Special Reports:

Catharine M. Sturgeon, Michael J. Duffy, Barry R. Hofmann, Rolf Lamerz, Herbert A. Fritsche, Katja Gaarenstroom, Johannes Bonfrer, Thorsten H. Ecke, H. Barton Grossman, Peter Hayes, Ralf-Thorsten Hoffmann, Seth P. Lerner, Florian Löhe, Johanna Louhimo, Ihor Sawczuk, Kazuhisa Taketa, and Eleftherios P. Diamandis

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines for Use of Tumor Markers in Liver, Bladder, Cervical, and Gastric Cancers
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. e1-e48. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Linda M. Thienpont, Katleen Van Uytfanghe, Graham Beastall, James D. Faix, Tamio Ieiri, W. Greg Miller, Jerald C. Nelson, Catherine Ronin, H. Alec Ross, Jos H. Thijssen, Brigitte Toussaint for the IFCC Working Group on Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests

Report of the IFCC Working Group for Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests; Part 1: Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 902-911. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Linda M. Thienpont, Katleen Van Uytfanghe, Graham Beastall, James D. Faix, Tamio Ieiri, W. Greg Miller, Jerald C. Nelson, Catherine Ronin, H. Alec Ross, Jos H. Thijssen, Brigitte Toussaint for the IFCC Working Group on Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests

Report of the IFCC Working Group for Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests; Part 2: Free Thyroxine and Free Triiodothyronine
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 912-920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Linda M. Thienpont, Katleen Van Uytfanghe, Graham Beastall, James D. Faix, Tamio Ieiri, W. Greg Miller, Jerald C. Nelson, Catherine Ronin, H. Alec Ross, Jos H. Thijssen, Brigitte Toussaint for the IFCC Working Group on Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests

Report of the IFCC Working Group for Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests; Part 3: Total Thyroxine and Total Triiodothyronine
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 921-929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Editorials:

George G. Klee

Harmonization and Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 879-880. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Volker Rudolph and Stephan Baldus

Myeloperoxidase for Guiding Therapy for Acute Cardiac Decompensation? It’s Heart to Tell
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 881-882. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Perspective:

Brendan M. Everett

B-Type Natriuretic Peptides and the Promise of Improved Cardiovascular Risk Prediction
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 883-885. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Q&A:

Fred S. Apple

High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Assays: What Analytical and Clinical Issues Need to Be Addressed before Introduction into Clinical Practice?
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 886-891. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Case Study:

Tze Ping Loh, Sharon Saw, and Sunil Kumar Sethi

Hyperphosphatemia in a 56-Year-Old Man with Hypochondrial Pain
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 892-895. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Spanish Translation]  

Vivek Roy

Commentary
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 895-896. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David B. Endres

Commentary
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 896. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Chemistry Guide to Scientific Writing:

Thomas M. Annesley

Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why: The Ingredients in the Recipe for a Successful Methods Section
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 897-901. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Chinese Translation][Spanish Translation]  

Review:

Katrien Devreese and Marc F. Hoylaerts

Challenges in the Diagnosis of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 930-940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Opinion:

Allan S. Jaffe, Fred S. Apple, David A. Morrow, Bertil Lindahl, and Hugo A. Katus

Being Rational about (Im)precision: A Statement from the Biochemistry Subcommittee of the Joint European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/World Heart Federation Task Force for the Definition of Myocardial Infarction
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 941-943. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Proteomics and Protein Markers:

Tobias Reichlin, Thenral Socrates, Patrick Egli, Mihael Potocki, Tobias Breidthardt, Nisha Arenja, Julia Meissner, Markus Noveanu, Mirjam Reiter, Raphael Twerenbold, Nora Schaub, Andreas Buser, and Christian Mueller

Use of Myeloperoxidase for Risk Stratification in Acute Heart Failure
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 944-951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katharine J. Bates, Elizabeth M. Hall, Michael N. Fahie-Wilson, Heiko Kindler, Clare Bailey, David Lythall, and Edmund J. Lamb

Circulating Immunoreactive Cardiac Troponin Forms Determined by Gel Filtration Chromatography after Acute Myocardial Infarction
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 952-958. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Jingjing Jiang, Nicole Pristera, Wei Wang, Xiumei Zhang, and Qingyu Wu

Effect of Sialylated O-Glycans in Pro–Brain Natriuretic Peptide Stability
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 959-966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors:

Masumi Ai, Seiko Otokozawa, Bela F. Asztalos, Yasuki Ito, Katsuyuki Nakajima, Charles C. White, L. Adrienne Cupples, Peter W. Wilson, and Ernst J. Schaefer

Small Dense LDL Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease: Results from the Framingham Offspring Study
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 967-976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

W. Greg Miller, Gary L. Myers, Ikunosuke Sakurabayashi, Lorin M. Bachmann, Samuel P. Caudill, Andrzej Dziekonski, Selvin Edwards, Mary M. Kimberly, William J. Korzun, Elizabeth T. Leary, Katsuyuki Nakajima, Masakazu Nakamura, Göran Nilsson, Robert D. Shamburek, George W. Vetrovec, G. Russell Warnick, and Alan T. Remaley

Seven Direct Methods for Measuring HDL and LDL Cholesterol Compared with Ultracentrifugation Reference Measurement Procedures
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 977-986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data and Journal Club]  

Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics:

Chris Planque, Yun-Hee Choi, Serge Guyetant, Nathalie Heuzé-Vourc'h, Laurent Briollais, and Yves Courty

Alternative Splicing Variant of Kallikrein-Related Peptidase 8 as an Independent Predictor of Unfavorable Prognosis in Lung Cancer
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 987-997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Monika Jung, Annika Schaefer, Isabel Steiner, Carsten Kempkensteffen, Carsten Stephan, Andreas Erbersdobler, and Klaus Jung

Robust MicroRNA Stability in Degraded RNA Preparations from Human Tissue and Cell Samples
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 998-1006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Drug Monitoring and Toxicology:

David M. Schwope, Garry Milman, and Marilyn A. Huestis

Validation of an Enzyme Immunoassay for Detection and Semiquantification of Cannabinoids in Oral Fluid
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 1007-1014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pediatric Clinical Chemistry:

Javaria M. Khalid, Juliet Oerton, Guy Besley, Neil Dalton, Melanie Downing, Anne Green, Mick Henderson, Steve Krywawych, Veronica Wiley, Bridget Wilcken, Carol Dezateux on behalf of the UK Collaborative Study of Newborn Screening for MCADD

Relationship of Octanoylcarnitine Concentrations to Age at Sampling in Unaffected Newborns Screened for Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 1015-1021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Communication:

Vasudev J. Bailey, Yi Zhang, Brian P. Keeley, Chao Yin, Kristen L. Pelosky, Malcolm Brock, Stephen B. Baylin, James G. Herman, and Tza-Huei Wang

Single-Tube Analysis of DNA Methylation with Silica Superparamagnetic Beads
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 1022-1025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Citation Classic:

Timothy P. Carr

Tissue Lipid Analysis with Enzymatic Reagents
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 1026-1027. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Thomas R. Haven, Mark E. Astill, Brian M. Pasi, James B. Carper, Lily L. Wu, Anne E. Tebo, and Harry R. Hill

An Algorithm for Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody Testing in Patients with Suspected Myasthenia Gravis
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 1028-1029. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gurjinder M.K. Nijher, Jordan E. Baxter, Owais B. Chaudhri, Kevin G. Murphy, Radha Ramachandran, Alexis Fowler, Krishna Chinthapalli, Michael Patterson, Channa N. Jayasena, Catherine Williamson, Sailesh Kumar, Mohammad A. Ghatei, Stephen R. Bloom, and Waljit S. Dhillo

Identification of the Hormone Kisspeptin in Amniotic Fluid
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 1029-1031. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victoria Salem, Waljit S. Dhillo, Karim Meeran, Mandy Donaldson, and Niamh M. Martin

Dexamethasone-Suppressed Corticotrophin-Releasing Hormone–Stimulation Test Does Not Reliably Diagnose or Predict Recurrence of Cushing Disease
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 1031-1034. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carolina Arguelles-Grande, Gary L. Norman, Govind Bhagat, and Peter H. R. Green

Hemolysis Interferes with the Detection of Anti–Tissue Transglutaminase Antibodies in Celiac Disease
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 1034-1036. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marielle Kaplan, Yvgeny Tendler, Riad Mahamid, Maayan Shiner, Michael Aviram, and Tony Hayek

High Glucose Upregulates C-Reactive Protein Synthesis in Macrophages
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 1036-1038. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian N. Kelly, Doris M. Haverstick, and David E. Bruns

Interference in a Glucose Dehydrogenase–Based Glucose Meter
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 1038-1040. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Chemist:

T. Scott Isbell and Reina Villareal-Armamento

What Is Your Guess? A Case of Thick but Brittle Bones and Instant Tea
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 1041-1042. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eleftherios P. Diamandis

Unveiling the Right Side: A Conversation with Pheidias and Pericles about the Elgin Marbles and Other Matters
Clinical Chemistry 2010 v. 56, p. 1042-1044. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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