Analytical Techniques for Clinical Chemistry: Methods and Applications Book

Foreword

Preface

Contributors

Chapter 1. Good Clinical Practice Principles: Legal background and applicability
U. Filibeck, A. Del Vecchio, F. Galliccia

Chapter 2. Clinical chemistry and the quest for quality
S. Caroli

Chapter 3. Uncertainty in clinical chemistry measurements including preanalytical variables
M. Sverresdotter Sylte, T. Wentzel-Larsen, B. J. Bolann

Chapter 4. The role and significance of reference values in the identification and evaluation of trace elements from diet
A. Apostoli, M. C. Ricossa

Chapter 5. Sample collection, storage, and pre-treatment in clinical chemistry
A. Taylor

Chapter 6. Metal toxicology in clinical, forensic, and chemical pathology
J. A. Centeno, T. I. Todorov, G. B. van der Voet, F. C. Mullick

Chapter 7. Elemental speciation in clinical sciences
D. Templeton

Chapter 8. The role of analytical chemistry in the safety of drug therapy
S. Görög

Chapter 9. Analytical techniques and quality control of pharmaceuticals
F. Manna, F. Rossi, R. Fioravanti

Chapter 10. Detection of drugs in biological fluids for anti-doping controls
S. Strano Rossi, M. Chiarotti

Chapter 11. The applicability of plasma-based techniques to biological monitoring
I. Steffan, G. Vujicic

Chapter 12. Atomic spectrometric techniques for the analysis of clinical samples
P. Bermejo Barrera, A. Moreda Piñeiro, M. de Carmen Barciela Alonso

Chapter 13. Applications of ICP-MS in human biomonitoring studies
P. Heitland

Chapter 14. Molybdenum in biological samples and clinical significance of serum molybdenum
M. Yoshida

Chapter 15. Application of organometallic speciation in clinical studies
Bin He, Chungang Yuan, Jing Sun, Guibin Jiang

Chapter 16. Biosensors for drug analysis
D. Deriu, F. Mazzei

Chapter 17. Bioimaging of metals and proteomic studies of clinical samples by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)
J. Sabine Becker, J. Susanne Becker

Chapter 18. Application of LC-MS/MS in clinical laboratory diagnostics
U. Ceglarek, G. M. Fiedler, J. Thiery

Chapter 19. Metabolomics using UPLC/HPLC-tandem mass spectrometry in diagnosis and research of inherited metabolic diseases W. Kulik, B. P. van Kuilenburg

Chapter 20. Biomarkers of Oxidative stress in plasma and urine
P. V. Subbaiah

Chapter 21. The use of X-ray techniques in medical research
I. Szalóki, Gy. Záray, N. Szoboszlai

Chapter 22. A new tool based on the use of stable isotopes and Isotope Pattern Deconvolution (IPD) – ICP-MS for nutritional and clinical studies
H. González Iglesias, M. L. Fernández Sánchez, A. Sanz Medel

Chapter 23. Breath analysis: analytical methodologies and clinical applications
A. Ceccarini, F. Di Francesco, R. Fuoco, S. Ghimenti, M. Onor, S. Tabucchi, M. G. Trivella

Chapter 24. Preteo-metabolomic strategies in the future of drug development
U. Christians, V. Schmitz, J. Kalwitter, J. Kalwitter

Chapter 25. Basics in laboratory medicine: past, present, and future
L. A. Debteczeni, A. Kovácsay, S. Nagy

Index