TY - BOOK AU - Calbreath, Donald F. AU - Ciulla,Anna TI - Clinical chemistry: a fundamental textbook SN - 080892043X [paperback] PY - 1996/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Lippincott KW - Clinical chemistry N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Chapter one The scope of clinical chemistry -- Chapter two Principles of measurement I: statistics, reference values, and quality assurance -- Chapter three Principles of measurement II: concepts in instrumentation -- Chapter four Principles of measurement III: automation -- Chapter five Protein chemistry I: fundamentals of protein structure and analysis -- Chapter six Protein chemistry II: electrophoresis techniques -- Chapter seven Protein chemistry III: immunochemical techniques for the analysis of specific protein -- Chapter eight Clinical enzymology I: properties of enzymes -- Chapter nine Principles of immunoassay -- Chapter ten Clinical enzymology II: use of enzymes in diagnosis -- Chapter eleven Liver and kidney function -- Chapter twelve Carbohydrates biochemistry -- Chapter thirteen Lipids and heart disease -- Chapter fourteen Clinical endocrinology I: general concepts and thyroid hormones -- Chapter fifteen Clinical Endocrine II: steroid hormones -- Chapter sixteen Clinical endocrinology III: catecholamines -- Chapter seventeen Clinical chemistry of pregnancy and birth -- Chapter eighteen Electrolytes and water balance -- Chapter nineteen Mineral metabolism -- Chapter twenty Therapeutic drug monitoring -- Chapter twenty-one Screening for substance abuse; Adult ER -