USA hCG reference service, 10-year report.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The availability of reference intervals is essential for physicians to interpret laboratory results. Most of our laboratory reference intervals are derived from data on the foreign population. We have studied the reference intervals of 24 common laboratory biochemical tests in an apparently healthy adult Han...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Yang S,Qiao R,Li Z,Wu Y,Yao B,Wang H,Cui L,Yang Y,Zhang J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recurrent miscarriage (RM) is a challenging medical problem because of its unknown pathogenesis and etiology in most of the cases. Recent studies suggest the role of persistent environmental pollutants such as organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in the etiology of RM. The present study was conducted to investig...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Pathak R,Mustafa M,Ahmed RS,Tripathi AK,Guleria K,Banerjee BD

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a simple and reliable radioimmunoassay (RIA) method for the measurement of human placental lactogen (hPL) in undiluted serum. Standard curves, in serum, cover the range of 0.015 to 1 mlU/L for early pregnancy monitoring (7 to 15 weeks, referred to as Procedure I), and 0.531 to 17 mIU/L for mid and late pre...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Englebienne P,Doyen G,Dervaux R,Billemont JP

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the circulating levels of cathepsin D in preeclamptic and normotensive pregnancies. DESIGN AND METHODS:Fifty pregnant and 20 healthy non-pregnant patients were enrolled in this study. Of the 50 pregnant patients, 15 were preeclamptic and 35 patients were normotensive. Serum levels of soluble cath...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Kim HY,Lee M,Kang HW,Moon C

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of our study was to assess the association of common sequence variants, and selected interactions, with HDL-c plasma levels. DESIGN AND METHODS:We analysed 743 individuals (340 men and 403 women) with high mean triglyceride and LDL-c levels. The association of five polymorphic sites (ABCA1 g.1051G>A...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Katerina H,Michaela S,Michal V,Helena S,Jana Z,Jaroslav H,Richard C

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The clinical catchment area for the Metabolic service at the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia, covers nearly 2.5millionkm2. Care of children with metabolic disorders in these remote areas is assisted from Adelaide, and at times, using plasma ammonia results from laboratories up ...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Markus C,Metz M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) can result in asymptomatic carrier (AsC) state or chronic inflammation of liver, which depends on the host immunity. We therefore investigated the peptidomic profiling in the process of HBV infection. DESIGN AND METHODS:In this study, serum from 116 HBV infected (AsC and chronic hepa...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Tian L,Wang Y,Xu D,Gao Y,Wen X,Tian Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Studies from both experimental animals and humans suggest that administration of exogenous DHEA may have beneficial endocrine-metabolic, immunologic and neurologic effects. Several groups have administered DHEA to humans, but to the best of our knowledge, no one at this point has published a summary of the r...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Tummala S,Svec F

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteomics, the analysis of expressed proteins, has been an important developing area of research for the past two decades [Anderson, NG, Anderson, NL. Twenty years of two-dimensional electrophoresis: past, present and future. Electrophoresis 1996;17:443-453]. Advances in technology have led to a rapid increase in app...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Aldred S,Grant MM,Griffiths HR

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantitatively summarize the association between tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) gene polymorphisms and Graves' disease. DESIGN AND METHODS:Relevant studies were identified from the following electronic databases: Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE and Chinese Bio-medicine Database. A meta-analysi...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Li N,Zhou Z,Liu X,Liu Y,Zhang J,Du L,Wei M,Chen X

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We performed a side-by-side comparison between three stain-then-lyse commercially available methods (Ortho-mune Lysing solution, FACS lysing solution and ImmunoPrep reagent system) and a lyse-then-stain method using hypotonic NH4Cl. The major difference between these methods is that only in the latter the ali...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Pacifici R,Zuccaro P,Cozzi-Lepre A,di Carlo S,Bacosi A,Fattorossi A

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish whether normal human subjects excrete glycine betaine at a constant rate. DESIGN AND METHODS:Urine was collected from ten normal healthy male subjects for 14 days, during which fluid intake was systematically varied from <800 mL to >3 L per day. Glycine betaine, sorbitol and creatinine excretio...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Lever M,Atkinson W,Sizeland PC,Chambers ST,George PM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring blood levels of Cyclosporine (CsA) has been the basis for adjusting individual dosage regimens in the clinic. Radioimmunoassays using polyclonal antisera reacted with CsA and some CsA metabolites, leading to overestimation when compared with high-performance liquid chromatographic measurements of CsA. Monoc...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Quesniaux VF

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A determination of serum Transthyretin (TTR, Prealbumin) level is an objective method of assessing protein catabolic loss of severely ill patients and numerous studies have shown that TTR levels correlate with patient outcomes of non-critically ill patients. We evaluated whether TTR level correlates with the...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Devakonda A,George L,Raoof S,Esan A,Saleh A,Bernstein LH

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:It has recently been suggested that when adjusting doses of cyclosporine (CsA), determining its concentration in blood samples taken 2 h postdose (C(2)) is more clinically beneficial than using the predose concentration (C(0)). We determined C(0) and C(2) concentrations of CsA and their metabolites in sample...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Fernández-Marmiesse A,Hermida J,Tutor JC

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Quantitative sweat production and -ionic composition in Essential Hyperhidrosis (EH), and the effects of T2-T3 thoracoscopic sympathicolysis (TS) hereon, are unknown. Standardised pilocarpine iontophoresis sweat tests were performed before and after TS in order to study these issues. DESIGN AND METHODS:Piloc...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Noppen M,Sevens C,Vincken WG

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The following proteolytic enzymes were measured in muscles of control subjects and patients with muscular dystrophies and related neuromuscular diseases: an elastase-like enzyme, carboxypeptidase A, carboxypeptidase B and pyroglutamyl peptidase. 2. Elastase-like enzyme and carboxypeptidase B did not show significan...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Kar NC,Pearson CM

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for xylose determination on the Ciba-Corning 550 Express that utilizes the slower enzymatic action of glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) on D-xylose, after prior removal of glucose. Glucose oxidase is added to serum or urine and incubated for 120 min at 37 degrees C. After incubation, a perchloric acid ...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Mori L

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Amyloidosis results from local or systemic extracellular deposition of insoluble protein fibrils and is associated with certain rare mutations in APOA1 encoding apolipoprotein (apo) A-I. DESIGN AND METHODS:In a patient with renal-predominant amyloidosis with neuropathy, we found the APOA1 G26R mutation. CO...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Joy T,Wang J,Hahn A,Hegele RA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid chromatography (LC) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) or tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) is a well-established and widely used technique in clinical and forensic toxicology as well as doping control especially for quantitative analysis. In recent years, many applications for so-called multi-target screening an...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Remane D,Wissenbach DK,Peters FT

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sweat chloride test is the gold standard test for cystic fibrosis (CF) diagnosis. In 2014 the Istituto Superiore di Sanità established the Italian pilot external quality assessment program for CF sweat test (IEQA-ST). DESIGN AND METHODS:Ten laboratories, included among the 33 Italian CF Referral Centers, we...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Salvatore M,Floridia G,Amato A,Censi F,Carta C,de Stefano MC,Ferrari G,Tosto F,Capoluongo E,Caruso U,Castaldo G,Cirilli N,Corbetta C,Padoan R,Raia V,Taruscio D

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Experimental studies confirmed that reactive oxygen species increase endothelin-1 (ET-1) synthesis, and modulate ET-1 signaling pathway resulting in vasoconstriction and vascular remodeling. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between plasma ET-1 concentration and antioxidant status in pat...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Skalska AB,Pietrzycka A,Stepniewski M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycophenolate mofetil is widely used in combination with either cyclosporine or tacrolimus for rejection prophylaxis in renal and heart transplant patients. Although not monitored routinely nearly to the degree that other agents such as cyclosporine or tacrolimus, there is an expanding body of experimental evidence fo...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Shaw LM,Korecka M,DeNofrio D,Brayman KL

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the association of plasma apolipoprotein (apoB) B-48, remnant-like particle (RLP)-cholesterol and non-HDL cholesterol concentrations with apoB-100 kinetics in overweight-obese men. METHODS AND RESULTS:Very-low density lipoprotein (VLDL), intermediate-density lipoprotein (IDL) and low-density lipo...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Chan DC,Watts GF,Ng TW,Uchida Y,Sakai N,Yamashita S,Barrett PH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Increased free radical activity and lipid peroxidation may be implicated in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia. This study was initiated to assess antioxidant enzyme and trace metals's status in preeclampsia. DESIGN AND METHODS:The comparison was made between the pregnant women with or without preeclampsia an...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Ilhan N,Ilhan N,Simsek M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] can be oxidized by copper in vitro in a way comparable to low-density lipoprotein (LDL). We sought to determine whether the susceptibility of Lp(a) to oxidation is correlated with the susceptibility of autologous heterogeneous LDL, with apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] molecular size, or wit...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Nakajima K,Yamashita T,Kusuhara M,Yonemura A,Ito T,Higashi K,Ayaori M,Ohmori R,Nakamura H,Ohsuzu F

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macro creatine kinase type 2 (MCK-2) is a promising new tumour marker for carcinoma of the colon. We have purified it from tumour tissue, from serum and, for the first time, from normal colonic epithelium and identified it in a tissue culture line of colon cancer cells. The molecular weight of each preparation, regard...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Rogalsky VY,Koven IH,Miller DR,Pollard A

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focusses on research performed by the author and coworkers. The absorption, turnover and excretion of cobalamin and the pathogenesis of cobalamin deficiency states are described and the laboratory tests used to diagnose these states are discussed. Topics dealt with in detail include: overall turnover, dail...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Gräsbeck R

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:57Co-cyanocobalamin is substituted for iodine labeled antigen in three commercially available solid phase radioimmunoassay kits to evaluate the extent of non-specific binding by determination of the supernatant and residual fraction of unbound ligand and thus obtain a value for corrected binding throughout the range o...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Carter P

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the association of serum adiponectin and microvascular complications of diabetes in an urban south Indian type 2 diabetic population. DESIGN AND METHODS:Diabetic subjects [n=487] were included from Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES). Four-field stereo retinal color photography was done...

journal_title：Clinical biochemistry

authors： Pradeepa R,Surendar J,Indulekha K,Chella S,Anjana RM,Mohan V

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00