1. Biochemical tests in clinical medicine 2. Water, sodium and potassium 3. Hydrogen ion homeostasis and blood gases 4. The kidneys 5. The liver 6. The gastrointestinal tract 7. The hypothalamus and pituitary gland 8. The adrenal glands 9. The thyroid gland 10. The gonads 11. Disorders of carbohydrate metabolism 12. Calcium, phosphate and magnesium 13. Plasma proteins and enzymes 14. Lipids, lipoproteins and cardiovascular disease 15. The locomotor and nervous system 16. Inherited metabolic disorders 17. Disorders of haemoproteins, porphyrins and iron 18. Metabolic aspects of malignant disease 19. Therapeutic drug monitoring and chemical, aspects of toxicology 20. Clinical nutrition 21. Clinical chemistry at the extremes of age
