Editorials:

Francesco Botrè

Humanized Animal Models to Study Drug Metabolism: No Longer a "Chimera"?
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1763-1764. Published online July 23, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.131227 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Case Study:

Gary M. Reisfield, Chris W. Chronister, Bruce A. Goldberger, and Roger L. Bertholf

Unexpected Urine Drug Testing Results in a Hospice Patient on High-Dose Morphine Therapy
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1765-1768. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Commentaries:

Larry A. Broussard

Commentary
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Douglas Gourlay and Howard A. Heit

Commentary
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Review:

Hiltrud Brauch, Thomas E. Mürdter, Michel Eichelbaum, and Matthias Schwab

Pharmacogenomics of Tamoxifen Therapy
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1770-1782. Published online July 2, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2008.121756 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endocrinology and Metabolism:

Leen Lootens, Philip Meuleman, Oscar J. Pozo, Peter Van Eenoo, Geert Leroux-Roels, and Frans T. Delbeke

uPA^+/+-SCID Mouse with Humanized Liver as a Model for In Vivo Metabolism of Exogenous Steroids: Methandienone as a Case Study
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1783-1793. Published online July 30, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2008.119396 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Christian Widera, Rüdiger Horn-Wichmann, Tibor Kempf, Kerstin Bethmann, Beate Fiedler, Sarita Sharma, Ralf Lichtinghagen, Holger Leitolf, Boris Ivandic, Hugo A. Katus, Evangelos Giannitsis, and Kai C. Wollert

Circulating Concentrations of Follistatin-Like 1 in Healthy Individuals and Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome as Assessed by an Immunoluminometric Sandwich Assay
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1794-1800. Published online July 2, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.129411 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Proteomics and Protein Markers:

Masanao Matsuo, Hiroyuki Ebinuma, Isamu Fukamachi, Meizi Jiang, Hideaki Bujo, and Yasushi Saito

Development of an Immunoassay for the Quantification of Soluble LR11, a Circulating Marker of Atherosclerosis
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1801-1808. Published online August 6, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.127027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter A. Kavsak, Xuesong Wang, Dennis T. Ko, Andrew R. MacRae, and Allan S. Jaffe

Short- and Long-Term Risk Stratification Using a Next-Generation, High-Sensitivity Research Cardiac Troponin I (hs-cTnI) Assay in an Emergency Department Chest Pain Population
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1809-1815. Published online August 13, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.127241 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics:

Ales Tichopad, Rob Kitchen, Irmgard Riedmaier, Christiane Becker, Anders Ståhlberg, and Mikael Kubista

Design and Optimization of Reverse-Transcription Quantitative PCR Experiments
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1816-1823. Published online July 30, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.126201 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Automation and Analytical Techniques:

Julien Defoiche, Yan Zhang, Laurence Lagneaux, Ruth Pettengell, Andrea Hegedus, Luc Willems, and Derek C. Macallan

Measurement of Ribosomal RNA Turnover In Vivo by Use of Deuterium-Labeled Glucose
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1824-1833. Published online August 20, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2008.119446 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Cancer Diagnostics:

Sandra Regina, Jean-Baptiste Valentin, Sébastien Lachot, Etienne Lemarié, Jérôme Rollin, and Yves Gruel

Increased Tissue Factor Expression Is Associated with Reduced Survival in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer and with Mutations of TP53 and PTEN
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1834-1842. Published online August 6, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.123695 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Immunology:

Laëtitia Le Pottier, Boutahar Bendaoud, Yves Renaudineau, Pierre Youinou, Jacques-Olivier Pers, and Capucine Daridon

New ELISA for B Cell–Activating Factor
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1843-1851. Published online August 20, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.129940 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

General Clinical Chemistry:

Rima Obeid, Achim Schadt, Ulrich Dillmann, Panagiotis Kostopoulos, Klaus Fassbender, and Wolfgang Herrmann

Methylation Status and Neurodegenerative Markers in Parkinson Disease
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1852-1860. Published online August 13, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.125021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Hemostasis and Thrombosis:

Mark W. Linder, Marjorie Bon Homme, Kristen K. Reynolds, Brian F. Gage, Charles Eby, Natalia Silvestrov, and Roland Valdes, Jr.

Interactive Modeling for Ongoing Utility of Pharmacogenetic Diagnostic Testing: Application for Warfarin Therapy
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1861-1868. Published online August 13, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.125898 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pediatric Clinical Chemistry:

Amy K. Saenger, Daniel A. Dalenberg, Sandra C. Bryant, Stefan K. Grebe, and Allan S. Jaffe

Pediatric Brain Natriuretic Peptide Concentrations Vary with Age and Sex and Appear to Be Modulated by Testosterone
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1869-1875. Published online August 13, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.123778 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Communication:

Shu-Chu Shiesh, Hsiao-Mei Wiedmeyer, Jau-Tsuen Kao, Samuel D. Vasikaran, Joseph B. Lopez the Laboratory Management Committee for the Asian-Pacific Federation of Clinical Biochemistry

Proficiency Testing of Hb A_1c: A 4-Year Experience in Taiwan and the Asian Pacific Region
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1876-1880. Published online July 17, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.129726 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Citation Classic:

Han Moshage

Simple and Reliable Measurement of Nitric Oxide Metabolites in Plasma
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1881-1882. Published online August 13, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.128710 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Corinne Belaiche, Andrew Holt, and Ann Saada

Nonylphenol Ethoxylate Plastic Additives Inhibit Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Complex I
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1883-1884. Published online July 17, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.130054 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ann M. Gronowski, Michelle Powers, Ulf H. Stenman, Lori Ashby, and Mitchell G. Scott

False-Negative Results from Point-of-Care Qualitative Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Devices Caused by Excess hCGβ Core Fragment Vary with Device Lot Number
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1885-1886. Published online August 13, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.133280 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pieter Vermeersch, Daniel Blockmans, and Xavier Bossuyt

Use of Likelihood Ratios Can Improve the Clinical Usefulness of Enzyme Immunoassays for the Diagnosis of Small-Vessel Vasculitis
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1886-1888. Published online July 30, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.130583 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory T. Jones, Meiying Deng, Graeme D. Hammond-Tooke, Sally P. A. McCormick, and Andre M. van Rij

Increased Plasma Lipoprotein(a) Found in Large-Artery Atherosclerotic, but Not Small-Artery Occlusive, Stroke
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1888-1890. Published online August 27, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.126771 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oak Ridge Abstracts:

POSTER ABSTRACTS 41st Annual
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Clinical Chemist:

Lily Robinson and an Assassin’s Tracks
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Kudos to Chad Mirkin
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What Is Your Guess?:

Armanda D. Tatsas and Alison Woodworth

The Case of a Bow Legged Toddler
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Unveiling the Right Side:

Usha Anand

The Special Sticky Hemoglobin
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1896. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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