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Ahmed Waise and Hermione C Price

The upper limit of the reference range for thyroid-stimulating hormone should not be confused with a cut-off to define subclinical hypothyroidism
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 93—98; first published on 22 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008113 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Review Article

P Wood

Primary antibody deficiency syndromes
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 99—108; first published on 16 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008175 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Original Articles

Anwar Borai, Callum Livingstone, Hawazen Zarif, and Gordon Ferns

Serum insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1: an improvement over other simple indices of insulin sensitivity in the assessment of subjects with normal glucose tolerance
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 109—113; first published on 22 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008160 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ahmed A Nimir, Eltahir A G Khalil, Ahmed M Musa, Habab M Yassin, and Ahmed M El-Hassan

Evaluation of the particle gel diffusion technique for the detection of haemoglobin S in Sudanese patients
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 114—116; first published on 22 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008155 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keisuke Iwata, Yukitoshi Kanayama, Tadayuki Sahara, Isao Karube, Nobuo Inaba, Shinji Fujino, Mikihiko Kawano, and Ikunosuke Sakurabayashi

Novel automated pulse immunoassay for human alpha-fetoprotein
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 117—122; first published on 22 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008129 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R Laskaj, S Dodig, I Cepelak, and I Kuzman

Superoxide dismutase, copper and zinc concentrations in platelet-rich plasma of pneumonia patients
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 123—128; first published on 16 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M J Whiting

Simultaneous measurement of urinary metanephrines and catecholamines by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric detection
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 129—136; first published on 28 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008180 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gideon Sartorius, Lam P Ly, Ken Sikaris, Robert McLachlan, and David J Handelsman

Predictive accuracy and sources of variability in calculated free testosterone estimates
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 137—143; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008171 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Short Reports

Brian G Keevil, James Fildes, Anna Baynes, and Nizar Yonan

Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry measurement of tacrolimus in finger-prick samples compared with venous whole blood samples
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 144—145; first published on 16 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008147 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Albrecht Pfäfflin, Karsten Müssig, and Erwin Schleicher

Interference of paracetamol (acetaminophen) with a commercially available high-performance liquid chromatography analysis of serotonin leading to falsely low serotonin levels
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 146—148; first published on 16 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joshua Ryan, Christine Mandelt, Heidi Wade, and Samuel D Vasikaran

Salivary paracetamol: evaluation of a colorimetric method in assessing deliberate self-poisoning
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 149—151; first published on 16 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008196 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Loretta Ford, Petros Kampanis, and Jonathan Berg

Thiopurine S-methyltransferase genotype-phenotype concordance: used as a quality assurance tool to help control the phenotype assay
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 152—154; first published on 22 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008167 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H D Hutton, H S Drummond, and A A Fryer

The rise and fall of C-reactive protein: managing demand within clinical biochemistry
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 155—158; first published on 22 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008126 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Aila Leino and M K Koivula

Stability of chemical and immunochemical analytes in uncentrifuged plasma samples
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 159—161; first published on 16 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008212 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Megan A Rensburg, Louise Nutt, Annalise E Zemlin, and Rajiv T Erasmus

An audit on the reporting of critical results in a tertiary institute
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 162—164; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008182 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P Yalamati, B J Jones, and P J Twomey

Appropriateness of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry recommendation of repeating HbA1c analysis for extreme results in clinical practice
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 165—166; first published on 28 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008153 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports

Belinda J Schouten, Matthew P Doogue, Steven G Soule, and Penelope J Hunt

Iron polymaltose-induced FGF23 elevation complicated by hypophosphataemic osteomalacia
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 167—169; first published on 16 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008151 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B N Datta and M D Stone

Hyperventilation and hypophosphataemia
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 170—171; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008199 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mohamed Saleem, John G Lewis, Christopher M Florkowski, Guy P Mulligan, Peter M George, and Pamela Hale

A patient with pseudo-Addison's disease and falsely elevated thyroxine due to interference in serum cortisol and free thyroxine immunoassays by two different mechanisms
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 172—175; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008224 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters

J D Santotoribio, A León-Justel, C Delgado-Pecellín, and J M Guerrero

What are the biochemical parameters of pleural fluid that best identify parapneumonic effusions?
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 176—177; first published on 16 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008198 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raymond Gambino, Michael Sanfilippo, and Lydia Lazcano

Pseudohyperkalaemia from finger flexion during venepuncture masks true hypokalaemia
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 177; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008223 [Full Text] [PDF]  

S R Absalom

Revised national guidelines for the analysis of cerebrospinal fluid for bilirubin in suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 177—178; first published on 16 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008204 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Cruickshank On behalf of the UK NEQAS Specialist Advisory Group for EQA of CSF Proteins and Biochemistry

Response to Absalom: revised national guidelines for the analysis of cerebrospinal fluid for bilirubin in suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage
Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 178; first published on 16 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.200834 [Full Text] [PDF]  

End Pieces

   Journal Watch

Caroline Davies

Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 179; first published on 28 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.200835 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan Troup

Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 179; first published on 28 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.200836 [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Piscator

Ann Clin Biochem 46(2): 180; first published on 16 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.200833 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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