REVIEWS:

U Ackermann

Structure and function of atrial natriuretic peptides
Clin Chem 1986 32: 241-247. [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

JF Tait, RW Franklin, JB Simpson, and ER Ashwood

Improved fluorescence polarization assay for use in evaluating fetal lung maturity. I. Development of the assay procedure
Clin Chem 1986 32: 248-254. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CA Foerder, JF Tait, RW Franklin, and ER Ashwood

Improved fluorescence polarization assay for use in evaluating fetal lung maturity. II. Analytical evaluation and comparison with the lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio
Clin Chem 1986 32: 255-259. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ER Ashwood, JF Tait, CA Foerder, RW Franklin, and TJ Benedetti

Improved fluorescence polarization assay for use in evaluating fetal lung maturity. III. Retrospective clinical evaluation and comparison with the lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio
Clin Chem 1986 32: 260-264. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J Bury, R Vercaemst, M Rosseneu, and F Belpaire

Apolipoprotein E quantified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Clin Chem 1986 32: 265-270. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C Lahet, A Vialle, I Maire, B Parrin, JP Steghens, and M Mathieu

Creatine kinase: reassessment of optimal concentrations for adenosine- 5'-diphosphate and magnesium
Clin Chem 1986 32: 271-274. [Abstract] [PDF]  

DW Bowden, M Rising, G Akots, A Myles, and RJ Broeze

Homogeneous, liposome-based assay for total complement activity in serum
Clin Chem 1986 32: 275-278. [Abstract] [PDF]  

OL Podhajcer, JE Filmus, and J Mordoh

Characterization of lysosomal acid phosphatase from normal and malignant mammary tissue
Clin Chem 1986 32: 279-282. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JE Groener, RW Pelton, and GM Kostner

Improved estimation of cholesteryl ester transfer/exchange activity in serum or plasma
Clin Chem 1986 32: 283-286. [Abstract] [PDF]  

T Kojima, T Nishina, M Kitamura, N Kamatani, and K Nishioka

Reversed-phase liquid-chromatographic determination of purine compounds in serum applied to studies of hypouricemia
Clin Chem 1986 32: 287-290. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M el Allaf, JP Chapelle, D el Allaf, A Adam, ME Faymonville, P Laurent, and C Heusghem

Differentiating muscle damage from myocardial injury by means of the serum creatine kinase (CK) isoenzyme MB mass measurement/total CK activity ratio
Clin Chem 1986 32: 291-295. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RO Wolf, VS Hubbard, BK Gillard, and A Kingman

Three methods compared for determination of pancreatic and salivary amylase activity in serum of cystic fibrosis patients
Clin Chem 1986 32: 296-300. [Abstract] [PDF]  

NW Tietz, WY Huang, DF Rauh, and DF Shuey

Laboratory tests in the differential diagnosis of hyperamylasemia
Clin Chem 1986 32: 301-307. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SP Caudill and DJ Boone

Analytical variance and definition of a reference change as a function of calcium concentration
Clin Chem 1986 32: 308-313. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JT Wu, LH Wu, and JA Knight

Stability of NADPH: effect of various factors on the kinetics of degradation [published erratum appears in Clin Chem 1987 May;33(5):724]
Clin Chem 1986 32: 314-319. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JW Fenton, 2d, CS Wideman, and BL Evatt

Thrombin clotting activity measurement and standardization with lyophilized plasma
Clin Chem 1986 32: 320-324. [Abstract] [PDF]  

VA Soo, RJ Bergert, and DG Deutsch

Screening and quantification of hypnotic sedatives in serum by capillary gas chromatography with a nitrogen-phosphorus detector, and confirmation by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
Clin Chem 1986 32: 325-328. [Abstract] [PDF]  

B Perry, BT Doumas, G Buffone, M Glick, CN Ou, and K Ryder

Measurement of total bilirubin by use of bilirubin oxidase
Clin Chem 1986 32: 329-332. [Abstract] [PDF]  

AH Chalmers, DM Cowley, and JM Brown

A possible etiological role for ascorbate in calculi formation
Clin Chem 1986 32: 333-336. [Abstract] [PDF]  

TL Kuo

Derivative spectroscopic determination of paraquat in serum
Clin Chem 1986 32: 337-339. [Abstract] [PDF]  

E Sachs and LH Bernstein

Protein markers of nutrition status as related to sex and age
Clin Chem 1986 32: 339-341. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G Cederblad, P Harper, and K Lindgren

Spectrophotometry of carnitine in biological fluids and tissue with a Cobas Bio centrifugal analyzer
Clin Chem 1986 32: 342-346. [Abstract] [PDF]  

H Kosano, T Kinoshita, N Nagata, O Takatani, M Isobe, and Y Yazaki

Change in concentrations of myogenic components of serum during 93 h of strenuous physical exercise
Clin Chem 1986 32: 346-348. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RB Payne, DP Jones, AP Walker, and RT Evans

Clustering of serum calcium and magnesium concentrations in siblings
Clin Chem 1986 32: 349-350. [Abstract] [PDF]  

T Delahunty and D Hollander

New liquid-chromatographic method for measuring polyethylene glycol in urine
Clin Chem 1986 32: 351-353. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L Gerbaut and M Macart

Is standardization more important than methodology for assay of total protein in cerebrospinal fluid?
Clin Chem 1986 32: 353-355. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SN Kahn and LP Strony

Imprecision of quantification of serum protein fractions by electrophoresis on cellulose acetate
Clin Chem 1986 32: 356-357. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RR Little, JD England, HM Wiedmeyer, EM McKenzie, R Mitra, PM Erhart, JB Durham, and DE Goldstein

Interlaboratory standardization of glycated hemoglobin determinations
Clin Chem 1986 32: 358-360. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G Lockitch, BK Wittmann, BE Snow, and DJ Campbell

Prediction of fetal lung maturity by use of the Lumadex-FSI test
Clin Chem 1986 32: 361-363. [Abstract] [PDF]  

W Flapper, PJ van den Oetelaar, CP Breed, J Steenbergen, and HJ Hoenders

Detection of serum proteins by high-pressure gel-permeation chromatography with low-angle laser light scattering, compared with analytical ultracentrifugation
Clin Chem 1986 32: 363-367. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RN Johnson and JR Baker

The alkaline reducing activity of glycated serum proteins and its relevance to diabetes mellitus
Clin Chem 1986 32: 368-370. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R Swaminathan, CS Ho, LM Chu, and S Donnan

Relation between plasma creatinine and body size
Clin Chem 1986 32: 371-373. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R Achari, D Drissel, and JD Hulse

Liquid-chromatographic analysis for esmolol and its major metabolite in urine
Clin Chem 1986 32: 374-376. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RH Hill, Jr and SL Bailey

Loss of coproporphyrin by centrifuging urine samples before liquid- chromatography
Clin Chem 1986 32: 377-378. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PK Johnson and LJ Messenger

Homogeneous substrate-labeled fluorescent immunoassay for disopyramide in human serum: semi- and fully automated procedures
Clin Chem 1986 32: 378-381. [Abstract] [PDF]  

DR Clark, RL Inloes, SM Kalman, and HH Sussman

Abbott TDx, Dade Stratus, and Du Pont aca automated digoxin immunoassays compared with a reference radioimmunoassay method
Clin Chem 1986 32: 381-385. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MP Goren and JT Li

The Coomassie Brilliant Blue method underestimates drug-induced tubular proteinuria
Clin Chem 1986 32: 386-388. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F Apple, C Bandt, A Prosch, G Erlandson, V Holmstrom, J Scholen, and M Googins

Creatinine clearance: enzymatic vs Jaffe determinations of creatinine in plasma and urine
Clin Chem 1986 32: 388-390. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Markus Ehrat, Douglas J. Cecchini, and Roger W. Giese

Substrate-Leash Amplification with Ribonuclease S-Peptide and S-Protein
Clin Chem 1986 32: 390. [Abstract] [PDF]  

AL Schultz and LM Fink

What is the most efficient way to evaluate immunoglobulins?
Clin Chem 1986 32: 391-392. [PDF]  

TT Dick and TA Webb

A statistical search for a routine laboratory tumor marker for lung cancer
Clin Chem 1986 32: 391.  

PF Mace and J Hughes

The Ames Seralyzer Reagent Strip System evaluated for measuring serum phenytoin
Clin Chem 1986 32: 391.  

AC Sewell

Urinary oligosaccharide screening detects type VI glycogen storage disease
Clin Chem 1986 32: 392.  

P Kamoun, M Cadoudal, D Rabier, and H Jerome

Detection of Wilson's disease in sibs of a patient with Wilson's disease
Clin Chem 1986 32: 392.  

DF Fan

Evaluation of Beta Quik Stat kit test for pregnancy for whole blood, serum, plasma, and urine
Clin Chem 1986 32: 393. [PDF]  

MC Haven, CW Ludvigsen, and MM McLochlin

Neonatal hypothyroid screening by adaptation of Hybritech's thyrotropin Tandem methodology
Clin Chem 1986 32: 393.  

H Yamamoto, M Okuyama, and S Yamaguchi

Pitfalls in the assay of acylcarnitine
Clin Chem 1986 32: 393-394.  

DA Lacher and AR Elsea

Effect of a lipid-clarifying reagent on results of Beckman ASTRA methods
Clin Chem 1986 32: 394.  

P Barnes and MR Holland

Modification of the Technicon RA1000 albumin method to improve accuracy
Clin Chem 1986 32: 394.  

S Shahangian and KO Ash

Formic and lactic acidosis in a fatal case of methanol intoxication
Clin Chem 1986 32: 395-397. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F Gorus, L Deruyter, B De Waele, and C Sevens

Agarose electrophoresis and inhibitor tests for isoamylase determination can give complementary clinical information
Clin Chem 1986 32: 398-400. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Samuel Meites

Biochemical Values in Clinical Medicine, 7th ed. R. D. Eastham, John Wright & Sons Ltd., Techno House, Redcliffe Way, Bristol BS1 6NX, U.K., distributed in the U.S. by PSG Publishing Co., Inc., Littleton, MA 01460, August, 1985, ix + 473 pp. paperback, $15.00. ISBN 0-7236-0820-2
Clin Chem 1986 32: 409-410. [PDF]  

A. R. Henderson

Clinical Epidemiology: A Basic Science for Clinical Medicine. D. L. Sackett, R. B. Haynes P. Tugwell. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, MA, January 1985, xiii + 370 pp, $22.50. ISBN 0-316-76595-3. Clinical Epidemiology: The Architecture of Clinical Research. A. R. Feinstein. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA 19105, March 1985, xii + 812 pp. $60.00. ISBN 0-7216-1308-X
Clin Chem 1986 32: 411-413. [PDF]  

Warren M. Wise

Ion-Selective Electrode Reviews, 6. J. D. R. Thomas, Ed., Pergamon Press, Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523, August 1985, 270 pp, $96.00. ISBN 0-08-033201-3
Clin Chem 1986 32: 413. [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

JE Devine, CA Hudd, and FE Johnson

Cost containment in clinical test development
Clin Chem 1986 32: 401.  

J Egberts

Determination of phosphatidylglycerol: which method gives the correct value?
Clin Chem 1986 32: 401-402.  

B Desoize, L Cravero, and JC Jardillier

Alkaline phosphatase isoenzyme reactivity with wheat-germ agglutinin
Clin Chem 1986 32: 402-403. [PDF]  

S Shahangian, PI Brown, and KO Ash

More on the dilution dependence of the Coomassie Brilliant Blue technique for urinary protein
Clin Chem 1986 32: 403.  

LY Seng and MJ Staley

A 10-min pre-incubation is required for measurement of fructosamine in plasma
Clin Chem 1986 32: 403-404.  

M Pergande, K Jung, B Porstmann, U Evers, and T Porstmann

Urinary osmolarity and pH and lysozyme stability
Clin Chem 1986 32: 404-405. [PDF]  

S Slater and L Wyndham

Nonselectivity of the chloride ion-selective electrode used in the Hitachi 705
Clin Chem 1986 32: 405-406. [PDF]  

PR Huber and U Gawron

Radioimmunoassay of low concentrations of total estriol in serum
Clin Chem 1986 32: 406.  

H Shintani

Cation content of serum as determined by ion chromatography and with ion-selective electrodes
Clin Chem 1986 32: 406-407.  

A Wu, DD Bretl, ML Pearson, GS Wolffe, and ML Miller

Elimination of labetalol-induced false positives in drug analyses
Clin Chem 1986 32: 407. [PDF]  

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