Editorials:

Nancy R. Cook and Michelle A. Albert

Regarding REGARDS: Does Inflammation Explain Racial and Regional Differences in Cardiovascular Disease Risk?
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1603-1605. Published online July 9, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.131185 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David F. Keren

Heavy/Light-Chain Analysis of Monoclonal Gammopathies
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1606-1608. Published online July 9, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.132753 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Perspectives:

Andrew S. Narva

Assessment of Kidney Function for Drug Dosing
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1609-1611. Published online July 9, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.127944 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David B. Sacks

The Diagnosis of Diabetes Is Changing: How Implementation of Hemoglobin A_1c Will Impact Clinical Laboratories
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1612-1614. Published online July 9, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.132704 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special Reports:

Dennis J. Dietzen, Piero Rinaldo, Ronald J. Whitley, William J. Rhead, W. Harry Hannon, Uttam C. Garg, Stanley F. Lo, and Michael J. Bennett

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines: Follow-Up Testing for Metabolic Disease Identified by Expanded Newborn Screening Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Executive Summary
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1615-1626. Published online July 2, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.131300 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors:

Mary Cushman, Leslie A. McClure, Virginia J. Howard, Nancy S. Jenny, Susan G. Lakoski, and George Howard

Implications of Increased C-Reactive Protein for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in Black and White Men and Women in the US
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1627-1636. Published online July 30, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2008.122093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Alexis Baass, Geneviève Dubuc, Michel Tremblay, Edgard E. Delvin, Jennifer O'Loughlin, Emile Levy, Jean Davignon, and Marie Lambert

Plasma PCSK9 Is Associated with Age, Sex, and Multiple Metabolic Markers in a Population-Based Sample of Children and Adolescents
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1637-1645. Published online July 23, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.126987 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Cancer Diagnostics:

Arthur R. Bradwell, Stephen J. Harding, Nicolas J. Fourrier, Gregg L.F. Wallis, Mark T. Drayson, Hugh D. Carr-Smith, and Graham P. Mead

Assessment of Monoclonal Gammopathies by Nephelometric Measurement of Individual Immunoglobulin / Ratios
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1646-1655. Published online July 17, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.123828 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shi Le Sheng, Gang Huang, Bin Yu, and Wen Xin Qin

Clinical Significance and Prognostic Value of Serum Dickkopf-1 Concentrations in Patients with Lung Cancer
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1656-1664. Published online July 23, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.125641 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Lei Zhu, Hannu Koistinen, Ulf Landegren, and Ulf-Håkan Stenman

Proximity Ligation Measurement of the Complex between Prostate Specific Antigen and 1-Protease Inhibitor
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1665-1671. Published online July 30, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.127779 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endocrinology and Metabolism:

Joachim Struck, Martina Strebelow, Sonja Tietz, Christine Alonso, Nils G. Morgenthaler, Johannes G. van der Hoeven, Peter Pickkers, and Andreas Bergmann

Method for the Selective Measurement of Amino-Terminal Variants of Procalcitonin
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1672-1679. Published online July 2, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2008.123018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics:

Matthew J. Rose-Zerilli, Sheila J. Barton, A. John Henderson, Seif O. Shaheen, and John W. Holloway

Copy-Number Variation Genotyping of GSTT1 and GSTM1 Gene Deletions by Real-Time PCR
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1680-1685. Published online July 9, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2008.120105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Jun Sheng Lin and Kenneth P. McNatty

Aptamer-Based Regionally Protected PCR for Protein Detection
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1686-1693. Published online July 9, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.127266 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Nino Mdivani, Haijing Li, Maka Akhalaia, Medea Gegia, Leila Goginashvili, Douglas S. Kernodle, George Khechinashvili, and Yi-Wei Tang

Monitoring Therapeutic Efficacy by Real-Time Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis mRNA in Sputum
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1694-1700. Published online July 2, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.124396 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Angela M. Caliendo, Mona D. Shahbazian, Carl Schaper, Jessica Ingersoll, Deborah Abdul-Ali, Jerry Boonyaratanakornkit, Xiao-Li Pang, Julie Fox, Jutta Preiksaitis, and E. Ralf Schönbrunner

A Commutable Cytomegalovirus Calibrator Is Required to Improve the Agreement of Viral Load Values between Laboratories
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1701-1710. Published online July 2, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.124743 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Gitana M. Aceto, Laura De Lellis, Teresa Catalano, Serena Veschi, Paolo Radice, Angelo Di Iorio, Renato Mariani-Costantini, Alessandro Cama, and Maria Cristina Curia

Nonfluorescent Denaturing HPLC–Based Primer-Extension Method for Allele-Specific Expression: Application to Analysis of Mismatch Repair Genes
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1711-1718. Published online July 23, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.126300 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Kerstin Bohmann, Guido Hennig, Uwe Rogel, Christopher Poremba, Berit Maria Mueller, Peter Fritz, Stephan Stoerkel, and Karl-L. Schaefer

RNA Extraction from Archival Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue: A Comparison of Manual, Semiautomated, and Fully Automated Purification Methods
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1719-1727. Published online July 17, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2008.122572 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Brief Communications:

Susanne B. Schwedler, Thomas Hansen-Hagge, Matthias Reichert, Daniel Schmiedeke, Reinhard Schneider, Jan Galle, Lawrence A. Potempa, Christoph Wanner, and János G. Filep

Monomeric C-Reactive Protein Decreases Acetylated LDL Uptake in Human Endothelial Cells
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1728-1731. Published online July 17, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.125732 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Amy K. Saenger, Christina Lockwood, Christine L. Snozek, Thomas C. Milz, Brad S. Karon, Mitchell G. Scott, and Allan S. Jaffe

Catecholamine Interference in Enzymatic Creatinine Assays
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1732-1736. Published online July 9, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.127373 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Clinical Case Study:

Danni L. Meany, Suzanne M. Jan de Beur, Mary Jo Bill, and Lori J. Sokoll

A Case of Renal Osteodystrophy with Unexpected Serum Intact Parathyroid Hormone Concentrations
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1737-1739. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tom Cantor

Commentary
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1740. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keith Hruska

Commentary
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1740-1741. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Citation Classics:

Donald W. Jacobsen

Total Plasma Homocysteine: The Mediator/Marker Controversy Continues
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1742-1743. Published online June 25, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.128744 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inspiring Minds:

Misia Landau

Carl Wittwer
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1744-1746. Published online July 23, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.129890 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Hiroyuki Hanada, Satami Mugii, Keiko Takeoka, Ikuhiro Maeda, Mikio Watanabe, Yoh Hidaka, and Yoshiori Iwatani

Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer Metastasis and Relapse by Recognizing Nonspecific Cross-Reacting Antigen 2 in Commercial Carcinoembryonic Antigen Assays
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1747-1748. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert C. Hawkins

25-OH Vitamin D₃ Concentrations in Chinese, Malays, and Indians
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1749-1751. Published online June 25, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.129403 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Albrecht Pfäfflin

Highly Sensitive Cardiac Troponin I Assay Leads to Lowered Specificity
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1749. Published online June 25, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.128660 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book, Software and Website Reviews:

Kara L. Kuntz-Melcavage, Ellen Bicknell, Jim DeLeo, Rick Hansen, Gerald L. McLaughlin, G. William Moore, and Alan T. Remaley

Clinical Chemistry’s NIH Book Club Corner, NIH Biomedical Computing Interest Group Book Club Review of The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher by Julian Baggini. Kara L. Kuntz-Melcavage, Ellen Bicknell, Jim DeLeo, Rick Hansen, Gerald L. McLaughlin, G. William Moore, Alan T. Remaley
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1752-1753. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Obituary:

Dr. Gerald R. Cooper Obituary, November 19, 1914 – May 25, 2009
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1754-1755. Published online July 30, 2009; 10.1373/clinchem.2009.132969 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Chemist:

Vince Stine

Health Care Reform 2009: Implications for the Clinical Laboratory
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1756-1757. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lily Robinson and Conventional Wisdom: Recollections
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1758-1759. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher R. McCudden and Yara A. Park

What Is Your Guess? The Solidification of Mr. M
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1760. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Unveiling the Right Side
Clin Chem 2009 55: 1761. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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