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Clinical chemistry, immunology, and laboratory quality control : a comprehensive review for board preparation, certification, and clinical practice /

All pathology residents must have a good command of clinical chemistry, toxicology, immunology, and laboratory statistics to be successful pathologists, as well as to pass the American Board of Pathology examination. This book presents core topics and detailed case studies that illustrate the applic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Dasgupta, Amitava, 1958- (Autor), Wahed, Amer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego, CA : Elsevier, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Instrumentation and analytical methods
  • Immunoassay platform and designs
  • Pre-analytical variables
  • Laboratory statistics and quality control
  • Water, homeostasis, electrolytes, and acid-base balance
  • Lipid metabolism and disorders
  • Carbohydrate metabolism, diabetes, and hypoglycemia
  • Cardiac markers
  • Endocrinology
  • Liver diseases and liver function tests
  • Renal function tests
  • Inborn errors of metabolism
  • Tumor markers
  • Therapeutic drug monitoring
  • Interferences in therapeutic drug monitoring
  • Drugs of abuse testing
  • Challenges in drugs of abuse testing: magic mushrooms, peyote cactus, and designer drugs
  • Testing for ethyl alcohol (alcohol) and other volatiles
  • Common poisonings including heavy metal poisoning
  • Pharmacogenomics
  • Hemoglobinopathy
  • Protein electrophoresis and immunofixation
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis testing
  • Autoimmunity, complement, and immunodeficiency
  • Effect of herbal supplements on clinical laboratory test results