Advances in Clinical Chemistry: Volume 46

ISBN-13: 9780123742094 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 327 str.

Gregory Makowski

Opis

Volume 46 in the internationally acclaimed Advances in Clinical Chemistry contains chapters submitted from leading experts from academia and clinical laboratory science. Authors are from a diverse field of clinical chemistry disciplines and diagnostics ranging from basic biochemical exploration to cutting-edge microarray technology.

* Leading experts from academia and clinical laboratory science
* Volume emphasizes novel laboratory advances with application to clinical laboratory diagnostics and practical basic science studies

Spis treści

Chapter 1
Atherogenic Lipoprotein Sub-profiling
Allison A Ellington PhD, Iftikhar J Kullo MD

Chapter 2
Effect of Exercise on Oxidative Stress Biomarkers
Richard J. Bloomer

Chapter 3
Human Total Serum N-Glycome
André Klein

Chapter 4
Biomarkers of liver fibrosis
Thierry Poynard, Rachel Morra, Patrick Ingiliz, Françoise Imbert-Bismut, Dominique Thabut, Djamila Messous, Mona Muntenau, Julien Massard, Yves Benhamou and Vlad Ratziu,

Chapter 5
Nutritional Biochemistry of Spaceflight
S. M. Smith and S. R. Zwart

Chapter 6
Biomarkers Related to Aging in Human Populations
Eileen Crimmins, Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, Jung Ki Kim, Dawn Alley

Chapter 7
Vascular calcification inhibitors in relation to cardiovascular disease with special emphasis on fetuin-A in chronic kidney disease.
Mohamed E Suliman, Elvia García-López, Björn Anderstam, Bengt Lindholm and Peter Stenvinkel

Chapter 8
Mechanisms of arterial calcification: spotlight on the inhibitors
Gabriele Weissen-Plenz, PhD1, Yvonne Nitschke, MS2, and Frank Rutsch, MD2

O autorze

Dr Gregory S Makowski is a board certified clinical chemist and fellow of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry. Following receipt of his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Connecticut Storrs, he pursued post-doctoral studies at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington that culminated in his joint appointments in the School of Medicine and the Department of Laboratory Medicine at John Dempsey Hospital. He has numerous clinical and basic science publications and serves on various scientific and editorial boards. He is actively engaged in the training of Pathology residents and fellows in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Hartford Hospital. He currently serves as Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer for Clinical Laboratory Partners in Newington CT, USA.