CCLM is published on a monthly basis and is the most relevant Journal on Clinical Chemistry in Europe; it is a valuable and updated source of knowledge for the professionals in the field, well recognized all over the world.
Volume 53, Issue 12 (November 2015)
- Editorial
- Biomarkers of inflammatory bowel disease: ready for prime time?. Plebani, Mario / Basso, Daniela / Lippi, Giuseppe
- Review
- Discriminant indices for distinguishing thalassemia and iron deficiency in patients with microcytic anemia: a meta-analysis. Hoffmann, Johannes J.M.L. / Urrechaga, Eloísa / Aguirre, Urko
- Mini Reviews
- Cell-free DNA for diagnosing myocardial infarction: not ready for prime time. Lippi, Giuseppe / Sanchis-Gomar, Fabian / Cervellin, Gianfranco
- The Laboratory Medicine and the care of patients infected by the Ebola virus. Experience in a reference hospital of Madrid, Spain. Fernandez-Puntero, Belen / Gomez-Rioja, Ruben / Alcaide, Maria Jose / Oliver, Paloma / Fernandez-Calle, Pilar / Iturzaeta, Jose Manuel / Buno, Antonio
- Opinion Papers
- Theranos phenomenon − part 2. Li, Michelle / Diamandis, Eleftherios P.
- Considerations in parathyroid hormone testing. Cavalier, Etienne / Plebani, Mario / Delanaye, Pierre / Souberbielle, Jean-Claude
- Quantity quotient reporting. Comparison of various models. Haeckel, Rainer / Wosniok, Werner / Postma, Theo
- Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics
- Assessing quality and functionality of DNA isolated from FFPE tissues through external quality assessment in tissue banks. Ahmad-Nejad, Parviz / Duda, Angelika / Sucker, Antje / Werner, Martin / Bronsert, Peter / Stickeler, Elmar / Reifenberger, Guido / Malzkorn, Bastian / Oberländer, Martina / Habermann, Jens K. / Bruch, Hans-Peter / Linnebacher, Michael / Schadendorf, Dirk / Neumaier, Michael
- Influence of storage conditions and extraction methods on the quantity and quality of circulating cell-free DNA (ccfDNA): the SPIDIA-DNAplas External Quality Assessment experience. Malentacchi, Francesca / Pizzamiglio, Sara / Verderio, Paolo / Pazzagli, Mario / Orlando, Claudio / Ciniselli, Chiara Maura / Günther, Kalle / Gelmini, Stefania
- Non-invasive fetal ABO genotyping in maternal plasma using real-time PCR. Song, Wenqian / Zhou, Shihang / Shao, Linnan / Wang, Ni / Pan, Lingzi / Yu, Weijian
- Screening non-deletion α-thalassaemia mutations in the HBA1 and HBA2 genes by high-resolution melting analysis. Petropoulou, Margarita / Poula, Amalia / Traeger-Synodinos, Jan / Vrettou, Christina / Kanavakis, Emmanuel / Christopoulos, Theodore K. / Ioannou, Penelope C.
- General Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
- European views on patients directly obtaining their laboratory test results. Watson, Ian D. / Siodmiak, Joanna / Oosterhuis, Wytze P. / Corberand, Joel / Jorgensen, Per E. / Dikmen, Zeliha Gunnur / Jovicic, Snezana / Theodorsson, Elvar / for the EFLM Working Group on Patient Focused Laboratory Medicine
- Diagnostic performances of clinical laboratory tests using Triton X-100 to reduce the biohazard associated with routine testing of Ebola virus-infected patients. Tempestilli, Massimo / Pucci, Luigia / Notari, Stefania / Caro, Antonino Di / Castilletti, Concetta / Rivelli, Maria Rosaria / Agrati, Chiara / Pucillo, Leopoldo Paolo
- Thrombin generation, D-dimer and protein S in uncomplicated pregnancy. Kovac, Mirjana K. / Lalic-Cosic, Sanja Z. / Dmitrovic, Jelena M. / Djordjevic, Valentina J. / Radojkovic, Dragica P.
- Multi-analyte analysis of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in human plasma using tandem mass spectrometry. Blaich, Cornelia / Müller, Carsten / Michels, Guido / Wiesen, Martin H.J.
- Second generation analysis of antinuclear antibody (ANA) by combination of screening and confirmatory testing. Scholz, Juliane / Grossmann, Kai / Knütter, Ilka / Hiemann, Rico / Sowa, Mandy / Röber, Nadja / Rödiger, Stefan / Schierack, Peter / Reinhold, Dirk / Bogdanos, Dimitrios P. / Meroni, Pier Luigi / Radice, Antonella / Conrad, Karsten / Roggenbuck, Dirk
- Faecal leukocyte esterase activity is an alternative biomarker in inflammatory bowel disease. Dumoulin, Els N. / Van Biervliet, Stephanie / De Vos, Martine / Himpe, Jonas / Speeckaert, Marijn M. / Delanghe, Joris R.
- Reference Values and Biological Variations
- Total folate and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate in the cerebrospinal fluid of children: correlation and reference values. Akiyama, Tomoyuki / Tada, Hiroko / Shiokawa, Tsugumi / Kobayashi, Katsuhiro / Yoshinaga, Harumi
- Effect of age and gender on reference intervals of red blood cell distribution width (RDW) and mean red cell volume (MCV). Hoffmann, Johannes J.M.L. / Nabbe, Karin C.A.M. / van den Broek, Nicole M.A.
- Infectious Diseases
- Inosine triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase activity: more accurate predictor for ribavirin-induced anemia in hepatitis C infected patients than ITPA genotype. Peltenburg, Nicole Chantal / Bakker, Jaap A. / Vroemen, Wim H.M. / de Knegt, Robert J. / Leers, Mathie P.G. / Bierau, Jörgen / Verbon, Annelies
- The ratio of calprotectin to total protein as a diagnostic and prognostic marker for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites. Lutz, Philipp / Pfarr, Kenneth / Nischalke, Hans Dieter / Krämer, Benjamin / Goeser, Felix / Glässner, Andreas / Wolter, Franziska / Kokordelis, Pavlos / Nattermann, Jacob / Sauerbruch, Tilman / Hoerauf, Achim / Strassburg, Christian P. / Spengler, Ulrich
- Letter to the Editors
- Misleading high-sensitivity troponin algorithm for NSTEMI in the ESC guidelines. Zur, Berndt / Stoffel-Wagner, Birgit
- Adjustment of serum potassium for age and platelet count. A simple step forward towards personalized medicine. Lippi, Giuseppe / Salvagno, Gian Luca / Guidi, Gian Cesare
- The impact of Tween 20 on repeatability of amyloid β and tau measurements in cerebrospinal fluid. Toombs, Jamie / Paterson, Ross W. / Nicholas, Jennifer M. / Petzold, Axel / Schott, Jonathan M. / Zetterberg, Henrik
- Effect of storage time and temperature on the generation of reactive oxygen species in peripheral blood leukocytes. Chang, Yu-Chien / Lo, Wen-Jyi / Huang, Yu-Ting / Lin, Chaio-Lin / Cheng, Hsu-Chen / Yeh, Su-Peng
- Iohexol interference in the α2-globulin fraction of the serum protein capillary electrophoresis. Samson, Emmanuelle / Allouche, Stéphane
- A functional variant in the γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT)1 gene is associated with airflow obstruction in smokers. Morita, Kazunori / Masuda, Natsuki / Tanaka, Takahiro / Saruwatari, Junji / Oniki, Kentaro / Kajiwara, Ayami / Otake, Koji / Ogata, Yasuhiro / Nakagawa, Kazuko
- Comparison of measured venous carbon dioxide and calculated arterial bicarbonates according to the PaCO2 and PaO2 cut-off values of obesity hypoventilation syndrome. Monneret, Denis / Devilliers, Catherine / Bonnefont-Rousselot, Dominique
- Creatinine, Jaffe, and glucose: another inconvenient truth. Weykamp, Cas / Kuypers, Aldy / Bakkeren, Dirk / Franck, Paul / Loon, Douwe van / Gunnewiek, Jacqueline Klein / Jonge, Robert de / Steigstra, Herman / Cobbaert, Christa
- Analytical evaluation of a new liquid immunoturbidimetric assay for the determination of ferritin in serum. Molinario, Rossana / Autilio, Chiara / Pocino, Krizia / Daloiso, Pio Dante / Di Leva, Salvatore / Zuppi, Cecilia / Antenucci, Mirca
- Analytical assessment of the novel homocysteine liquid enzymatic assay on Beckman Coulter AU5800. Dipalo, Mariella / Dipietro, Martina / Gnocchi, Cecilia / Musa, Roberta / Aloe, Rosalia / Lippi, Giuseppe
- Immunoglobulin IgA, IgD, IgG, IgM and IgG subclass reference values in adults. Puissant-Lubrano, Bénédicte / Peres, Michael / Apoil, Pol-André / Congy-Jolivet, Nicolas / Roubinet, Francis / Blancher, Antoine
