Editorial

Joanna Sheldon

Free light chains
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 503-505; doi:10.1258/000456307782268183 [PDF]  

Review Article

R Bowker, A Green, and J R Bonham

Guidelines for the investigation and management of a reduced level of consciousness in children: implications for clinical biochemistry laboratories
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 506-511; doi:10.1258/000456307782268228 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Original Articles

Rebecca J Pattenden, Stephen Y Rogers, and Philip R Wenham

Serum free light chains; the need to establish local reference intervals
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 512-515; doi:10.1258/000456307782268200 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Robert Beetham, Julie Wassell, Michael J Wallage, Alastair J Whiteway, and Jacky A James

Can serum free light chains replace urine electrophoresis in the detection of monoclonal gammopathies?
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 516-522; doi:10.1258/000456307782268084 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Xiao-Yan Xie, Xin Yang, Jia-Hua Zhang, and Ze-Jun Liu

Analysis of hTERT expression in exfoliated cells from patients with bladder transitional cell carcinomas using SYBR green real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 523-528; doi:10.1258/000456307782268093 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Elizabeth Denham, Barbara Mohn, Linda Tucker, Andrea Lun, Peter Cleave, and D Ross Boswell

Evaluation of immunoturbidimetric specific protein methods using the Architect ci8200: comparison with immunonephelometry
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 529-536; doi:10.1258/000456307782268237 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vesna Stojiljkovic, Ana Todorovic, Nedeljko Radlovic, Snezana Pejic, Marija Mladenovic, Jelena Kasapovic, and Snezana B Pajovic

Antioxidant enzymes, glutathione and lipid peroxidation in peripheral blood of children affected by coeliac disease
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 537-543; doi:10.1258/000456307782268075 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Makoto Matsushita, Tsutomu Irino, Kiyoshi Kamiyama, Yoshimi Muramoto, Takeshi Kawaguchi, Takanari Nakano, and Tsugikazu Komoda

Evaluation of a method for measuring tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase activity in healthy subjects
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 544-548; doi:10.1258/000456307782268165 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kazuhiro Nakamura, Takumi Takeuchi, Ryunosuke Ohkawa, Shigeo Okubo, Hiromitsu Yokota, Minoru Tozuka, Junken Aoki, Hiroyuki Arai, Hitoshi Ikeda, Noriko Ohshima, Tadaichi Kitamura, and Yutaka Yatomi

Serum lysophospholipase D/autotaxin may be a new nutritional assessment marker: study on prostate cancer patients
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 549-556; doi:10.1258/000456307782268147 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Short Reports

Noriaki Mitani, Yoshimasa Niwa, and Yasuyuki Okamoto

Surveyor^TM nuclease-based detection of p53 gene mutations in haematological malignancy
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 557-559; doi:10.1258/000456307782268174 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kazuhiko Kotani, Isao Kawabata, Haosheng Mu, Youichi Kurozawa, and Yoshihisa Itoh

Urinary protein 1/Clara cell 16 concentrations and lung functions in male subjects with pneumoconiosis
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 560-562; doi:10.1258/000456307782268110 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Aila Leino and Britt-Marie Loo

Comparison of three commercial tests for buprenorphine screening in urine
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 563-565; doi:10.1258/000456307782268129 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Case Reports

R D Wheeler, H Sharma, M Groves, D Wren, and J Sheldon

A case study of mixed cryoglobulinaemia associated with peripheral neuropathy
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 566-569; doi:10.1258/000456307782268138 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Masaki Ikemoto, Shinichi Matsumoto, Hiroto Egawa, Teru Okitsu, Yasuhiro Iwanaga, Shinji Umemoto, Hiroshi Itoh, Hiroshi Murayama, and Masatoshi Fujita

A case with transient increases in serum S100A8/A9 levels implying acute inflammatory responses after pancreatic islet transplantation
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 570-572; doi:10.1258/000456307782268156 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Noriko Fujihara, Kazuyoshi Yamauchi, Masako Hirota-Kawadobora, Shinsuke Ishikawa, Minoru Tozuka, Eizaburo Ishii, Tsutomu Katsuyama, Nobuo Okumura, and Shunichiro Taniguchi

In vitro expression of β-thalassaemia gene (IVS1-1G>C) reveals complete inactivation of the normal 5' splice site and alternative aberrant RNA splicing
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 573-578; doi:10.1258/000456307782268246 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Letter

Edmund J Lamb and Nasir A Abbas

Spurious hypernatraemia and Citra-Lock
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 579; doi:10.1258/000456307782268219 [PDF]  

Journal Watch

Journal Watch
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 580-582; doi:10.1258/000456307782268192 [PDF]  

Piscator

Piscator
Ann Clin Biochem 44(6): 582-583; doi:10.1258/000456307782268101 [PDF]  

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