Special Reports:

David E. Bruns, Edward J. Huth, Erik Magid, and Donald S. Young

Toward a Checklist for Reporting of Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy of Medical Tests
Clin Chem 2000 46: 893-895. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireview:

Eleftherios P. Diamandis

Prostate-specific Antigen: A Cancer Fighter and a Valuable Messenger?
Clin Chem 2000 46: 896-900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics:

Giuseppe Castaldo, Giuseppe Calcagno, Raffaella Sibillo, Rosario Cuomo, Gerardo Nardone, Luigi Castellano, Camillo Del Vecchio Blanco, Gabriele Budillon, and Francesco Salvatore

Quantitative Analysis of Aldolase A mRNA in Liver Discriminates between Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Cirrhosis
Clin Chem 2000 46: 901-906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandrine Barbaux, Leo A.J. Kluijtmans, and Alexander S. Whitehead

Accurate and Rapid "Multiplex Heteroduplexing" Method for Genotyping Key Enzymes Involved in Folate/Homocysteine Metabolism
Clin Chem 2000 46: 907-912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gisela Barbany, Anette Hagberg, Ulla Olsson-Strömberg, Bengt Simonsson, Ann-Christine Syvänen, and Ulf Landegren

Manifold-assisted Reverse Transcription-PCR with Real-Time Detection for Measurement of the BCR-ABL Fusion Transcript in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients
Clin Chem 2000 46: 913-920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Malin Johansson, Eva K. Pisa, Vuokko Törmänen, Kerstin Årstrand, and Bertil Kågedal

Quantitative Analysis of Tyrosinase Transcripts in Blood
Clin Chem 2000 46: 921-927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Protein Markers:

Yoshitaka Morishita, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, Nobuo Nakashima, Keiichi Majima, Katsuhiko Mizuguchi, and Yoshihisa Kawamura

Total and Pancreatic Amylase Measured with 2-Chloro-4-nitrophenyl-4-O-ß-D-galactopyranosylmaltoside
Clin Chem 2000 46: 928-933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Winston L. Hutchinson, Wolfgang Koenig, Margit Fröhlich, Malte Sund, Gordon D.O. Lowe, and Mark B. Pepys

Immunoradiometric Assay of Circulating C-Reactive Protein: Age-related Values in the Adult General Population
Clin Chem 2000 46: 934-938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

György Sölétormos, Per Hyltoft Petersen, and Per Dombernowsky

Progression Criteria for Cancer Antigen 15.3 and Carcinoembryonic Antigen in Metastatic Breast Cancer Compared by Computer Simulation of Marker Data
Clin Chem 2000 46: 939-949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors:

Michael Krebs, Harald Stingl, Peter Nowotny, Daniel Weghuber, Martin Bischof, Werner Waldhäusl, and Michael Roden

Prevention of in Vitro Lipolysis by Tetrahydrolipstatin
Clin Chem 2000 46: 950-954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laboratory Management:

Donald S. Young, Bruce S. Sachais, and Leigh C. Jefferies

The Costs of Disease
Clin Chem 2000 46: 955-966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Tables  

Donald S. Young, Bruce S. Sachais, and Leigh C. Jefferies

Laboratory Costs in the Context of Disease
Clin Chem 2000 46: 967-975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Tables  

Nutrition:

Robert W. Owen, Walter Mier, Attilio Giacosa, William E. Hull, Bertold Spiegelhalder, and Helmut Bartsch

Identification of Lignans as Major Components in the Phenolic Fraction of Olive Oil
Clin Chem 2000 46: 976-988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Technical Briefs:

Jean-Louis Beaudeux, Philippe Léger, Laurent Dequen, Iradj Gandjbakhch, Pierre Coriat, and Marie-José Foglietti

Influence of Hemolysis on the Measurement of S-100ß Protein and Neuron-specific Enolase Plasma Concentrations during Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Clin Chem 2000 46: 989-990. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sara Altinier, Monica Mion, Anna Cappelletti, Martina Zaninotto, and Mario Plebani

Rapid Measurement of Cardiac Markers on Stratus CS
Clin Chem 2000 46: 991-993. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulrich Missler, Martin Wiesmann, Philipp Ehlermann, Michael Tronnier, Axel Nötzold, Elke Steinmeier, and W. Graham Wood

Validation and Comparison of Two Solid-Phase Immunoassays for the Quantification of S-100B in Human Blood
Clin Chem 2000 46: 993-996. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert J. Colinas, Ronald Bellisario, and Kenneth A. Pass

Multiplexed Genotyping of ß-Globin Variants from PCR-amplified Newborn Blood Spot DNA by Hybridization with Allele-specific Oligodeoxynucleotides Coupled to an Array of Fluorescent Microspheres
Clin Chem 2000 46: 996-998. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diego Gazzolo, Paola Vinesi, Emanuela Marinoni, Romolo Di Iorio, Mauro Marras, Mario Lituania, Pierluigi Bruschettini, and Fabrizio Michetti

S100B Protein Concentrations in Cord Blood: Correlations with Gestational Age in Term and Preterm Deliveries,
Clin Chem 2000 46: 998-1000. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michelle A.M. Bon, Arletta van Oeveren-Dybicz, and Frank A.J.T.M van den Bergh

Genotyping of HLA-B27 by Real-Time PCR without Hybridization Probes
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1000-1002. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katharina S. Kuhn, Angela I. Krasselt, and Peter Fürst

Glutathione and Glutathione Metabolites in Small Tissue Samples and Mucosal Biopsies,
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1003-1005. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Istvan Sohar, Li Lin, and Peter Lobel

Enzyme-based Diagnosis of Classical Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis: Comparison of Tripeptidyl Peptidase I and Pepstatin-insensitive Protease Assays
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1005-1008. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

History:

Samuel Meites

History of Clinical Chemistry in a Children’s Hospital (1914–1964)
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1009-1013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Csaba Galambos, David S. Brink, Detlef Ritter, Hyung D. Chung, Michael H. Creer, and Kent A. Ford

False-Positive Plasma Troponin I with the AxSYM Analyzer • The manager of AxSYM System Integration for Abbott Diagnostic Division responds:
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1014-1015. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nobuyuki Amino, Hisato Tada, Yoh Hidaka, and Yukiko Izumi

Thyroid Function during Pregnancy
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1015-1016. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Swaminathan, Ann M. Gronowski, Samuel Dagogo-Jack, Corinne R. Fantz, and Jack H. Ladenson

Thyroid Function during Pregnancy • The authors of the Case Conference cited in the previous two letters respond:
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1016-1017. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank A. Quinn, Matthew Mittino, Felix Rode, Henriëtte A. Hendriks, and Willem M. Verweij

Capacity and Efficiency Testing of New Immunoassay Analyzers • Drs. Hendriks and Verweij respond:
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1017-1019. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernadette S. Jakobs, Marcel Volmer, Marc T.W. Hofs, and Dorine W. Swinkels

Enhanced Time-saving Extraction Procedure for the Analysis of Fecal Fat by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1019-1020. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franca Pagani, Graziella Bonetti, Francesca Stefini, Claudio Cuccia, Mauro Panteghini, Barry Bluestein, Brian Markham, and David Waskiewicz

Serum and Plasma Samples for ACS:Systems Cardiac Markers • Representatives of the manufacturer respond:
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1020-1022. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathan Gochman

High and Higher Sensitivity CRP
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1022. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bhoji Watts, Leslie Burnett, and Doug Chesher

Measurement of Total Protein Is Not a Useful Inclusion in Liver Function Test Profiles
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1022-1023. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karl Verebey, Thomas P. Moyer, David E. Nixon, and Owen K. Ash

Filter Paper-collected Blood Lead Testing in Children • The authors of the editorial cited above respond:
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1024-1028. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Noel Stanton, Jane Maney, and Robert Jones

More on Filter Paper Lead Testing
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1028-1029. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Clinical Chemist:

Compiled by David E. Bruns, Editor (dbruns@aacc.org)
Clin Chem 2000 46: 1030-1036. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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