CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
(Organ Function Tests, Laboratory Investigations and Inborn Metabolic Diseases)
Contents
Part 1: Organ Function Tests 1-82
1. Renal Function Tests .................................................................................................................... 3
2. Liver Function Tests ....................................................................................................................... 15
3. Gastric Function Tests .................................................................................................................... 36
4. Thyroid Function Tests .................................................................................................................. 47
5. Adrenocortical Function Tests ...................................................................................................... 60
6. Pancreatic Function Tests .............................................................................................................. 72
Part 2: Laboratory Investigations 83-262
7. Hyperglycaemia .............................................................................................................................. 85
8. Hypoglycaemia ................................................................................................................................ 96
9. Hypercalcaemia ............................................................................................................................. 106
10. Hypocalcaemia .............................................................................................................................. 118
11. Hypercortisolism ........................................................................................................................... 125
12. Hypocortisolism ............................................................................................................................ 132
13. Hyperlipoproteinaemias (Hyperlipidaemias) ......................................................................... 139
14. Jaundice .......................................................................................................................................... 149
15. Neonatal Jaundice ......................................................................................................................... 159
16. Hyperthyroidism ........................................................................................................................... 171
17. Hypothyroidism ............................................................................................................................ 182
18. Malabsorption Syndrome ............................................................................................................ 191
19. Obesity ............................................................................................................................................ 204
20. Polyuria ........................................................................................................................................... 212
21. Haemolytic Transfusion Reaction ............................................................................................. 218
22. Haemolytic Anaemia .................................................................................................................... 227
23. Iron Deficiency Anaemia ............................................................................................................ 240
24. Macrocytic Megaloblastic Anaemia .......................................................................................... 248
Part 3: Miscellaneous 263-290
25. Enzymes and Isoenzymes in Clinical Medicine ..................................................................... 265
26. Oncogenic Markers (Tumour Markers) .................................................................................... 281
Part 4: Inborn Metabolic Diseases (Inborn Errors of Metabolism) 291-376
27. Inborn Metabolic Diseases (Inborn Errors of Metabolism) ................................................. 293
A. Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism .............................................................................. 295
B. Amino Acid Metabolic Disorders ......................................................................................... 327
C. Disorders of Lipid Metabolism ............................................................................................. 358
D. Inborn Errors of Defective DNA Repair and Purines/Pyrimidine Metabolism ........... 365
References ............................................................................................................. 377
Index ...................................................................................................................... 379
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