A new issue of ‘Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)’ is available online from De Gruyter Online
Vol 54, Issue 4 April 201
- Editorial
Macroprolactin: searching for a needle in a haystack?
Lippi, Giuseppe / Plebani, Mario - Review
Laboratory medicine in the new healthcare environment
Ferraro, Simona / Braga, Federica / Panteghini, Mauro - Opinion Paper
Developing GRADE outcome-based recommendations about diagnostic tests: a key role in laboratory medicine policies
Trenti, Tommaso / Schünemann, Holger J. / Plebani, Mario - EFLM Survey
Accreditation process in European countries – an EFLM survey
Boursier, Guilaine / Vukasovic, Ines / Brguljan, Pika Mesko / Lohmander, Maria / Ghita, Irina / Bernabeu Andreu, Francisco A. / Barrett, Edward / Brugnoni, Duilio / Kroupis, Christos / Sprongl, Ludek / Thelen, Marc H.M. / Vanstapel, Florent / Vodnik, Tatjana / Huisman, Willem / Vaubourdolle, Michel / on behalf of the Working Group Accreditation and ISO/CEN standards (WG-A/ISO) of the EFLM - Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics
HB Puerta del Sol [HBA1:c.148A>C], HB Valdecilla [HBA2:c.3G>T], HB Gran Vía [HBA2:c.98T>G], HB Macarena [HBA2:c.358C>T] and HB El Retiro [HBA2:c.364_366dupGTG]: description of five new hemoglobinopathies
de la Fuente-Gonzalo, Félix / Nieto, Jorge M. / Velasco, Diego / Cela, Elena / Pérez, Germán / Fernández-Teijeiro, Ana / Escudero, Antonio / Villegas, Ana / González-Fernández, Fernando A. / Ropero, Paloma - General Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
A candidate reference method using ICP-MS for sweat chloride quantification
Collie, Jake T. / Massie, R. John / Jones, Oliver A.H. / Morrison, Paul D. / Greaves, Ronda F.
Quantification of hemoglobin A1c by off-line HPLC separation and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry: a modification of the IFCC reference measurement procedure
Zhang, Tianjiao / Zhang, Chuanbao / Chen, Wenxiang / Zhao, Haijian / Zhang, Jiangtao / Zhou, Weiyan / Zeng, Jie / Wang, Jing / Wang, DonghuanComparison between B·R·A·H·M·S PCT direct, a new sensitive point-of-care testing device for rapid quantification of procalcitonin in emergency department patients and established reference methods – a prospective multinational trial
Kutz, Alexander / Hausfater, Pierre / Oppert, Michael / Alan, Murat / Grolimund, Eva / Gast, Claire / Alonso, Christine / Wissmann, Christoph / Kuehn, Christian / Bernard, Maguy / Huber, Andreas / Mueller, Beat / Schuetz, PhilippEvaluation of a hand-held blood gas analyzer for rapid determination of blood gases, electrolytes and metabolites in intensive care setting
Luukkonen, Antti A.M. / Lehto, Tiina M. / Hedberg, Pirjo S.M. / Vaskivuo, Tommy E.Use of a faecal immunochemical test for haemoglobin can aid in the investigation of patients with lower abdominal symptoms
Godber, Ian M. / Todd, Louise M. / Fraser, Callum G. / MacDonald, Linda R. / Younes, Hakim BenA possible cause of the variable detectability of macroprolactin by different immunoassay systems
Hattori, Naoki / Aisaka, Kohzo / Shimatsu, AkiraA multicenter comparison of whole blood vitamin B6 assays
van Zelst, Bertrand D. / de Beer, Roseri J.A.C. Roelofsen / Neele, Marjolein / Kos, Snježana / Kema, Ido P. / Tegelaers, Frans P.W. / Cobbaert, Christa M. / Weykamp, Cas W. / de Jonge, RobertAnalytical and clinical performance of the new Fujirebio 25-OH vitamin D assay, a comparison with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and three other automated assays
Saleh, Lanja / Mueller, Daniel / von Eckardstein, ArnoldDevelopment and validation of a 2nd tier test for identification of purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency patients during expanded newborn screening by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
la Marca, Giancarlo / Giocaliere, Elisa / Malvagia, Sabrina / Villanelli, Fabio / Funghini, Silvia / Ombrone, Daniela / Bona, Maria Della / Forni, Giulia / Canessa, Clementina / Ricci, Silvia / Romano, Francesca / Guerrini, Renzo / Resti, Massimo / Azzari, ChiaraA cross-sectional study of biomarkers of exposure and effect in smokers and moist snuff consumers
Prasad, G.L. / Jones, Bobbette A. / Chen, Peter / Gregg, Evan O. - Reference Values and Biological Variations
Pediatric reference value distributions and covariate-stratified reference intervals for 29 endocrine and special chemistry biomarkers on the Beckman Coulter Immunoassay Systems: a CALIPER study of healthy community children
Karbasy, Kimiya / Lin, Danny C.C. / Stoianov, Alexandra / Chan, Man Khun / Bevilacqua, Victoria / Chen, Yunqi / Adeli, KhosrowDevelopment of reference intervals for serum alkaline phosphatase among adults in Southern China traced to the new IFCC reference measurement procedure
Han, Liqiao / Wang, Jianbing / Zhang, Qiaoxuan / Ke, Peifeng / Wu, Xiaobin / Wan, Zemin / Lin, Haibiao / Zeng, Ruili / Huang, Xianzhang / Zhuang, JunhuaBirth season predicts the values of red blood cell distribution width (RDW) in adulthood
Lippi, Giuseppe / Salvagno, Gian Luca / Montagnana, Martina / Danese, Elisa / Guidi, Gian Cesare - Cardiovascular Diseases
Cardiovascular risk stratification in hemodialysis patients in the era of highly sensitive troponins: should we choose between hs-troponin I and hs-troponin T?
Bargnoux, Anne-Sophie / Kuster, Nils / Patrier, Laure / Dupuy, Anne-Marie / Tachon, Gaelle / Maurice, Francois / Badaoui, Bouchra / Chalabi, Lotfi / Badiou, Stéphanie / Deleuze, Sebastien / Leray-Moragues, Hélène / Morena, Marion / Canaud, Bernard / Cristol, Jean-PaulA standardised FACS assay based on native, receptor transfected cells for the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of β1-adrenergic receptor autoantibodies in human heart disease
Bornholz, Beatrice / Benninghaus, Thomas / Reinke, Yvonne / Felix, Stephan B. / Roggenbuck, Dirk / Jahns-Boivin, Valérie / Jahns, Roland / Boege, Fritz - Infectious Diseases
The diagnostic value of serum fucosylated fetuin A in hepatitis B virus-related liver diseases
Li, Li / Gu, Xing / Fang, Meng / Ji, Jun / Yi, Changhong / Gao, Chunfang - Letters to the Editor
Discriminant indices for distinguishing thalassemia and iron deficiency in patients with microcytic anemia
Wiwanitkit, VirojDiscriminant indices for distinguishing thalassemia and iron deficiency in patients with microcytic anemia: a reply
Hoffmann, Johannes J.M.L. / Urrechaga, Eloísa / Aguirre, UrkoSTORE (Sample Tracking: Organization, Refrigeration and Expansion): a project in a clinical laboratory perspective
Ognibene, Agostino / Conti, Andrea A. / Lorubbio, Maria / Conti, AntonioControl materials for immunochromatographic strip used for α-thalassemia screening
Pornprasert, SakornComparison of a 10- vs. 15-min centrifugation time for chemical and immunochemical assays and impact on turnaround time in a hospital laboratory
Monneret, Denis / Corlouer, Camille / Bigot, Jeanne / Atlan, Gregory / Alkouri, Rana / Mestari, Fouzi / Dever, Sylvie / Imbert-Bismut, Françoise / Bonnefont-Rousselot, DominiquePre-analytical phase in cryoglobulin (CRG) detection: an alternative method for sample transport
Basile, Umberto / Torti, Eleonora / Dell’Abate, Maria Teresa / Colacicco, Luigi / Gulli, Francesca / Zuppi, Cecilia / Rapaccini, Gian Lodovico
The efficacy of an internet-based e-learning system using the CellaVision Competency Software for continuing professional development
Horiuchi, Yuki / Tabe, Yoko / Kasuga, Kanako / Maenou, Imiko / Idei, Mayumi / Horii, Takashi / Miida, Takashi / Ohsaka, AkimichiClinical examinations after the Fukushima disaster: a case report of Soma General Hospital
Fukunaga, Hisanori / Hoshi, Yumiko / Takahashi, Yuta
Non-fasting plasma glucose concentration in blood donors
Anghebem-Oliveira, Mauren Isfer / Gobor, Luiza / Welter, Marciane / da Costa, Claudia Dib / de Souza, Emanuel Maltempi / Alberton, Dayane / Picheth, Geraldo / de Moraes Rego, Fabiane GomesAnalytical evaluation of a second generation assay for chromogranin A; a dual-site study
Krabbe, Johannes G. / Monaghan, Phillip J. / Russell, Joanne / de Rijke, Yolanda B.
UBE3A, c.1347_1348delGA: a mutation in question
Sofocleous, Christalena / Tzagkaraki, Evmorfia / Kosma, Konstantina / Kanavakis, Emmanuel / Kitsiou-Tzeli, Sofia