Advances in Clinical Chemistry

Volume 58 in the internationally acclaimed Advances in Clinical Chemistry contains chapters submitted from leading experts from academia and clinical laboratory science. Authors are from a diverse field of clinical chemistry disciplines and diagnostics, ranging from basic biochemical exploration to cutting-edge microarray technology.

Written by authors representing the diverse field of clinical chemistry and diagnostics, reviews in Advances in Clinical Chemistry cover a range of cutting-eduge research ranging from basic biochemical exploration to microarray technology

1. Highly Sensitive Troponin Immunoassays: Navigating Between the Scylla and Charybdis

Giuseppe Lippi, Martina Montagnana, Rosalia Aloe and Gianfranco Cervellin

2. Circulating Forms of the B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (Bnp) Pro-Hormone: Pathophysiologic and Clinical Considerations

Aldo Clerico, Simona Vittorini and Claudio Passino

3. Next Generation Natriuretic Peptide Measurement

Ingrid Hunter and Jens P. Goetze

4. Cytokines In Muscle Damage

Anastassios Philippou, Maria Maridaki, Apostolos Theos and Michael Koutsilieris

5. The Immune System - A Hidden Treasure for Biomarker Discovery in Cutaneous Melanoma

Monica Neagu

6. Neurophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin in Acute Kidney Injury

Konstantinos Makris and Nikolaos Kafkas

7. Urinary Metabolomics in Newborns and Infants

Vassilios Fanos, Roberto Antonucci, Luigi Barberini and Luigi Atzori

8. Antihypertensive Role of Polyphenols

Ramón Rodrigo, David Gil, Andrés Miranda-Merchak and Georgios Kalantzidis