Minireview:

Carlo Brugnara

Iron Deficiency and Erythropoiesis: New Diagnostic Approaches
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1573-1578. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review:

Walter P. Carney, Rainer Neumann, Allan Lipton, Kim Leitzel, Suhail Ali, and Christopher P. Price

Potential Clinical Utility of Serum HER-2/neu Oncoprotein Concentrations in Patients with Breast Cancer
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1579-1598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics:

Sha-Sha Wang, Keith Thornton, Andrew M. Kuhn, James G. Nadeau, and Tobin J. Hellyer

Homogeneous Real-Time Detection of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms by Strand Displacement Amplification on the BD ProbeTec ET System
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1599-1607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Hemostasis and Thrombosis:

Armando Tripodi, Alessandra Biasiolo, Veena Chantarangkul, and Vittorio Pengo

Lupus Anticoagulant (LA) Testing: Performance of Clinical Laboratories Assessed by a National Survey Using Lyophilized Affinity-purified Immunoglobulin with LA Activity
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1608-1614. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Proteomics and Protein Markers:

Kevin R. Coombes, Herbert A. Fritsche, Jr, Charlotte Clarke, Jeng-neng Chen, Keith A. Baggerly, Jeffrey S. Morris, Lian-chun Xiao, Mien-Chie Hung, and Henry M. Kuerer

Quality Control and Peak Finding for Proteomics Data Collected from Nipple Aspirate Fluid by Surface-Enhanced Laser Desorption and Ionization
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1615-1623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Drug Monitoring and Toxicology:

Burkhardt Müller, Konstanze Zöpf, Julia Bachofer, and Werner Steimer

Optimized Strategy for Rapid Cytochrome P450 2D6 Genotyping by Real-Time Long PCR
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1624-1631. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thierry Dervieux, Diana Orentas Lein, John Marcelletti, Ken Pischel, Katie Smith, Michael Walsh, and Russell Richerson

HPLC Determination of Erythrocyte Methotrexate Polyglutamates after Low-Dose Methotrexate Therapy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1632-1641. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hematology:

Michele Bianchini, Emanuela Ottaviani, Tiziana Grafone, Barbara Giannini, Simona Soverini, Carolina Terragna, Marilina Amabile, Pier Paolo Piccaluga, Michele Malagola, Michela Rondoni, Costanza Bosi, Michele Baccarani, and Giovanni Martinelli

Rapid Detection of Flt3 Mutations in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients by Denaturing HPLC
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1642-1650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

General Clinical Chemistry:

Dirk Wisser, Klaus van Ackern, Ernst Knoll, Hermann Wisser, and Thomas Bertsch

Blood Loss from Laboratory Tests
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1651-1655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Technical Briefs:

Shea Ping Yip, Sin Fat Pun, Kim Hung Leung, and Sau Yin Lee

Rapid, Simultaneous Genotyping of Five Common Southeast Asian ß-Thalassemia Mutations by Multiplex Minisequencing and Denaturing HPLC
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1656-1659. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Drosten, Marcus Panning, and Stefanie Kramme

Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Real-Time PCR Using Pan-Mycobacterial Primers and a Pair of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Probes Specific for the M. tuberculosis Complex
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1659-1661. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Data Supplement Data Supplement  

Ranjeet Ahluwalia, Robert Freimuth, Howard L. McLeod, and Sharon Marsh

Use of Pyrosequencing to Detect Clinically Relevant Polymorphisms in Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1661-1664. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Data Supplement  

Lucia Giordani, Paolo Bruzzi, Carla Lasalandra, Michele Quaranta, Francesco Schittulli, Fulvio Della Ragione, and Achille Iolascon

Association of Breast Cancer and Polymorphisms of Interleukin-10 and Tumor Necrosis Factor- Genes
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1664-1667. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yumi Sugito, Akihiko Sekizawa, Antonio Farina, Yasuo Yukimoto, Hiroshi Saito, Mariko Iwasaki, Nicola Rizzo, and Takashi Okai

Relationship between Severity of Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Fetal DNA Concentration in Maternal Plasma
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1667-1669. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hakim El Housni, Pierre Heimann, Jasmine Parma, and Gilbert Vassart

Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping by Melting Analysis of Dual-Labeled Probes: Examples Using Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin 20210A Mutations
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1669-1672. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Data Supplement  

Heidi Michels Blanck, Christine M. Pfeiffer, Samuel P. Caudill, Michele Reyes, Elaine W. Gunter, Giuseppina Imperatore, Onno W. van Assendelft, Sonya Strider, and Tracy Dearth

Serum Iron and Iron-binding Capacity: A Round-Robin Interlaboratory Comparison Study
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1672-1675. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Data Supplement  

Orazio Palmieri, Stephen Toth, Alessandro Ferraris, Angelo Andriulli, Anna Latiano, Vito Annese, Bruno Dallapiccola, Maurizio Vecchi, Marcella Devoto, Saul Surrey, and Paolo Fortina

CARD15 Genotyping in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients by Multiplex Pyrosequencing
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1675-1679. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wen Wang, Edmond S.K. Ma, Amy Y.Y. Chan, John Prior, Wendy N. Erber, Li C. Chan, David H.K. Chui, and Samuel S. Chong

Single-Tube Multiplex-PCR Screen for Anti-3.7 and Anti-4.2 -Globin Gene Triplications
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1679-1682. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andreas Nitsche, Olivia Oswald, Nina Steuer, Johannes Schetelig, Aleksandar Radonic, Stefanie Thulke, and Wolfgang Siegert

Quantitative Real-Time PCR Compared with pp65 Antigen Detection for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in 1122 Blood Specimens from 77 Patients after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation: Which Test Better Predicts CMV Disease Development?
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1683-1685. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniela Bernardi, Marta Podswiadek, Martina Zaninotto, Leonardo Punzi, and Mario Plebani

YKL-40 as a Marker of Joint Involvement in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1685-1688. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Gröschl, Manfred Rauh, and Helmuth-Günther Dörr

Circadian Rhythm of Salivary Cortisol, 17-Hydroxyprogesterone, and Progesterone in Healthy Children
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1688-1691. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Natalie Khuseyinova, Armin Imhof, Gerlinde Trischler, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Winston L. Hutchinson, Mark B. Pepys, and Wolfgang Koenig

Determination of C-Reactive Protein: Comparison of Three High-Sensitivity Immunoassays
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1691-1695. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

History:

Louis Rosenfeld

Justus Liebig and Animal Chemistry
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1696-1707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Paul N. Span, Nicolai Grebenchtchikov, J. Geurts-Moespot, and C.G.J. Sweep

Screening for Interference in Immunoassays
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1708-1709. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Haruhito Kikuchi, Atsumi Ohta, Yoko Takahashi, Ayako Shibata, Teruko Ohtake, and Kiyoaki Watanabe

High-Dose Hook Effect in an Immunochromatography–Optical Quantitative Reader Method for Myoglobin
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1709-1710. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Omar F. Laterza, Greg Gerhardt, and Lori J. Sokoll

Measurement of Plasma Ammonia Is Affected in Patients Receiving Asparaginase Therapy
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1710-1711. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Godelieve Mariën and Xavier Bossuyt

Response to the Comments of K. Day and J. Zakowski on "Clinical Capillary Zone Electrophoresis of Serum Proteins: Balancing High Sensitivity and High Specificity"
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1711-1712. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas Dix and Jack H Ladenson

Priority In Clinical Chemistry: Does It Match International Public Health Need? • Comment on Dix
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1712-1714. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book, Software, and Web Site Reviews:

George F. Johnson

Pocket Guide to Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. Rolf D. Schmid. Weinheim, Federal Republic of Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2003, 360 pp., $45.00, softcover. ISBN 3-527-30895-4.
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1715-1716. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurence M. Demers

Diseases of the Thyroid, Second Edition. Lewis E. Braverman, MD, editor. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2003, 395 pp., $125.00. ISBN 1-8829-76-6.
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1715. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corrections:

Correction
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1716. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oak Ridge Conference:

Vivianna M. Van Deerlin, Lisa H. Gill, Jennifer M. Farmer, John Q. Trojanowski, and Virginia M-Y. Lee

Familial Frontotemporal Dementia: From Gene Discovery to Clinical Molecular Diagnostics
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1717-1725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Russell L. Margolis and Christopher A. Ross

Diagnosis of Huntington Disease
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1726-1732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark A. Reynolds, Howard J. Kirchick, Jeffrey R. Dahlen, Joseph M. Anderberg, Paul H. McPherson, Kevin K. Nakamura, Daniel T. Laskowitz, Gunars E. Valkirs, and Kenneth F. Buechler

Early Biomarkers of Stroke
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1733-1739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xianquan Zhan and Dominic M. Desiderio

Heterogeneity Analysis of the Human Pituitary Proteome
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1740-1751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Svetlana A. Dambinova, Guerman A. Khounteev, Galina A. Izykenova, Igor G. Zavolokov, Anna Y. Ilyukhina, and Alexander A. Skoromets

Blood Test Detecting Autoantibodies to N-Methyl-D-aspartate Neuroreceptors for Evaluation of Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1752-1762. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donita L. Robinson, B. Jill Venton, Michael L.A.V. Heien, and R. Mark Wightman

Detecting Subsecond Dopamine Release with Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry in Vivo
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1763-1773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abstracts of Oak Ridge Posters:

Amin Lane, Christopher J. Stanley, Stephen Dealler, and Stuart M. Wilson

Polymeric Ligands with Specificity for Aggregated Prion Proteins
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1774-1775. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lynn P. Cloney, Linda J. Spiller, Whalley K. Fong, Joanne E. Harris, and Paul C. Harris

RAMP^®: High Accuracy from Immunochromatographic Assays by the Use of Internal Control Ratios
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1775-1777. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Clinical Chemist:

Clin Chem 2003 49: 1778. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Accent:

ACCENT® Continuing Education Credit for Readers of Clinical Chemistry
Clin Chem 2003 49: 1779-1780. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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