Reference change values for lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive α-fetoprotein and des-γ-carboxy prothrombin in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

abstract：:The availability of so-called high-sensitivity troponin assays (hsTn) has scored a compelling goal for laboratory medicine, allowing the safe clinical application of international recommendations for the definition of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, the introduction of hsTn has not been welcomed by clinici...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Ferraro S,Panteghini M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides an overview of the role of metabolite toxicity, low-grade inflammation and disturbed cellular signaling in obesity, glucose intolerance and diabetes. It also highlights links between this continuum of deteriorating glucose tolerance and atherosclerosis. Obesity, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascu...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Dominiczak MH

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Anti-mitochondrial autoantibodies (AMA) detected by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) on rodent tissues are the diagnostic marker of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). However, up to 15% of patients with PBC are AMA-negative by IIF. In the effort to close the serological gap and improve the diagnostic sensit...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Villalta D,Seaman A,Tiongson M,Warren C,Bentow C,Bizzaro N,Alessio MG,Porcelli B,Norman GL,Mahler M

更新日期：2020-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, is formed by methylation of arginine residues in proteins and released after proteolysis. In this reaction, S-adenosylmethionine is methyldonor and S-adenosylhomocysteine the demethylated product. ADMA and homocysteine are thus bioch...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： van Guldener C,Nanayakkara PW,Stehouwer CD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for ischemic heart disease. Several other mechanisms apply also to dilative types of heart failure of various, non-ischemic etiologies. We hypothesized that hyperhomocysteinemia is associated with left ventricular (LV) dilatation and hypertrophy in dilative cardiomyopath...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Alter P,Rupp H,Rominger MB,Figiel JH,Renz H,Klose KJ,Maisch B

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombopoietin (TPO), a growth factor primarily involved in regulating thrombopoiesis, has been recently implicated in the pathogenesis of sepsis. TPO levels are, indeed, greatly increased in patients with sepsis compared to control subjects, and correlate with sepsis severity. The aim of this study was to e...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Segre E,Pigozzi L,Lison D,Pivetta E,Bosco O,Vizio B,Suppo U,Turvani F,Morello F,Battista S,Moiraghi C,Montrucchio G,Lupia E

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The variability of the tumor markers cancer antigen (CA) 15.3, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) during steady state concentrations and the rate of increase during progression is described. One hundred and ninety-two patients were monitored during first-line chemotherapy for metastati...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Sölétormos G,Petersen PH,Dombernowsky P

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantification of serum proteins is useful in the diagnosis and clinical management of many disorders. With the introduction of automated analyzers and standardized reference materials, one of the last barriers to more widespread utilization of these measurements is the lack of availability of reliable and transferabl...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Palomaki GE,Neveux LM

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) free light chains (FLCs) in the diagnosis of Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB). Methods Serum and CSF levels of κ- and λ-FLC, albumin and total concentration of immunoglobulin M (IgM) were determined together with CSF ch...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Tjernberg I,Johansson M,Henningsson AJ

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Background The increasing number of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria provides enormous challenges for choosing an appropriate antibiotic therapy in the early phase of sepsis. While bacterial identification has been greatly accelerated by the introduction of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Kittel M,Findeisen P,Ghebremedhin B,Miethke T,Grundt A,Ahmad-Nejad P,Neumaier M

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An E670G polymorphism of the exon 12 of the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) gene was recently found to be associated with increased plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and severity of coronary atherosclerosis. This case-control study tested for a possible link betw...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Hsu LA,Teng MS,Ko YL,Chang CJ,Wu S,Wang CL,Hu CF

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-induced cardiotoxicity is a major clinical problem; cardiotoxic drugs may induce both cardiac dysfunction and myocardial injury. Several recent studies reported that cardiac troponins measured with high-sensitivity methods (hs-cTn) can enable the early detection of myocardial injury related to chemotherapy or abu...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Cardinale DM,Zaninotto M,Cipolla CM,Passino C,Plebani M,Clerico A

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent progress in the understanding of the pathophysiology of hemostasis has established that blood coagulation disorders causing bleeding or thrombosis often indicate a multi-casual nature in which the interaction between genetic and acquired factors plays a major mechanistic role. The interaction of two or more fac...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Franchini M,Mannucci PM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, To err is human, galvanized a dramatically increased level of concern about adverse events and patient safety in healthcare, including errors in laboratory medicine. While a significant decrease in the error rates of clinical laboratories has been achieved and documented in rece...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Plebani M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volatile biomarker analysis in exhaled breath is becoming one of the desirable strategies for cancer detection because it may offer a relatively inexpensive, rapid, and non-invasive screening method for early diagnosis. Breath analysis has attracted a considerable amount of scientific and clinical interest over the pa...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Badjagbo K

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intake of drugs may influence the interpretation of laboratory test results. Knowledge and correct interpretation of possible drug-laboratory test interactions (DLTIs) is important for physicians, pharmacists and laboratory specialists. Laboratory results may be affected by analytical or physiological effects of medic...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： van Balveren JA,Verboeket-van de Venne WPHG,Erdem-Eraslan L,de Graaf AJ,Loot AE,Musson REA,Oosterhuis WP,Schuijt MP,van der Sijs H,Verheul RJ,de Wolf HK,Kusters R,Hoedemakers RMJ,Dutch Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laborat

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is a crucial process in tissue remodeling during growth, both in the embryo and the adult. In our study we concentrated on the direct effect of beta-carotene on human umbilical cord originating from endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). beta-Carotene uptake by EPCs was measured using a HPLC method. The det...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Kieć-Wilk B,Polus A,Grzybowska J,Mikołajczyk M,Hartwich J,Pryjma J,Skrzeczyńska J,Dembińska-Kieć A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery and development of new biomarkers continues to be an exciting and promising field. Improvement in prediction of risk of developing disease is one of the key motivations in these pursuits. Appropriate statistical measures are necessary for drawing meaningful conclusions about the clinical usefulness of th...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Pencina MJ,D'Agostino RB,Vasan RS

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A large body of evidence suggests that not only cerebral but also systemic oxidative stress (OxS) might be involved in the pathogenesis of late onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) and vascular dementia (VAD), as well as of the prodromal phase of dementia, the so-called mild cognitive impairment (MCI). In the pr...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Cervellati C,Romani A,Bergamini CM,Bosi C,Sanz JM,Passaro A,Zuliani G

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to establish reference intervals for thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (FT4), free triiodothyronine (FT3), total thyronine (TT4) and total triiodothyronine (TT3) on the Architect i2000 analyser (Abbott). Serum samples were obtained from apparently healthy adults (n=217, ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Hubl W,Schmieder J,Gladrow E,Demant T

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia is a growing public health concern because of the lack of effective curative treatment options and a rising global prevalence. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia, affecting 60%-70% of all patients with dementia. The main pathological features of Alzheimer's dementia are neurofibrilla...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Demarin V,Zavoreo I,Kes VB,Simundić AM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are several complementary English-language guidelines for the performance of the sweat chloride test. These guidelines also incorporate information for the collection of conductivity samples. However, recommendations for the measurement and reporting of sweat conductivity are less clear than for sweat ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Greaves RF,Jolly L,Massie J,Scott S,Wiley VC,Metz MP,Mackay RJ,Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists Sweat Test Working Party in association with the Royal Australasian College of Pathologists Quality Assurance Programs.

更新日期：2018-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stone composition has changed substantially over the past decades in developed countries. We studied urinary stone composition in Tunisian children. METHODS:We studied 205 children ranging from 3 months to 16 years old age and who were diagnosed as having urinary stones (122 boys and 83 girls). Stone analys...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Alaya A,Nouri A,Najjar MF

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transition from communications (abstracts) of an Argentinean congress and their publication as full papers was analyzed. No similar report was found for clinical laboratory in Latin America. METHODS:A total of 388 communications from five congresses were identified, and searches were performed on the intern...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Martínez AM,Fink NE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Betaine serves as a methyl donor in a reaction converting homocysteine to methionine, catalysed by the enzyme betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase. It has been used for years to lower the concentration of plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) in patients with homocystinuria, and has recently been shown to reduce fasting ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Ueland PM,Holm PI,Hustad S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent revision of ISO15189 has further strengthened its position as the standard for accreditation for medical laboratories. Both for laboratories and their customers it is important that the scope of such accreditation is clear. Therefore the European co-operation for accreditation (EA) demands that the national...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Thelen MH,Vanstapel FJ,Kroupis C,Vukasovic I,Boursier G,Barrett E,Bernabeu Andreu F,Brguljan PM,Brugnoni D,Lohmander M,Sprongl L,Vodnik T,Ghita I,Vaubourdolle M,Huisman W,Working Group Accreditation ISO\/CEN standards (WG-A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Query fever (Q fever) is a zoonotic infection, caused by the intracellular Gram-negative coccobacillus Coxiella burnetii. From 2007 until 2010, a large Q fever outbreak has occurred in the Netherlands. We studied traditional and less common inflammation markers in seronegative and seropositive patients with ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Vissers E,de Jager CP,Hilbink M,Kusters R,van Gageldonk-Lafeber AB,Wever PC

更新日期：2012-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apolipoprotein A-I gene (APOA1) polymorphisms have been associated with variations in serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL)- and high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol. We have investigated whether APOA1 common variants are also associated with variations in basal triglyceride serum concentrations and resp...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Sorkin SC,Forestiero FJ,Hirata MH,Guzmán EC,Cavalli SA,Bertolami MC,Salazar LA,Hirata RD

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic predisposition to hemochromatosis involves several different point mutations in the HFE gene. Routine testing for two such mutations (H63D and S65C) using real-time genotyping deserves special care, as these mutations are in close proximity (6 bp) of each other. METHODS:A novel assay was designed fo...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Klaassen CH,van Aarssen YA,van der Stappen JW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim was to investigate whether first trimester glycodelin and angiopoietin-2 can predict small-for-gestational age (SGA) at delivery, individually or in combination. METHODS:In this case-control study we measured glycodelin and angiopoietin-2 on serum from 170 singleton pregnant women delivering SGA neo...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Hansen YB,Myrhøj V,Jørgensen FS,Sørensen S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00