Editorials:

Robert P. Heaney

Absorbing Calcium
Clin Chem 1999 45: 161-162. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert Johnson

Abnormal Testosterone:Epitestosterone Ratios after Dehydroepiandrosterone Supplementation
Clin Chem 1999 45: 163-164. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews:

Omar S. Khalil

Spectroscopic and Clinical Aspects of Noninvasive Glucose Measurements
Clin Chem 1999 45: 165-177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics:

Lucia Sacchetti, Giuseppe Calcagno, Iolanda Coto, Nadia Tinto, Emilia Vuttariello, and Francesco Salvatore

Efficiency of Two Different Nine-Loci Short Tandem Repeat Systems for DNA Typing Purposes
Clin Chem 1999 45: 178-183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y.M. Dennis Lo, Tse N. Leung, Mark S.C. Tein, Ian L. Sargent, Jun Zhang, Tze K. Lau, Christopher J. Haines, and Christopher W.G. Redman

Quantitative Abnormalities of Fetal DNA in Maternal Serum in Preeclampsia
Clin Chem 1999 45: 184-188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Test Utilization and Outcomes:

Geir Hølleland, Jørn Schneede, Per Magne Ueland, Per Kristian Lund, Helga Refsum, and Sverre Sandberg

Cobalamin Deficiency in General Practice. Assessment of the Diagnostic Utility and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Methylmalonic Acid Determination in Relation to Current Diagnostic Strategies
Clin Chem 1999 45: 189-198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Protein Markers:

Fred S. Apple, Robert H. Christenson, Roland Valdes, Jr., Alexander J. Andriak, Amy Berg, Show-Hong Duh, Yue-Jin Feng, Saeed A. Jortani, Nancy A. Johnson, Brenda Koplen, Kristin Mascotti, and Alan H.B. Wu

Simultaneous Rapid Measurement of Whole Blood Myoglobin, Creatine Kinase MB, and Cardiac Troponin I by the Triage Cardiac Panel for Detection of Myocardial Infarction
Clin Chem 1999 45: 199-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fred S. Apple, Andrew J. Maturen, Richard E. Mullins, Pennell C. Painter, Melissa S. Pessin-Minsley, Robert A. Webster, Jennifer Spray Flores, Robert DeCresce, Daniel J. Fink, Patrice M. Buckley, Julie Marsh, Vincent Ricchiuti, and Robert H. Christenson

Multicenter Clinical and Analytical Evaluation of the AxSYM Troponin-I Immunoassay to Assist in the Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction
Clin Chem 1999 45: 206-212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabelle Giuliani, Jean-Pierre Bertinchant, Claude Granier, Michel Laprade, Sidney Chocron, Gérard Toubin, Joseph-Philippe Etievent, Catherine Larue, and Sylvie Trinquier

Determination of Cardiac Troponin I Forms in the Blood of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Patients Receiving Crystalloid or Cold Blood Cardioplegia
Clin Chem 1999 45: 213-222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Drug Monitoring and Toxicology:

Brigitte C. Widemann, Frank M. Balis, and Peter C. Adamson

Dihydrofolate Reductase Enzyme Inhibition Assay for Plasma Methotrexate Determination Using a 96-Well Microplate Reader
Clin Chem 1999 45: 223-228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chi-Kong Lai and Albert Yan-Wo Chan

Tetrahydropalmatine Poisoning: Diagnoses of Nine Adult Overdoses Based on Toxicology Screens by HPLC with Diode-Array Detection and Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry
Clin Chem 1999 45: 229-236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hematology:

Frédéric Cotton, Changying Lin, Bernard Fontaine, Béatrice Gulbis, Jacques Janssens, and Françoise Vertongen

Evaluation of a Capillary Electrophoresis Method for Routine Determination of Hemoglobins A₂ and F
Clin Chem 1999 45: 237-243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endocrinology and Metabolism:

Hideki Ohta, Tetsuo Tsuji, Shigeru Asai, Kazuyuki Sasakura, Hiroshi Teraoka, Kazuo Kitamura, and Kenji Kangawa

One-Step Direct Assay for Mature-type Adrenomedullin with Monoclonal Antibodies
Clin Chem 1999 45: 244-251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gun B. Anker, Helga Refsum, Per M. Ueland, Dag C. Johannessen, Ernst A. Lien, and Per E. Lønning

Influence of Aromatase Inhibitors on Plasma Total Homocysteine in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients
Clin Chem 1999 45: 252-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Vezzoli, Andrea Caumo, Ivano Baragetti, Simona Zerbi, Piera Bellinzoni, Antonella Centemero, Alessandro Rubinacci, GianLuigi Moro, Donatella Adamo, Giuseppe Bianchi, and Laura Soldati

Study of Calcium Metabolism in Idiopathic Hypercalciuria by Strontium Oral Load Test
Clin Chem 1999 45: 257-261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Automation and Analytical Techniques:

Torsten J. Panholzer, Jürgen Beyer, and Klaus Lichtwald

Coupled-Column Liquid Chromatographic Analysis of Catecholamines, Serotonin, and Metabolites in Human Urine
Clin Chem 1999 45: 262-268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laboratory Management:

Shahram Shahangian, Richard D. Cohn, Edward E. Gaunt, and John M. Krolak

System to Monitor a Portion of the Total Testing Process in Medical Clinics and Laboratories: Evaluation of a Split-Specimen Design
Clin Chem 1999 45: 269-280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Technical Briefs:

Enrico Rossi

Increased Fecal Porphyrins in Acute Intermittent Porphyria
Clin Chem 1999 45: 281-300. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Burkhard Linke, Martin Kiwit, Kerstin Thomas, Martin Krahwinkel, and Wolfgang Kerner

Prevention of the Decrease in Sensitivity of an Amperometric Glucose Sensor in Undiluted Human Serum
Clin Chem 1999 45: 283-285. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathalie Mario, Bruno Baudin, Arnaud Bruneel, Jacques Janssens, and Michel Vaubourdolle

Capillary Zone Electrophoresis for the Diagnosis of Congenital Hemoglobinopathies
Clin Chem 1999 45: 285-288. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annunziata Lapolla, Domenico Fedele, Mario Plebani, Rosaria Aronica, Massimo Garbeglio, Roberta Seraglia, Martina D'Alpaos, and Pietro Traldi

Evaluation of Glycated Globins by Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry
Clin Chem 1999 45: 288-290. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine M. Pfeiffer, Dan L. Huff, and Elaine W. Gunter

Rapid and Accurate HPLC Assay for Plasma Total Homocysteine and Cysteine in a Clinical Laboratory Setting
Clin Chem 1999 45: 290-292. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David B. Cook, Abdul A. Bustamam, Ian Brotherick, Brian K. Shenton, and Colin H. Self

Lectin ELISA for the c-erb-B2 Tumor Marker Protein p185 in Patients with Breast Cancer and Controls
Clin Chem 1999 45: 292-295. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Larry D. Bowers

Oral Dehydroepiandrosterone Supplementation Can Increase the Testosterone/Epitestosterone Ratio
Clin Chem 1999 45: 295-297. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karl-Anton Kreuzer, Ulrich Lass, Olfert Landt, Andreas Nitsche, Jutta Laser, Heinz Ellerbrok, Georg Pauli, Dieter Huhn, and Christian Andreas Schmidt

Highly Sensitive and Specific Fluorescence Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay for the Pseudogene-free Detection of ß-Actin Transcripts as Quantitative Reference
Clin Chem 1999 45: 297-300. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Larbi Benramdane, Michele Accominotti, Laurent Fanton, Daniel Malicier, and Jean-Jacques Vallon

Arsenic Speciation in Human Organs following Fatal Arsenic Trioxide Poisoning—A Case Report
Clin Chem 1999 45: 301-306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Richard C. Dodel, Kelly R. Bales, Martin R. Farlow, Thomas Gasser, Steven M. Paul, and Yansheng Du

Rapid Detection of a Pentanucleotide Deletion Polymorphism in the Human ₂-Macroglobulin Gene
Clin Chem 1999 45: 307-317. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wai-Keung Law, Kwong-Wai Choy, and Ching-Wan Lam

Novel Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (9678GA) for Linkage Analysis of Acute Intermittent Porphyria
Clin Chem 1999 45: 308-309. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mario Berth, Joris Delanghe, Michel Langlois, and Marc De Buyzere

Reference Values of Serum IgA Subclasses in Caucasian Adults by Immunonephelometry
Clin Chem 1999 45: 309-310. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eugene W. Rice

"Citation Classics in Clinical Chemistry": Contributions by AACC Members Duly Noted
Clin Chem 1999 45: 311. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alex Mewis, Godelieve Marien, Norbert Blanckaert, and Xavier Bossuyt

Evaluation of a Dot-Blot Method for Identification of Antibodies against Extractable Nuclear Antigens and Anti-Cytoplasmic Antibodies
Clin Chem 1999 45: 311-312. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Patrick Hess

Thoughts on After the Genome IV
Clin Chem 1999 45: 312-313. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurence A. Cole, Kirsi M. Rinne, Shohreh Shahabi, and Aziza Omrani

False-Positive hCG Assay Results Leading to Unnecessary Surgery and Chemotherapy and Needless Occurrences of Diabetes and Coma
Clin Chem 1999 45: 313-314. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kristian Linnet

Limitations of the Paired t-Test for Evaluation of Method Comparison Data
Clin Chem 1999 45: 314-315. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen C. Eliason, Detlef Ritter, Hyung D. Chung, and Michael Creer

Interlaboratory Variability for Total Homocysteine Analysis in Plasma
Clin Chem 1999 45: 315-316. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Fenske

Urinary Free Cortisol Is Not Affected by Short-term Water Diuresis
Clin Chem 1999 45: 316-317. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book & Software Reviews:

Susan Evans

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Self-Management and Leadership Strategies for Success. Christopher S. Frings, PhD, CSP. Washington, DC: AACC Press, 1998, 103pp., $19.00. ISBN 1-890883-00-X.
Clin Chem 1999 45: 318. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Clinical Chemist:

Compiled by David E. Bruns, Editor (dbruns@aacc.org)
Clin Chem 1999 45: 319-320. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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