Clinical Chemistry, 10th Edition

1 An introduction to biochemistry and cell biology
2 Biochemical investigations in clinical medicine
3 Water, sodium and potassium
4 Hydrogen ion homoeostasis and blood gases
5 The kidneys
6 The liver
7 The gastrointestinal tract
8 Clinical nutrition
9 The hypothalamus and the pituitary gland
10 The adrenal glands
11 The thyroid gland
12 The gonads
13 Disorders of carbohydrate metabolism
14 Calcium, phosphate and magnesium
15 Bones and joints
16 Plasma proteins and enzymes
17 Lipids, lipoproteins and cardiovascular disease
18 Muscles, nerves and psychiatric disorders
19 Inherited metabolic diseases
20 Metabolic aspects of malignant disease
21 Biochemical aspects of therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology
22 Clinical chemistry in children

Appendix
Adult reference ranges
Index

William J. Marshall, MA, PhD, MSc, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPath, FRCPEdin, FRSB, FRSC, Emeritus Reader in Clinical Biochemistry, Kings College London, London, UK; formerly Consultant Clinical Biochemist and Clinical Director of Pathology, The London Clinic, London, UK., Márta Lapsley, MB BCh BAO, MD, FRCPath, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Epsom, Surrey, UK, Andrew Day, MA MSc MBBS FRCPath, Consultant in Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK and Kate Shipman, MA BMBCh FRCP FRCPath, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Chichester, UK