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January 2010, Volume 56, Issue 1
  [Index by Author]

       Editorials

       Perspective

       Q&A

       Clinical Case Study

       Review

       Endocrinology and Metabolism

       Point-of-Care Testing

       Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics

       Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

       Proteomics and Protein Markers

       Brief Communications

       Letters to the Editor

       Clinical Chemist

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Editorials:

Stephen J. Freedland, Christina D. Williams, and Elizabeth M. Masko: Adiponectin and Prostate Cancer Mortality: To Be or Not to Be Skinny?
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 1-3. [Full Text] [PDF]

David E. Bruns and James C. Boyd: Few Point-of-Care Hemoglobin A_1c Assay Methods Meet Clinical Needs
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 4-6. [Full Text] [PDF]

Perspective:

Robert A. Dean and Leslie M. Shaw: Use of Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Incipient Alzheimer Disease in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 7-9. [Full Text] [PDF]

Q&A:

Mark Kellogg: Detection of Biological Agents Used for Terrorism: Are We Ready?
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 10-15. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Case Study:

Kazunori Murata, Raynell J. Clark, Karen S. Lockington, Linda J. Tostrud, Philip R. Greipp, and Jerry A. Katzmann: Sharply Increased Serum Free Light-Chain Concentrations after Treatment for Multiple Myeloma
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 16-18. [Full Text] [PDF] [Spanish Translation]

Jim D. Faix: Commentary
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 19. [Full Text] [PDF]

Morey A. Blinder: Commentary
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 19-20. [Full Text] [PDF]

Review:

Amy K. Saenger and Robert H. Christenson: Stroke Biomarkers: Progress and Challenges for Diagnosis, Prognosis, Differentiation, and Treatment
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 21-33. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Endocrinology and Metabolism:

Haojie Li, Meir J. Stampfer, Lorelei Mucci, Nader Rifai, Weiliang Qiu, Tobias Kurth, and Jing Ma: A 25-Year Prospective Study of Plasma Adiponectin and Leptin Concentrations and Prostate Cancer Risk and Survival
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 34-43. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Point-of-Care Testing:

Erna Lenters-Westra and Robbert J. Slingerland: Six of Eight Hemoglobin A_1c Point-of-Care Instruments Do Not Meet the General Accepted Analytical Performance Criteria
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 44-52. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics:

Vanesa Dosil, Alicia Tosar, Carmen Cañadas, Pedro Pérez-Segura, Eduardo Díaz-Rubio, Trinidad Caldés, and Miguel de la Hoya: Alternative Splicing and Molecular Characterization of Splice Site Variants: BRCA1 c.591C>T as a Case Study
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 53-61. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lan-Szu Chou, C.-S. Jonathan Liu, Benjamin Boese, Xinmin Zhang, and Rong Mao: DNA Sequence Capture and Enrichment by Microarray Followed by Next-Generation Sequencing for Targeted Resequencing: Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Gene as a Model
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 62-72. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

Nancy B.Y. Tsui, Ranjit Akolekar, Rossa W.K. Chiu, Katherine C.K. Chow, Tak Y. Leung, Tze K. Lau, Kypros H. Nicolaides, and Y.M. Dennis Lo: Synergy of Total PLAC4 RNA Concentration and Measurement of the RNA Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Allelic Ratio for the Noninvasive Prenatal Detection of Trisomy 21
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 73-81. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

Rebecca W.Y. Chan, John Wong, Henry L.Y. Chan, Tony S.K. Mok, Wyatt Y.W. Lo, Vincent Lee, Ka F. To, Paul B.S. Lai, Timothy H. Rainer, Y.M. Dennis Lo, and Rossa W.K. Chiu: Aberrant Concentrations of Liver-Derived Plasma Albumin mRNA in Liver Pathologies
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 82-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

Yu K. Tong, Shengnan Jin, Rossa W.K. Chiu, Chunming Ding, K.C. Allen Chan, Tak Y. Leung, Ling Yu, Tze K. Lau, and Y.M. Dennis Lo: Noninvasive Prenatal Detection of Trisomy 21 by an Epigenetic–Genetic Chromosome-Dosage Approach
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 90-98. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

Agata Zieba, Carolina Wählby, Fredrik Hjelm, Lee Jordan, Jonathan Berg, Ulf Landegren, and Katerina Pardali: Bright-Field Microscopy Visualization of Proteins and Protein Complexes by In Situ Proximity Ligation with Peroxidase Detection
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 99-110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors:

Karsten Sydow, Stephen P. Fortmann, Joan M. Fair, Ann Varady, Mark A. Hlatky, Alan S. Go, Carlos Iribarren, Philip S. Tsao for the ADVANCE Investigators: Distribution of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine among 980 Healthy, Older Adults of Different Ethnicities
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 111-120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Proteomics and Protein Markers:

Stephanie Neuhold, Martin Huelsmann, Guido Strunk, Joachim Struck, Christopher Adlbrecht, Ghazaleh Gouya, Marie Elhenicky, and Richard Pacher: Prognostic Value of Emerging Neurohormones in Chronic Heart Failure during Optimization of Heart Failure–Specific Therapy
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 121-126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Communications:

Kuender D. Yang, Wan-Ching Chang, Hau Chuang, Pei-Wen Wang, Rue-Tsuan Liu, and Shu-Hui Yeh: Increased Complement Factor H with Decreased Factor B Determined by Proteomic Differential Displays as a Biomarker of Tai Chi Chuan Exercise
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 127-131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

Mark Hamer, Yoichi Chida, and Emmanuel Stamatakis: Association of Very Highly Elevated C-Reactive Protein Concentration with Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 132-135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Aleksandra Sikora, Bernhard G. Zimmermann, Corinne Rusterholz, Daniella Birri, Varaprasad Kolla, Olav Lapaire, Irene Hoesli, Vivian Kiefer, Laird Jackson, and Sinuhe Hahn: Detection of Increased Amounts of Cell-Free Fetal DNA with Short PCR Amplicons
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 136-138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

Letters to the Editor:

Edward R. Smith: Analytical Considerations in the Investigation of Mixed Cryoglobulinemia
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 139-140. [Full Text] [PDF]

Kareena L. Schnabl, P. Cheung Chan, and Khosrow Adeli: In Reply
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 140. [Full Text] [PDF]

Hans G. Schneider, Jillian R. Tate, and Peter E. Hickman: What Criteria Should Be Used to Assess Troponin Assays?
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 140-142. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Chemist:

: Call for Nominations
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 143. [Full Text] [PDF]

: Lily Robinson and Up in Arms: Recollections
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 144-145. [Full Text] [PDF]

Doris M. Haverstick and David E. Bruns: What Is Your Guess? Unexpected Ethanol in Urine: Increasing Proof
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 146-147. [Full Text] [PDF]

Justyna Wolak-Dinsmore: Unveiling the Right Side: Day Lily
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 148. [Full Text] [PDF]