Clinical Chemistry

This revised and updated fourth edition incorporates developments in technology, techniques, and opportunitiies in clinical chemistry, and aims to strike a balance between analytical principles, techniques and correlation of laboratory results.

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Written in a concise, readable style, the Fourth Edition of this leading text continues to set the standard in the constantly evolving field of clinical chemistry. Completely revised and updated, this text reflects the latest developments in clinical chemistry. Recent advances in quality assurance, PCR and laboratory automation receive full coverage. The immunochemistry chapter has been expanded to reflect the latest technological advances, and two entirely new chapters on cardiac function and point of care testing have been added. Chapters have been combined and restructured to match the changes that have occurred in the clinical laboratory. Also, the contributors continue to be the leaders in the field of clinical chemistry with other text features including outlines, objectives, case studies, practice questions and exercises, a glossary, and more