Editorial

Edmund J Lamb

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry: changes afoot
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 451; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.200825 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review Article

Jean M Kirk

Neonatal jaundice: a critical review of the role and practice of bilirubin analysis
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 452-462; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008076 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Original Articles

Louise Nutt, Annalise E Zemlin, and Rajiv T Erasmus

Incomplete laboratory request forms: the extent and impact on critical results at a tertiary hospital in South Africa
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 463-466; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.007252 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Brian Shine

Use of routine clinical laboratory data to define reference intervals
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 467-475; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008028 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Asma Kassab, Thouraya Ajmi, Manel Issaoui, Larbi Chaeib, Abdelhedi Miled, and Mohamed Hammami

Homocysteine enhances LDL fatty acid peroxidation, promoting microalbuminuria in type 2 diabetes
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 476-480; doi:10.1258/acb.2007.007125 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William A Sadler

Error models for immunoassays
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 481-485; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.007230 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Timothy F Lang, David Cardy, Dennis Carson, Clodagh M Loughrey, and Elinor Hanna

Audit of acute hypoglycaemia in children: re-audit of procedures for diagnosis
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 486-488; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jaemi Kim, Yoshihiro Motomiya, Mitsuharu Ueda, Masaaki Nakamura, Yohei Misumi, Shiori Saito, Shinji Ikemizu, Shogo Misumi, Kazutoshi Ota, Satoru Shinriki, Hirofumi Kai, and Yukio Ando

Role of conformational change in the C-terminus of β₂-microglobulin in dialysis-related amyloidosis
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 489-495; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008046 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Elfi Wardaningsih, Takashi Miida, Utako Seino, Yuriko Fueki, Masayuki Ito, Keisuke Nagasaki, Toru Kikuchi, Makoto Uchiyama, Satoshi Hirayama, Osamu Hanyu, Kazunori Miyake, and Masahiko Okada

Low adiponectin state is associated with metabolic abnormalities in obese children, particularly depending on apolipoprotein E phenotype
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 496-503; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.007237 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nosheen Iqbal, Catherine Morgan, Hisham Maksoud, and Iskandar Idris

Improving patients' knowledge on the relationship between HbA1c and mean plasma glucose improves glycaemic control among persons with poorly controlled diabetes
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 504-507; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Afaf M Hassan

Selenium status in patients with aspirin-induced asthma
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 508-512; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008030 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short Reports

Michiyo Urata, Yui Koga-Wada, Yuzo Kayamori, and Dongchon Kang

Platelet contamination causes large variation as well as overestimation of mitochondrial DNA content of peripheral blood mononuclear cells
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 513-514; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Woodward, Steven McCann, and Mohammad Al-Jubouri

The relationship between estimated glomerular filtration rate and thyroid function: an observational study
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 515-517; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.007248 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Louise F Brown and Callum G Fraser

Assay validation and biological variation of serum receptor for advanced glycation end-products
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 518-519; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Case Reports

Steven Soule, Chris Florkowski, Howard Potter, David Pattison, Martin Swan, Penny Hunt, and Peter George

Intermittent severe, symptomatic hyponatraemia due to the nephrogenic syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 520-523; doi:10.1258/acb.2007.007211 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L K Tilbrook, J Slater, A Agarwal, and J Cyriac

An unusual cause of interference in a salicylate assay caused by mitochondrial acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase deficiency
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 524-526; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.007202 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C S Bailey, J J Weiner, O M Gibby, and M D Penney

Excessive calcium ingestion leading to milk-alkali syndrome
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 527-529; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Asila Al-Musheifri and Graham R D Jones

Glucose interference in direct ion-sensitive electrode sodium measurements
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 530-532; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Book

Gordon Challand

Insulin Murders: True Life Cases
Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 533; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.200811 [Full Text] [PDF]  

End Piece

   Journal Watch

Sally Slack

Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 534; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.200820 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna L Barton

Ann Clin Biochem 45(5): 534; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.200821 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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