Lecture notes on clinical biochemistry /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Malden, MA :
Blackwell Science,
1998.
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| Edition: | Sixth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Requesting and interpreting tests
- Disturbances of water, sodium and potassium balance
- Acid-base balance and oxygen transport
- Renal disease
- Disorders of calcium, phosphate and magnesium metabolism
- Abnormalities of proteins in plasma
- Plasma enzyme tests in diagnosis
- Liver disease
- Gastrointestinal tract disease
- Clinical biochemical measurements in nutrition
- Disorders of carbohydrate metabolism
- Disorders plasma lipids and lipoproteins
- Disorders of iron and porphyrin metabolism
- Disorders of purine metabolism
- Abnormalities of thyroid function
- Disorders of the adrenal cortex and medulla.
- Hypothalamic and pituitary hormones
- Gonadal function, steroid contraceptives and pregnancy
- Clinical biochemistry in paediatrics and geriatrics
- Molecular biology in clinical biochemistry
- Central nervous system and cerebrospinal fluid
- Therapeutic drug monitoring and chemical toxicology
- Appendix A: collection of specimens.
- Appendix B: near-patient testing
- Appendix C: si units and conventional units
- Reference books and further reading.