Microarray with LNA-probes for genotyping of polymorphic variants of Gilbert's syndrome gene UGT1A1(TA)n.

abstract：:In every area of science workers are finding increasing difficulty in managing the volume of available data. In medicine, the accelerating pace has the worrisome overtones of our failing to provide up-to-date care for our patients. In other information-intensive areas, we rely heavily on software that manages much of ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Ritchie RF

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study aim was to evaluate and compare the analytical performance of the new chemiluminescent immunoassay for cardiac troponin I (cTnI), called Access hs-TnI using DxI platform, with those of Access AccuTnI+3 method, and high-sensitivity (hs) cTnI method for ARCHITECT platform. METHODS:The limits of blan...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Masotti S,Prontera C,Musetti V,Storti S,Ndreu R,Zucchelli GC,Passino C,Clerico A

更新日期：2018-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined insulin sensitivity and secretion, together with the levels of selected glucoregulatory hormones, in 15 female patients with severe hypothyroidism (H) and during subsequent thyroid hormone replacement therapy (HRT) using the euglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp technique. Insulin action, as evaluated by glu...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Stanická S,Vondra K,Pelikánová T,Vlcek P,Hill M,Zamrazil V

更新日期：2005-01-01 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 importance of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) for the assessment of ovarian reserve requires accurate AMH measurements. There have been conflicting results about the reliability of currently existing manual AMH assays. METHODS:Development of a high sensitive, fast and fully automated AMH assay o...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Gassner D,Jung R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of glycated haemoglobin has become centrally important in the monitoring of glycaemic control in the patient with diabetes. A number of analytical techniques have been described to measure this important haemoglobin fraction, and the fraction measured depends on the technique used; this has resulted in...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： John WG

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Sysmex DI-60 system (DI-60, Sysmex, Kobe, Japan) is a new automated digital cell imaging analyzer. We explored the performance of DI-60 in comparison with Sysmex XN analyzer (XN, Sysmex) and manual count. METHODS:In a total of 276 samples (176 abnormal and 100 normal samples), white blood cell (WBC) dif...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Kim HN,Hur M,Kim H,Kim SW,Moon HW,Yun YM

更新日期：2017-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Premature osteoporosis is a frequent problem in female athletes. Current concepts suggest that a disruption of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis leads to hypoestrogenism, which then causes amenorrhea and osteoporosis. However, the underlying mechanisms have been insufficiently investigated. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Herrmann M,Herrmann W

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Crohn's disease (CD) is an incurable and difficult to diagnose condition. While high sensitive C-reactive protein (CRP) remains the best biochemical marker, we evaluated the diagnostic usefulness of lipid peroxidation indices. METHODS:Malondialdehyde/thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (MDA/TBARS), pero...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Boehm D,Krzystek-Korpacka M,Neubauer K,Matusiewicz M,Paradowski L,Gamian A

更新日期：2012-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Neopterin is elevated in infections, autoimmune diseases and post-transplant. Recently neopterin elevation was linked to stress response and malignancy. To determine early changes of serum neopterin caused by surgical stress and to investigate their association with other inflammatory markers and with malignancy, we m...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Jerin A,Pozar-Lukanovic N,Sojar V,Stanisavljevic D,Paver-Erzen V,Osredkar J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), now more appropriately referred to as the "length of sedimentation reaction in blood (LSRB)", remains the most widely used laboratory test for monitoring the course of infections, inflammatory diseases and some types of cancer. Thanks to the several recently developed methods ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Piva E,Fassina P,Plebani M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CDC25 phosphatases control cell cycle progression by activating cyclin dependent kinases. The three CDC25 isoforms encoding genes are submitted to alternative splicing events which generate at least two variants for CDC25A and five for both CDC25B and CDC25C. An over-expression of CDC25 was reported in sever...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Albert H,Santos S,Battaglia E,Brito M,Monteiro C,Bagrel D

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The stability limit of an analyte in a biological sample can be defined as the time required until a measured property acquires a bias higher than a defined specification. Many studies assessing stability and presenting recommendations of stability limits are available, but differences among them are frequen...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Gómez Rioja R,Martínez Espartosa D,Segovia M,Ibarz M,Llopis MA,Bauça JM,Marzana I,Barba N,Ventura M,García Del Pino I,Puente JJ,Caballero A,Gómez C,García Álvarez A,Alsina MJ,Álvarez V

更新日期：2018-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The commutability of 13 control materials was evaluated by performing parallel measurements on two different analysers: a Synchron CX-5 Delta from Beckman-Coulter and a Vitros 950 from Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics. Twenty three clinical chemistry analytes (substrates, electrolytes and enzymatic activities) were determin...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Brion E,Lessinger JM,Gould N,Leyendecker J,Férard G

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the time of the day and breakfast on the outcome of interleukin-6 and its soluble receptor in serum were studied on 22 subjectively health volunteers. We collected blood specimens at 8.00 a.m. after an overnight fast, at 9.30 a.m. after usual breakfast, and at 11.30 a.m. A second group of volunteers (n ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Dugué B,Leppänen E

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Many of the mobile applications (apps) used for delivering health interventions involve laboratory medicine data. This survey was conducted to search the online market for health apps that manage laboratory medicine data. The aim was to review them and perform a quality evaluation. Methods Apps search crite...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Jovičić S,Siodmiak J,Watson ID,European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Working Group on Patient Focused Laboratory Medicine.

更新日期：2019-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of turbidimetric homogeneous immunoassays made the determination of several plasma components widely available. The sensitivity and accuracy of these assays are appropriate enough for routine laboratory use; however, in the case of many pathologically high concentration samples, prozone effect (high do...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Papik K,Molnar B,Fedorcsak P,Schaefer R,Lang F,Sreter L,Feher J,Tulassay Z

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heparin is the standard drug for anticoagulation treatment and is used in many cardiac surgical interventions to prevent blood clotting. The anticoagulation status is controlled by various clotting tests. However, these tests depend on parameters like temperature, hemodilution etc. and are thus not applicabl...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Haselbach S,Maurer J,Vogel V,Harder S,Weber CF,Baykut D,Meininger D,Keller H,Moritz A,Mäntele W

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paraoxonases (PON) are members of an enzyme family involved in preventing low-density lipoprotein oxidation and therefore protecting against atherosclerotic plaque formation. METHODS:We studied the Met55Leu and Gln192Arg PON1 polymorphisms in 712 patients (437 Caucasian- and 275 African-Brazilians) who unde...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Rios DL,D'Onofrio LO,Cerqueira CC,Bonfim-Silva R,Carvalho HG,Santos-Filho A,Galvão-Castro B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory and radiographic tests are often ordered unnecessarily. This excess testing has financial costs and is a burden on patients. We performed a systematic review to determine the effectiveness interventions to reduce test utilization by physicians. The MEDLINE and EMBASE databases were searched for the years 19...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Kobewka DM,Ronksley PE,McKay JA,Forster AJ,van Walraven C

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:It is not clear whether brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) or N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) is superior as a diagnostic and prognostic indicator in cardiac diseases. Here, we compare the clinical correlations of both peptides in a population of 92 ambulatory patients with heart failure, using a well-established immunorad...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Masson S,Vago T,Baldi G,Salio M,De Angelis N,Nicolis E,Maggioni AP,Latini R,Norbiato G,Bevilacqua M

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related variation of the urinary excretion of amino acids has been widely reported. Instead of the conventional reference intervals, continuous reference limits might be a more practical approach during periods of rapid changes such as infancy or childhood. Regression-based reference limits have been produced for ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Venta R,Prieto B,Alvarez FV

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic rejection accounts for the greatest loss of renal allografts. HLA mismatching has been minimised by organ allocation and new immunosuppressive drugs have been employed, but the average cadaveric graft survival still does not exceed 12 years. Though the aetiology is multifactorial, one contributory factor for t...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Gerstenkorn C,Robertson H,Mohamed MA,O'Donnell M,Ali S,Talbot D

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the relatively short time frame since the introduction of next generation sequencing, it has become a method of choice for complex genomic research studies. As a paradigm shifting technology, we are now witnessing its translation into clinical diagnostic laboratories for patient care. Multi-gene panels for a variet...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Coonrod EM,Margraf RL,Voelkerding KV

更新日期：2011-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteomics analysis has been heralded as a novel tool for identifying new and specific biomarkers that may improve diagnosis and monitoring of various disease states. Recent years have brought a number of proteomics profiling technologies. Although proteomics profiling has resulted in the detection of disease-associat...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Findeisen P,Neumaier M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum amino acids, part of a pool of free amino acids, are influenced by metabolism and disease. Few reports exist describing their function and concentrations in serum. Our study aimed to determine age- and gender-related differences in serum amino acid concentrations in healthy Japanese patients, focusing ...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Kouchiwa T,Wada K,Uchiyama M,Kasezawa N,Niisato M,Murakami H,Fukuyama K,Yokogoshi H

更新日期：2012-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We verified the analytical performance of strip-based handheld glucose meters (GM) for prescription use, in a comparative split-sample protocol using blood gas samples from a surgical intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS:Freestyle Precision Pro (Abbott), StatStrip Connectivity Meter (Nova), ACCU-CHEK Inform I...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Claerhout H,De Prins M,Mesotten D,Van den Berghe G,Mathieu C,Van Eldere J,Vanstapel F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:alpha-Thalassemia is a worldwide disease and considered to be a major public health problem in countries within the so-called thalassemia belt. The complex genetics of alpha-thalassemias requires diagnostic methods with the capacity to screen rapidly and accurately for common causative mutations. METHODS:We...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Puehringer H,Najmabadi H,Law HY,Krugluger W,Viprakasit V,Pissard S,Baysal E,Taher A,Farra C,Al-Ali A,Al-Ateeq S,Oberkanins C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biological variation (BV) data enable assessment of the significance of changes in serial measurements observed within a subject and are used to set analytical quality specifications. This data is available in a database held in Westgard website (http://www.westgard.com/biodatabase1.htm). Some limitations of...

journal_title：Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

authors： Carobene A

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00