Editorial

Graham F Read

Salivary steroid assays: still awaiting a killer application
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 181—182; doi:10.1258/acb.2009.200901 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review Articles

Peter Wood

Salivary steroid assays – research or routine?
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 183—196; first published on 28 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008208 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rajeev Srivastava and Vanessa Kay

Clinical biochemistry of assisted conception
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 197—204; first published on 4 March 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2009.008243 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Edmund J Lamb, Finlay MacKenzie, and Paul E Stevens

How should proteinuria be detected and measured?
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 205—217; doi:10.1258/acb.2009.009007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Original Articles

Li Wei Cho, V Jayagopal, E S Kilpatrick, and S L Atkin

The mean and the biological variation of insulin resistance does not differ between polycystic ovary syndrome and type 2 diabetes
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 218—221; doi:10.1258/acb.2008.008146 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jinny Jeffery, Aabha Sharma, and Ruth M Ayling

Detection of haemolysis and reporting of potassium results in samples from neonates
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 222—225; first published on 4 March 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2009.008241 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Susan Knox, John Harris, Lisa Calton, and A Michael Wallace

A simple automated solid-phase extraction procedure for measurement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D₃ and D₂ by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 226—230; doi:10.1258/acb.2009.008206 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D Joyce Bakker, Lolkje T W de Jong-van den Berg, and M Rebecca Fokkema

Controlled study on folate status following folic acid supplementation and discontinuation in women of child-bearing age
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 231—234; first published on 2 April 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2009.008207 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N A Verwey, W M van der Flier, K Blennow, C Clark, S Sokolow, P P De Deyn, D Galasko, H Hampel, T Hartmann, E Kapaki, L Lannfelt, P D Mehta, L Parnetti, A Petzold, T Pirttila, L Saleh, A Skinningsrud, J C v Swieten, M M Verbeek, J Wiltfang, S Younkin, P Scheltens, and M A Blankenstein

A worldwide multicentre comparison of assays for cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 235—240; first published on 2 April 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2009.008232 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eftihia Sbarouni, Panagiota Georgiadou, Maria Koutelou, Ioannis Sklavainas, Demosthenes Panagiotakos, and Vassilis Voudris

Ischaemia-modified albumin in dilated cardiomyopathy
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 241—243; doi:10.1258/acb.2009.009022 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S Saleem, V Mani, M A Chadwick, S Creanor, and R M Ayling

A prospective study of causes of haemolysis during venepuncture: tourniquet time should be kept to a minimum
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 244—246; doi:10.1258/acb.2009.008228 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short Report

Geraldine Collier, Marie Clare Greenan, Jennifer J Brady, Barbara Murray, and Sean K Cunningham

A study of the relationship between albuminuria, proteinuria and urinary reagent strips
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 247—249; first published on 5 March 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2009.008189 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Case Reports

Christopher Monk, Michael Wallage, Julie Wassell, Alastair Whiteway, Jacqueline James, and Robert Beetham

A monoclonal protein identified by an anomalous lipaemia index
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 250—252; first published on 4 March 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008192 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B E Fritz, R J Hauke, and D F Stickle

New onset of heterophilic antibody interference in prostate-specific antigen measurement occurring during the period of post-prostatectomy prostate-specific antigen monitoring
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 253—256; first published on 5 March 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2009.008159 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sudip Nanda, Santo Longo, Surya Prakash Bhatt, John Pamula, Shree Gopal Sharma, and Thompson H Dale

Stress cardiomyopathy – a unique presentation of diabetic ketoacidosis
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 257—260; first published on 23 March 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2009.008237 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters

Annemieke C Heijboer, Frans Martens, and Marinus A Blankenstein

Measuring salivary cortisol with the Architect i2000 random access analyser
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 261—262; first published on 18 February 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008239 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stephen Holding

Incorrect use of ratios in commercial assay kit instructions
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 262—263; first published on 28 January 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2008.008260 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annemieke C Heijboer, Richard G Ijzerman, Anna A Bouman, and Marinus A Blankenstein

Two cases of antiruthenium antibody interference in Modular free thyroxine assay
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 263—264; first published on 4 March 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2009.008258 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Callum G Fraser

Reference change values: the way forward in monitoring
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 264—265; first published on 5 March 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2009.009006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

End Pieces

   Journal Watch

Robert Barski

Lipids, lipoproteins, and apolipoproteins as risk markers of myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): a case-control study
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 266; doi:10.1258/acb.2009.200903 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nuthar Jassam

Are laboratories reporting serum quantitative hCG results correctly?
Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 266; first published on 23 March 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2009.200904 [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Piscator

Ann Clin Biochem 46(3): 267; first published on 23 March 2009 as doi: 10.1258/acb.2009.200902 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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