Contemporary practice in clinical chemistry.9781594250545 Contemporary practice in clinical chemistry. Ed. by William Clarke and D. Robert Dufour. Am. Assn./Clinical Chemistry 2006 525 pages $99.00 Paperback RB40 Based on "the white book," this supplemental pathology textbook explains the principles behind the laboratory techniques for analyzing blood and urine, and reviews the physiology of body systems commonly tested. Topics of the 42 chapters include laboratory calculations, chromatography, immunoassays, the polymerase chain reaction polymerase chain reaction (pŏl`ĭmərās') (PCR), laboratory process in which a particular DNA segment from a mixture of DNA chains is rapidly replicated, producing a large, readily analyzed sample of a piece of DNA; the process is , tumor markers Tumor Markers Definition Tumor markers are measurable biochemicals that are associated with a malignancy. They are either produced by tumor cells (tumor-derived) or by the body in response to tumor cells (tumor-associated). , liver disease Liver Disease Definition Liver disease is a general term for any damage that reduces the functioning of the liver. Description The liver is a large, solid organ located in the upper right-hand side of the abdomen. , blood gas analysis, thyroid disorders, pregnancy, toxicology, and assessment of hemostasis hemostasis /he·mo·sta·sis/ (he?mo-sta´sis) (he-mos´tah-sis) 1. the arrest of bleeding by the physiological properties of vasoconstriction and coagulation or by surgical means. 2. . ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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