Published online September 1, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.050146 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Clinical Chemistry:

N. Tasnime Akbaraly, Josiane Arnaud, Isabelle Hininger-Favier, Veronique Gourlet, Anne-Marie Roussel, and Claudine Berr: Selenium and Mortality in the Elderly: Results from the EVA Study
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2117-2123. Published online August 25, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.055301 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Immunology:

Nawsad Saleh, Bertil Svane, Lars-Olof Hansson, Jens Jensen, Tage Nilsson, Olle Danielsson, and Per Tornvall: Response of Serum C-Reactive Protein to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Has Prognostic Value
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2124-2130. Published online September 15, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.048082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pediatric Clinical Chemistry:

Tania Siahanidou, Helen Mandyla, Maria Vounatsou, Dimitris Anagnostakis, Ioannis Papassotiriou, and George P. Chrousos: Circulating Peptide YY Concentrations Are Higher in Preterm than Full-Term Infants and Correlate Negatively with Body Weight and Positively with Serum Ghrelin Concentrations
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2131-2137. Published online September 9, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.054908 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nutrition:

Mark A. Atkin, Amy Gasper, Raj Ullegaddi, and Hilary J. Powers: Oxidative Susceptibility of Unfractionated Serum or Plasma: Response to Antioxidants in Vitro and to Antioxidant Supplementation
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2138-2144. Published online August 25, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.051078 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dinesh K. Talwar, Mohammed K. Azharuddin, Cathy Williamson, Yee Ping Teoh, Donald C. McMillan, and Denis St. J. O’Reilly: Biological Variation of Vitamins in Blood of Healthy Individuals
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2145-2150. Published online September 9, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.056374 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mustafa Vakur Bor, Mualla Çetin, Selin Aytaç, Çigdem Altay, and Ebba Nexo: Nonradioactive Vitamin B₁₂ Absorption Test Evaluated in Controls and in Patients with Inherited Malabsorption of Vitamin B₁₂
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2151-2155. Published online September 15, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.055509 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Technical Briefs:

Susan H. Bernacki, Jeanne C. Beck, Kasinathan Muralidharan, Frederick V. Schaefer, Antony E. Shrimpton, Kristy L. Richie, Barbara C. Levin, Genevieve Pont-Kingdon, and Timothy T. Stenzel: Characterization of Publicly Available Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines for Disease-Associated Mutations in 11 Genes
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2156-2159. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brice M.R. Appenzeller and Robert Wennig: Altered Distribution of Transferrin Isoforms According to Serum Storage Conditions
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2159-2162. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Data Supplements

Joanne M. Graham, Janet M. Peerson, Marjorie J. Haskell, Ram K. Shrestha, Kenneth H. Brown, and Lindsay H. Allen: Erythrocyte Riboflavin for the Detection of Riboflavin Deficiency in Pregnant Nepali Women
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2162-2165. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Emanuele Ammatuna, Nèlida Inès Noguera, Daniela Zangrilli, Paola Curzi, Paola Panetta, Paola Bencivenga, Sergio Amadori, Giorgio Federici, and Francesco Lo-Coco: Rapid Detection of Nucleophosmin (NPM1) Mutations in Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Denaturing HPLC
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2165-2167. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Wen Wang, Amy Y.Y. Chan, Li-Chong Chan, Edmond S.K. Ma, and Samuel S. Chong: Unusual Rearrangement of the ${alpha}$ -Globin Gene Cluster Containing Both the – ${alpha}$ ^3.7 and ${alpha}$ ${alpha}$ ${alpha}$ ^anti-4.2 Crossover Junctions: Clinical Diagnostic Implications and Possible Mechanisms
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2167-2170. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Data Supplements

Shui-ping Zhao, Ping Deng, Hong-guang Huang, Zhu-mei Xu, Hai-ying Dai, Shao-cai Hong, Jun Yang, and Hong-nian Zhou: Expression of COX-2 mRNA in Peripheral Blood Monocytes from Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Its Significance
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2170-2173. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Soren Junge Nielsen, Jens F. Rehfeld, Frants Pedersen, Jens Kastrup, Regitze Videbaek, and Jens Peter Goetze: Measurement of Pro-C-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Plasma
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2173-2176. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Frédérique Lancelin, Linda Kraoul, Nadia Flatischler, Sophie Brovedani-Rousset, and Marie-Liesse Piketty: False-Positive Results in the Detection of Methadone in Urines of Patients Treated with Psychotropic Substances
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2176-2177. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Claudia Marsik, Bernd Jilma, Christian Joukhadar, Christine Mannhalter, Oswald Wagner, and Georg Endler: The Toll-Like Receptor 4 Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile Polymorphisms Influence the Late Inflammatory Response in Human Endotoxemia
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2178-2180. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jacoline W. Brinkman, Dick de Zeeuw, Jacko J. Duker, Ronald T. Gansevoort, Ido P. Kema, Hans L. Hillege, Paul E. de Jong, and Stephan J.L. Bakker: Falsely Low Urinary Albumin Concentrations after Prolonged Frozen Storage of Urine Samples
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2181-2183. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

James R. Harraway and Peter M. George: Use of Fully Denaturing HPLC for UGT1A1 Genotyping in Gilbert Syndrome
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2183-2185. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Esther Jensen, Per Hyltoft Petersen, Ole Blaabjerg, Pia Skov Hansen, and Laszlo Hegedüs: Improved Sensitivity of a Thyrotropin Receptor Antibody Assay
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2186-2187. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jens Martens-Lobenhoffer, Sabine Westphal, Friedemann Awiszus, Stefanie M. Bode-Böger, and Claus Luley: Determination of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine: Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry or ELISA?
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2188-2189. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marco Di Stefano, Federica Formoso, Cristina Tamone, Giuseppe Aimo, Giulio Mengozzi, Simona Bergui, and Giovanni Carlo Isaia: Short-Term Urine Deoxypyridinoline Biological Variability in the First 5 Years after Menopause
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2189-2192. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

K.C. Allen Chan, Anthony T.C. Chan, Sing-Fai Leung, Jesse C.S. Pang, Angela Y.M. Wang, Joanna H.M. Tong, Ka-Fai To, Lisa Y.S. Chan, Lisa L.S. Tam, Nellie Y.F. Chung, Jun Zhang, Kwok-Wai Lo, Dolly P. Huang, and Y.M. Dennis Lo: Investigation into the Origin and Tumoral Mass Correlation of Plasma Epstein–Barr Virus DNA in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2192-2195. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Data Supplement

Eiji Kinoshita, Emiko Kinoshita-Kikuta, Hirokazu Kojima, Yukiko Nakano, Kazuaki Chayama, and Tohru Koike: Reliable and Cost-Effective Screening of Inherited Heterozygosity by Zn²⁺–Cyclen Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2195-2198. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Data Supplement

Fred S. Apple, Curtis A. Parvin, Kenneth F. Buechler, Robert H. Christenson, Alan H.B. Wu, and Allan S. Jaffe: Validation of the 99th Percentile Cutoff Independent of Assay Imprecision (CV) for Cardiac Troponin Monitoring for Ruling Out Myocardial Infarction
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2198-2200. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Maria Fuller, Melanie Lovejoy, John J. Hopwood, and Peter J. Meikle: Immunoquantification of ß-Glucosidase: Diagnosis and Prediction of Severity in Gaucher Disease
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2200-2202. Published online September 22, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.053538 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Data Supplements

Goce Dimeski and Andrew Carter: Rare IgM Interference with Roche/Hitachi Modular Glucose and ${gamma}$ -Glutamyltransferase Methods in Heparin Samples
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2202-2204. Published online September 22, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.053561 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elísio Costa, Emília Vieira, and Rosário dos Santos: The Polymorphism c.-3279T>G in the Phenobarbital-Responsive Enhancer Module of the Bilirubin UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase Gene Is Associated with Gilbert Syndrome
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2204-2206. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Georgios Kalambokis, Ageliki Kostoula, Michalis Economou, and Epameinondas V. Tsianos: Tumor Necrosis Factor- ${alpha}$ –Related Intraperitoneal Release of CA 125 in Cirrhotic Patients with Sterile Ascites
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2207-2208. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rossa W.K. Chiu, Wing-bong Lui, Ahmad El-Sheikhah, Anthony T.C. Chan, Tze K. Lau, Kypros H. Nicolaides, and Y.M. Dennis Lo: Comparison of Protocols for Extracting Circulating DNA and RNA from Maternal Plasma
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2209-2210. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rossa W.K. Chiu, Carol W.M. Chan, Xiao-yan Zhong, Olav Lapaire, Wolfgang Holzgreve, Sinuhe Hahn, and Y.M. Dennis Lo: Fetal Rhesus D mRNA Is Not Detectable in Maternal Plasma
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2210-2211. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lorenz Risch, Heinz Drexel, and Andreas R. Huber: Differences in Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimates by 2 Cystatin C–Based Equations
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2211-2212. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stuart B. Dubin: Determination of Amniotic Fluid Bilirubin Absorbance in Specimens Contaminated by Blood
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2213-2214. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michelle Moreton, Salim Fredericks, Denise A. McKeown, Elizabeth W. Shiferaw, Iain A.M. MacPhee, Atholl Johnston, and David W. Holt: CYP3A5 Genotype Does Not Influence the Blood Concentration of Tacrolimus Measured with the Abbott Immunoassay
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2214-2215. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Aarathi S. Sambasivan, Nathalie Lepage, and Guido Filler: Cystatin C Intrapatient Variability in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease Is Less than Serum Creatinine
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2215-2216. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yingwu Wang, Dafang Zhong, John Paul Fawcett, and Jingkai Gu: Autosampler Programming for Improved Sample Throughput in Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2216-2218. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Book, Software, and Web Site Reviews:

Martin Gollery: Bioinformatics: Sequence and Genome Analysis, 2nd ed. David W. Mount. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004, 692 pp., $75.00, paperback. ISBN 0-87969-712-1.
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2219. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Daniel H. Rich: Evaluation of Enzyme Inhibitors in Drug Discovery: A Guide for Medicinal Chemists and Pharmacologists. Robert A. Copeland. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005, 271 pp., $84.95, hardcover. ISBN 0-471-68696-4. (Book web site http://www.chipsbooks.com/evalenz.htm)
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2219-2220. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Theodore Peters: Proteins: Structure and Function. David Whitford. Chichester, West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2005, 542 pp., paperback, $65.00. ISBN 0-471-49894-7.
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2220-2221. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Obituary:

Joseph D. Artiss: Bennie Zak, PhD (September 29, 1919–July 29, 2005)
Clin Chem 2005 51: 2222-2223. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

The Clinical Chemist:

Compiled by David E. Bruns, Editor: Clin Chem 2005 51: 2224. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]