A Primer Of Chemical Pathology
Contributors: Walmsley, N.
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9789812385376
Subjects: Clinical chemistry; Clinical; Diagnostic specimens; Pathology; Chemistry; Analysis
Description: This book has been written primarily for medical students and junior doctors in clinical practice, but would also be a useful reference for postgraduate students in chemical pathology (clinical biochemistry), laboratory scientists, pathologists and medical laboratory technologists. It covers the field of chemical pathology, the biochemical basis of disease, and provides a basic understanding of the relationship between abnormal biochemical test results and disease states. A rational approach to proper selection and interpretation of biochemical investigations is adopted for each organ system o.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Sodium and Water Metabolism; Chapter 2 Potassium; Chapter 3 Acid-Base; Chapter 4 Mineralocorticoids; Chapter 5 The Kidney and Renal Disease; Chapter 6 Calcium; Chapter 7 Phosphate; Chapter 8 Magnesium; Chapter 9 Urate and Gout; Chapter 10 Glucose, Lactate and Ketones; Chapter 11 The Hepatobiliary System; Chapter 12 Plasma and CSF Proteins; Chapter 13 Enzymes in Diagnosis; Chapter 14 Plasma Lipids and Lipoproteins; Chapter 15 The Gastrointestinal Tract; Chapter 16 The Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland; Chapter 17 The Thyroid Gland.