Advances in Clinical Chemistry

Volume 59 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. Human Epididymis Protein 4 (He4) in Cancer Diagnostics: A Promising and Reliable Tumour Marker

Marijn M. Speeckaert, Reinhart Speeckaert and Joris R. Delanghe

2. Pathophysiological Roles and Clinical Importance of Biomarkers in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Cangel Pui-yee Chan, PhD and Timothy Hudson Rainer, MD

3. Paraoxonases: Ancient Substrate Hunters and Their Evolving Role in Ischemic Heart Disease

Nicola Martinelli, Letizia Consoli, Domenico Girelli, Elisa Grison, Roberto Corrocher and Oliviero Olivieri

4. Mucosal Healing in Ulcerative Colitis: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology

Jakob Benedict Seidelin, Mehmet Coskun and Ole Haagen Nielsen

5. Reticulocytes in Sports Medicine. An Update.

Giovanni Lombardi, Alessandra Colombini, Patrizia Lanteri and Giuseppe Banfi

6. Toll-Like Receptors in Liver Disease

Jan Petrasek, Timea Csak and Gyongyi Szabo

7. Procalcitonin in Pediatrics

Lucia Pacifico, John F. Osborn, Fabio Natale, Flavia Ferraro, Mario De Curtis, and Claudio Chiesa