Advances in Clinical Chemistry

Review articles of wide interest to clinical laboratory scientists and diagnostic adventurers.

Gregory S. Makowski (Series edited by)

9780123742094, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 3 December 2008

344 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.68 kg

Volume 46 in the internationally acclaimed Advances in Clinical Chemistry contains chapters submitted from leading experts from academia and clinical laboratory science. Authors are from a diverse field of clinical chemistry disciplines and diagnostics ranging from basic biochemical exploration to cutting-edge microarray technology.

Chapter 1
Atherogenic Lipoprotein Sub-profiling
Allison A Ellington PhD, Iftikhar J Kullo MD

Chapter 2
Effect of Exercise on Oxidative Stress Biomarkers
Richard J. Bloomer

Chapter 3
Human Total Serum N-Glycome
André Klein

Chapter 4
Biomarkers of liver fibrosis
Thierry Poynard, Rachel Morra, Patrick Ingiliz, Françoise Imbert-Bismut, Dominique Thabut, Djamila Messous, Mona Muntenau, Julien Massard, Yves Benhamou and Vlad Ratziu,

Chapter 5
Nutritional Biochemistry of Spaceflight
S. M. Smith and S. R. Zwart

Chapter 6
Biomarkers Related to Aging in Human Populations
Eileen Crimmins, Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, Jung Ki Kim, Dawn Alley

Chapter 7
Vascular calcification inhibitors in relation to cardiovascular disease with special emphasis on fetuin-A in chronic kidney disease.
Mohamed E Suliman, Elvia García-López, Björn Anderstam, Bengt Lindholm and Peter Stenvinkel

Chapter 8
Mechanisms of arterial calcification: spotlight on the inhibitors
Gabriele Weissen-Plenz, PhD1, Yvonne Nitschke, MS2, and Frank Rutsch, MD2

Subject Areas: Biochemistry [PSB], Organic chemistry [PNN], Chemistry [PN], Biophysics [PHVN], Pharmacology [MMG], Medical laboratory testing & techniques [MBGL]