Clinical biochemistry is an analytical and interpretative science. The analytical part involves thedetermination of the level of chemical components in body fluids and tissues. The interpretative partexamines these results and uses them in the diagnosis of disease, the screening for susceptibility tospecific diseases, and the monitoring of the progress of treatment. This book is designed to cover themajor techniques and analytical instruments used in clinical biochemistry. Each chapter of this book isbased on a specific technique, or techniques, with associated instrumentation. These are discussed insome detail.This book discusses the clinical biochemistry of commonly measured analytes. It gives hardnumerical data not only for the distribution and balance of analytes, but also for differential diagnosisand treatment. This book provides clear and concise coverage for medical students, junior doctors,clinical biochemists and medical technologists.
