| Description |
1 online resource (441 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Book title; Contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 Requesting laboratory tests and interpreting the results; 2 Water and sodium; 3 The kidneys; 4 Acid-base disturbances; 5 Potassium; 6 Calcium, phosphate and magnesium; 7 The hypothalamus and pituitary gland; 8 The adrenal cortex; 9 The reproductive system; 10 Pregnancy and infertility; 11 Thyroid function; 12 Carbohydrate metabolism; 13 Plasma lipids and lipoproteins; 14 Nutrition; 15 Vitamins, trace elements and metals; 16 The gastrointestinal tract; 17 Liver disorders and gallstones |
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18 Plasma enzymes in diagnosis (clinical enzymology)19 Proteins in plasma and urine; 20 Purine and urate metabolism; 21 Disorders of haem metabolism: iron and the porphyrias; 22 Cardiovascular disease; 23 Cerebrospinal, pleural and ascitic fluids; 24 Metabolic effects of tumours; 25 Therapeutic drug monitoring and poisoning; 26 Clinical biochemistry at the extremes of age; 27 Inborn errors of metabolism; 28 Genetics and deoxyribonucleic acid-based technology in clinical biochemistry; 29 Patient sample collection and use of the laboratory; 30 Point-of-care testing |
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Appendix 1: Units in clinical chemistryIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Summary |
A readable textbook that not only explains the biochemical underpinnings of metabolic medicine but also integrates laboratory findings with clinical practice |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Clinical biochemistry.
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Metabolism.
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Clinical Chemistry Tests
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Metabolism
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metabolism (biological concept)
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Clinical biochemistry
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Metabolism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781444144154 |
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1444144154 |
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