A further monoclonal antibody-based immunoturbidimetry option for measuring faecal elastase on the Optilite analyser
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print.
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A service evaluation of the use of faecal immunochemical tests in symptomatic patients aged under 50 years presenting to primary care
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print. BackgroundMost colorectal cancers (CRCs) occur in individuals aged over 50 years; however, the incidence in younger age groups is increasing. Diagnosis in younger patients is frequently delayed due to no…
Comment by Schmidt and Byrnes based on erroneous assumptions
Volume 83, Issue 5, September 2023, Page 356-357.
Artificially raised creatinine concentrations due to analytical interference for samples contaminated with total parenteral nutrition fluid
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print. BackgroundA sample received in the laboratory from a patient receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) indicated that the patient may have renal dysfunction, but the results were not considered to be re…
Galactosylation of serum immunoglobulin G in myasthenia gravis with different autoantibodies
Volume 83, Issue 5, September 2023, Page 348-355.
Variation of eGFR reporting and CKD equations used in the United Kingdom
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print. BackgroundUK Clinical laboratories have been routinely reporting an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) based on creatinine measurements using an eGFR equation since the early 2000s. Though there…
SUMO specific peptidase 1 decreases after induction treatment, and its reduction predicts lower disease risk, better treatment response, longer survival of acute myeloid leukemia
Volume 83, Issue 5, September 2023, Page 283-289.
Standardising the biochemical confirmation of adult male hypogonadism; a joint position statement by the Society for Endocrinology and Association of Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine*
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Volume 60, Issue 4, Page 223-227, July 2023. Background: Inter-assay variation between different immunoassays and different mass spectrometry methods hampers the biochemical confirmation of male hypogonadism. Furthermor…