Tietz textbook of clinical chemistry and molecular diagnostics

Clinical chemistry and molecular diagnostics -- Statistical methodologies in laboratory medicine : analytical and clinical evaluation of laboratory tests -- Quality management in the medical laboratory -- Specimen collection and processing -- Preanalytical variation and preexamination processes -- Quality control of the analytical examination process -- Biological variation -- Establishment and use of reference intervals -- Evidence-based laboratory medicine -- Biobanking -- Laboratory support of pharmaceutical, in vitro diagnostics, and epidemiologic studies -- Principles of basic techniques and laboratory safety -- Optical techniques -- Electrochemistry and chemical sensors -- Electrophoresis -- Chromatography -- Mass spectrometry -- Sample preparation for mass spectrometry applications -- Mass spectrometry applications in infectious disease and pathogens identification -- Development and validation of small molecule analytes by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry -- Proteomics -- Enzyme and rate analysis -- Immunochemical techniques -- Microfabrication and microfluidics and their application in clinical diagnostics -- Cytometry -- Automation in the clinical laboratory -- Point-of-care testing -- Amino acids, peptides, and proteins -- Serum enzymes -- Enzymes of the red blood cell -- Tumor markers -- Kidney function tests -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids, lipoproteins, apolipoproteins, and other cardiovascular risk factors -- Electrolytes and blood gases -- Hormones -- Vitamins and trace elements -- Hemoglobin, iron, bilirubin -- Porphyrins and the porphyrias -- Therapeutic drugs and their management -- Clinical toxicology -- Toxic elements -- Body fluids -- Principles of molecular biology -- Genomes and variants -- Nucleic acid isolation -- Nucleic acid techniques -- Molecular microbiology -- Genetics -- Solid tumor genomics -- Genetic aspects of hematopoietic malignancies -- Circulating tumor cells and circulating tumor dna -- Circulating nucleic acids for prenatal diagnostics -- Pharmacogenetics -- Identity testing -- Nutrition : laboratory and clinical aspects -- Diabetes mellitus -- Cardiac function -- Kidney disease -- Disorders of water, electrolytes, and acid-base metabolism -- Liver disease -- Gastric, pancreatic, and intestinal function -- Monoamine-producing tumors -- Bone and mineral metabolism -- Pituitary function and pathophysiology -- Adrenal cortex -- Thyroid disorders -- Reproductive endocrinology and related disorders -- Pregnancy and its disorders -- Newborn screening and inborn errors of metabolism -- Hemostasis -- Red blood cell morphology and indices with clinical chemistry interface -- Automated hematology -- Bacteriology -- Antimicrobial susceptibility testing -- Mycobacteriology -- Mycology -- Parasitology -- Virology -- Blood groups, pretransfusion testing, and red blood cell transfusion -- Blood components, blood donor screening, and transfusion reactions.;Reference information for the clinical laboratory -- Tietz atlas of biochemical genetics : the Roy Peake collection -- Tietz atlas of electrophoretic patterns -- Atlas of electrophoretic patterns -- Atlas of biochemical genetics -- Tietz clinical vignettes : the Coakley collection and other short cases -- Tietz biochemical calculations : Deacon's challenge -- Tietz teasers in parasitology : the Bobbi Pritt collection -- Free-living amebae: Acanthamoeba species/Balamuthia mandrillaris -- Acanthocephalans -- Ascaris lumbricoides -- Babesia species -- Balantidium coli -- Blastocystis hominis -- Brugia malayi -- Capillaria species -- Non-parasitic stool objects -- Clonorchis sinensis -- Cyclospora cayetanensis -- Demodex species -- Bot flies -- Diphyllobothrium species -- Dipylidium caninum -- Echinococcus species -- Entamoeba coli -- Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar -- Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) -- Fasciola hepatica -- Giardia duodenalis (a.k.a., G. lamblia, G. intestinalis) -- Gordian worm -- Hard ticks -- Hookworm -- Howell-jolly bodies -- Hymenolepis nana -- Lodamoeba buetschlii -- Leishmania species -- Microsporidia -- Mosquitoes -- Onchocerca volvulus -- Paragonimus species -- Pediculus humanus -- Plasmodium species (malaria) -- Pthirus pubis (pubic louse) -- Sarcocystis species -- Sarcoptes scabei -- Schistosoma species -- Strongyloides stercoralis -- Taenia species -- Toxocara species -- Toxoplasma gondii -- Trichinella species -- Trichuris trichiura (whipworm) -- Trypanosomes -- Tunga penetrans -- Wuchereria bancrofti -- Zoonotic mite."