Includes bibliographical references and index

Clinical chemistry, molecular diagnostics, and laboratory medicine / David E. Bruns, Francois A. Rousseau, and Carl A. Burtis -- Selection and analytical evaluation of methods -- with statistical techniques / Kristian Linnet, and James C. Boyd -- Clinical evaluation of methods / Edward R. Ashwood and David E. Bruns -- Evidence-based laboratory medicine / Christopher P. Price, Patrick M.M. Bossuyt, and David E. Bruns -- Establishment and use of reference values / Gary L. Horowitz -- Specimen collection, processing, and other preanalytical variables / Doris M. Haverstick and Amy R. Groszbach -- Quality management / George G. Klee, and James O. Westgard -- Principles of basic techniques and laboratory safety / Stanley F. Lo -- Optical techniques / L.J. Kricka and Jason Y. Park -- Electrochemistry and chemical sensors / Paul D'Orazio and Mark E. Meyerhoff -- Electrophoresis / Lindsay A.L. Bazydlo and James P. Landers -- Chromatography / Glen L. Hortin, and Carl A. Burtis -- Mass Spectrometry / Alan L. Rockwood, Thomas M. Annesley and Nicholas E. Sherman -- Enzyme and rate analyses / Renze Bais and Mauro Panteghini -- Immunochemical techniques / L.J. Kricka and J.Y. Park -- Automation / James C. Boyd and Charles D. Hawker -- Point-of-care instrumentation / Christopher P. Price, and Andrew St. John -- Amino acids, peptides and proteins / Glen L. Hortin -- Serum enzymes / Mauro Panteghini and Renze Bais -- Tumor markers and cancer genes / Lori J. Sokoll, Alex J. Rai and Daniel W. Chan -- Kidney function tests -- creatinine, urea, and uric acid / Edmund J. Lamb, and Christopher P. Price -- Carbohydrates / David B. Sacks -- Lipids, lipoproteins, apolipoproteins and other cardiac risk factors / Alan T. Remaley, Nader Rifai and G. Russell Warnick -- Electrolytes and blood gases / Mitchell G. Scott, Vicky A. LeGrys and Emily I. Schindler -- Hormones / Michael Kleerekoper -- Catecholamines and serotonin / Graeme Eisenhofer, Thomas G. Rosano and Ronald J. Whitley -- Vitamins, trace elements and nutritional assessment / Alan Shenkin and Norman B. Roberts -- Hemoglobin, iron and bilirubin / Trefor Higgins ... [et al.] -- Porphyrins and porphyrias / Michael N. Badminton ... [et al.] -- Therapeutic drugs and their management / Christine L.H. Snozek, Gwendolyn A. McMillin -- Clinical toxicology / Loralie Langman, Laura K. Bechtel, and Christopher P. Holstege -- Toxic metals / Thomas P. Moyer -- Diabetes/ David B. Sacks -- Cardiovascular disease / Fred S. Apple, Jens Peter Goetze, Allan S. Jaffe -- Kidney Disease / Michael P. Delaney, Christopher P. Price and Edmund J. Lamb -- Physiology and disorders of water, electrolyte, and acid-base metabolism / Emily I. Schindler, and Mitchell G. Scott -- Liver disease / D. Robert Dufour -- Gastrointestinal and pancreatic diseases / Peter G. Hill -- Disorders of bone and mineral metabolism / Juha Risteli ... [et al.] -- Disorders of the pituitary / Ishwarlal Jialal, William E. Winter and Roger L. Bertholf -- Disorders of the adrenal cortex / Roger L. Bertholf, Ishwarlal Jialal, and William E. Winter -- Thyroid disorders / William E. Winter, Desmond Schatz, and Roger L. Bertholf -- Reproduction-related disorders / Mari L. DeMarco, and Ann M. Gronowski -- Pregnancy and prenatal testing / David G. Grenache and Geralyn Lambert-Messerlian -- Newborn screening and inborn errors of metabolism / Marzia Pasquali and Nicola Longo -- Pharmacogenetics / Gwendolyn A. McMillin -- Principles of molecular biology / Y.M. Dennis Lo and Rossa W.K. Chiu -- Nucleic acid techniques and applications / Carl T. Wittwer and Noriko Kusukawa -- Genomes and nucleic acid variations / Carl T. Wittwer, and Noriko Kusukawa -- Reference information for the clinical laboratory / Gwendolyn A. McMillin, Carl A. Burtis and David E. Bruns