Analytical Techniques for Clinical Chemistry

Foreword
Preface
Contributors
Chapter 1. Good Clinical Practice Principles: Legal background and applicability
U. Filibeck, A. Del Vecchio, F. Galliccia
Chapter 2. Clinical chemistry and the quest for quality
S. Caroli
Chapter 3. Uncertainty in clinical chemistry measurements including preanalytical variables
M. Sverresdotter Sylte, T. Wentzel-Larsen, B. J. Bolann
Chapter 4. The role and significance of reference values in the identification and evaluation of trace elements from diet
A. Apostoli, M. C. Ricossa
Chapter 5. Sample collection, storage, and pre-treatment in clinical chemistry
A. Taylor
Chapter 6. Metal toxicology in clinical, forensic, and chemical pathology
J. A. Centeno, T. I. Todorov, G. B. van der Voet, F. C. Mullick
Chapter 7. Elemental speciation in clinical sciences
D. Templeton
Chapter 8. The role of analytical chemistry in the safety of drug therapy
S. Görög
Chapter 9. Analytical techniques and quality control of pharmaceuticals
F. Manna, F. Rossi, R. Fioravanti
Chapter 10. Detection of drugs in biological fluids for anti-doping controls
S. Strano Rossi, M. Chiarotti
Chapter 11. The applicability of plasma-based techniques to biological monitoring
I. Steffan, G. Vujicic
Chapter 12. Atomic spectrometric techniques for the analysis of clinical samples
P. Bermejo Barrera, A. Moreda Piñeiro, M. de Carmen Barciela Alonso
Chapter 13. Applications of ICP-MS in human biomonitoring studies
P. Heitland
Chapter 14. Molybdenum in biological samples and clinical significance of serum molybdenum
M. Yoshida
Chapter 15. Application of organometallic speciation in clinical studies
Bin He, Chungang Yuan, Jing Sun, Guibin Jiang
Chapter 16. Biosensors for drug analysis
D. Deriu, F. Mazzei
Chapter 17. Bioimaging of metals and proteomic studies of clinical samples by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)
J. Sabine Becker, J. Susanne Becker
Chapter 18. Application of LC-MS/MS in clinical laboratory diagnostics
U. Ceglarek, G. M. Fiedler, J. Thiery
Chapter 19. Metabolomics using UPLC/HPLC-tandem mass spectrometry in diagnosis and research of inherited metabolic diseases
W. Kulik, B. P. van Kuilenburg
Chapter 20. Biomarkers of Oxidative stress in plasma and urine
P. V. Subbaiah
Chapter 21. The use of X-ray techniques in medical research
I. Szalóki, Gy. Záray, N. Szoboszlai
Chapter 22. A new tool based on the use of stable isotopes and Isotope Pattern Deconvolution (IPD) - ICP-MS for nutritional and clinical studies
H. González Iglesias, M. L. Fernández Sánchez, A. Sanz Medel
Chapter 23. Breath analysis: analytical methodologies and clinical applications
A. Ceccarini, F. Di Francesco, R. Fuoco, S. Ghimenti, M. Onor, S. Tabucchi, M. G. Trivella
Chapter 24. Preteo-metabolomic strategies in the future of drug development
U. Christians, V. Schmitz, J. Kalwitter, J. Kalwitter
Chapter 25. Basics in laboratory medicine: past, present, and future
L. A. Debteczeni, A. Kovácsay, S. Nagy
Index