Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Laboratory techniques and laboratory management -- Basic laboratory principles and techniques / Bette Seamonds and Elizabeth Ann Byrne -- Spectral techniques / Amadeo J. Pesce -- Chromatography: theory, practice, and instrumentation / Michael Lehrer -- Chromatographic techniques / Michael Lehrer -- Laboratory analysis of hemoglobin variants / Michael Nardi -- Electrophoresis / John M. Brewer -- Immunological reactions / Carolyn S. Feldkamp -- Immunochemical techniques / Carolyn S. Feldkamp -- Principles for competitive-binding assays / Stephan G. Thompson -- Laboratory approaches to serology testing / Gerald P. Morris and Ann M. Gronowski -- Measurement of colligative properties / Lawrence A. Kaplan -- Electrochemistry: principles and measurements / William R. Heineman ... [et al.] -- Molecular diagnostics / Hassan M E. Azzazy ... [et al.] -- Therapeutic drug monitoring / Michael Oellerich, Wolfgang A. Ritschel and Victor W. Armstrong -- Clinical enzymology / David C. Hohnadel -- Protein Isoforms: isoenzymes and isoforms / Wendy R. Sanhai and Robert H. Christenson -- Interferences in chemical analysis / Lawrence A. Kaplan and Amadeo J. Pesce -- Sources and control of preanalytical variation / D. Robert Dufour --

Laboratory automation / Michael A. Pesce -- Point-of-care (near-patient) testing / James H. Nichols -- Laboratory information systems / David Chou -- Laboratory statistics / Mark A. Jandreski and Stephen E. Kahn -- Reference intervals and clinical decision limits / Paul S. Horn -- Quality control in the clinical chemistry laboratory / Kenneth E. Blick and Richard B. Passey -- Evaluation of methods / Carl C. Garber and R. Neill Carey -- Part 2. Physiology and pathophysiology -- Classifications and descriptions of proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates / Lawrence A. Kaplan, Herbert K. Naito, and Amadeo J. Pesce -- Physiology and pathophysiology of body water and electrolytes / John M. Lorenz -- Acid-base control and acid-base disorders / John E. Sherwin -- Renal function / Joshua M. Kaplan and Martin Roy First -- The liver: function and chemical pathology / D. Robert Dufour -- Viral hepatitis: diagnosis and monitoring / Dan Chen -- Bone disease / Oussama Itani and Reginald C. Tsang -- The pancreas: function and chemical pathology / D. Robert Dufour -- Gastrointestinal function and digestive disease / D. Robert Dufour -- Cardiac and muscle disease / Wendy R. Sanhai, Benjamin C. Eloff, and Robert H. Christenson -- Coronary artery disease: lipid metabolism / John R. Burnett -- Diabetes mellitus / Richard F. Dods -- Iron and porphyrin metabolism / William E. Schreiber -- Hemoglobin / Fermina M. Mazzella and Harold R. Schumacher --

Human nutrition / Nancy W. Alcock -- Trace metals / Nancy W. Alcock -- Vitamins / Hans G. Schneider -- Pregnancy and fetal development / John F. Chapman, Jr., Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler, and David G. Grenache -- The newborn / Andre Mattman, Anne Catherine Halstead, and Gillian Lockitch -- Extravascular biological fluids / Lewis Glasser -- Nervous system / Michael D. Privitera, Tarek Zakaria, and Rakesh Khatri -- General endocrinology / Gregory A. Clines and Laurence M. Demers -- Thyroid / Sally Newsom and Peter E. Hickman -- The gonads / Shenaz Seedat and Elisabeth Nye -- Adrenal hormones and hypertension / Morris R. Pudek and Dailin Li -- Diseases of genetic origin / T. Andrew Burrow, Kejian Zhang, and Gregory A. Grabowski -- Neoplasia / Barry N. Elkins -- Laboratory evaluation of the transplant recipient / Tiffany Kaiser ... [et al.] -- Toxicology / Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler -- Addiction and substance abuse / R. Jeffrey Goldsmith.