Recognized as the definitive reference in laboratory medicine since 1908, Henry's Clinical Diagnosis continues to offer state-of-the-art guidance on the scientific foundation and clinical application of today's complete range of laboratory tests. Employing a multidisciplinary approach, it presents the newest information available in the field, including new developments in technologies and the automation platforms on which measurements are performed.


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　　　ㆍ　Features the latest knowledge on cutting-edge technologies of molecular diagnostics and proteomics.
　　　ㆍ　Includes a wealth of information on the exciting subject of omics; these extraordinarily complex measurements reflect important changes in the body and have the potential to predict the onset of diseases such as diabetes mellitus.
　　　ㆍ　Coverage of today's hottest topics includes advances in transfusion medicine and organ transplantation; molecular diagnostics in microbiology and infectious diseases; point-of-care testing; pharmacogenomics; and the microbiome.
　　　ㆍ　Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring chapter discusses the necessity of testing for therapeutic drugs that are more frequently being abused by users.


　Key Features
　　　ㆍ　Provides guidance on error detection, correction, and prevention, as well as cost-effective test selection.
　　　ㆍ　Features a full-color layout, illustrations and visual aids, and an organization based on organ system.

Part 1: The Clinical Laboratory
　　─　1. General Concepts and Administrative Issues
　　─　2. Optimizing Laboratory Workflow and Performance
　　─　3. Preanalysis
　　─　4. Analysis: Principles of Instrumentation
　　─　5. Analysis: Clinical Laboratory Automation
　　─　6. Point-of-Care Testing and Physician Office Laboratories
　　─　7. Postanalysis: Medical Decision Making
　　─　8. Interpreting Laboratory Results
　　─　9. Laboratory Statistics
　　─　10. Quality Control
　　─　11. Clinical Laboratory Informatics
　　─　12. Financial Management
　　─　13. Biological, Chemical and Nuclear Terrorism: Role of the Laboratory

Part 2: Clinical Chemistry
　　─　14. Evaluation of Renal Function, Water, Electrolytes and Acid-Base Function
　　─　15. Biochemical Markers of Bone Metabolism
　　─　16. Carbohydrates
　　─　17. Lipids and Dyslipoproteinemia
　　─　18. Cardiac Injury, Atherosclerosis, and Thrombotic Disease
　　─　19. Specific Proteins
　　─　20. Clinical Enzymology
　　─　21. Evaluation of Liver Function
　　─　22. Laboratory Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Disorders
　　─　23. Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
　　─　24. Evaluation of Endocrine Function
　　─　25. Reproductive Function and Pregnancy
　　─　26. Vitamins and Trace Elements
　　─　27. Chemical Basis for Analyte Assays and Common Interferences
　
Part 3: Urine and Other Bodily Fluids
　　─　28. Basic Examination of Urine
　　─　29. Cerebrospinal, Synovial, Serous Body Fluids, and Alternative Specimens

Part 4: Hematology and Transfusion Medicine
　　─　30. Basic Examination of Blood and Bone Marrow
　　─　31. Hematopoiesis
　　─　32. Erythrocytic Disorders
　　─　33. Leukocytic Disorders
　　─　34. The Flow Cytometric Evaluation for Hematopoietic Neoplasia
　　─　35. Immunohematology
　　─　36. Transfusion Medicine
　　─　37. Hemapheresis
　　─　38. Tissue Banking and Progenitor Cells

Part 5: Hemostasis and Thrombosis
　　─　39. Coagulation and Fibrinolysis
　　─　40. Platelet Disorders and Von Willebrand Disease
　　─　41. Laboratory Approach to Thrombotic Risk
　　─　42. Antithrombotic Therapy
　
Part 6: Immunology and Immunopathology
　　─　43. Overview of the Immune System and Immunologic Disorders
　　─　44. Immunoassays and Immunochemistry
　　─　45. Laboratory Evaluation of the Cellular Immune System
　　─　46. Laboratory Evaluation of Immunoglobin Function and Humoral Immunity
　　─　47. Mediators of Inflammation: Complement
　　─　48. Mediators of Inflammation: Cytokines and Adhesion Molecules
　　─　49. Human Leukocyte Antigen: The Major Histocompatability Complex of Man
　　─　50. The Major Histocompatibility Complex and Disease
　　─　51. Immunodeficiency Disorders
　　─　52. Clinical and Laboratory Evaluation of Systemic Rheumatic Diseases
　　─　53. Vasculitis
　　─　54. Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases
　　─　55. Allergic Diseases

Part 7: Medical Microbiology
　　─　56. Viral Infections
　　─　57. Chlamydial, Rickettsial, and Mycoplasmal Infections
　　─　58. Medical Bacteriology
　　─　59. In Vitro Testing of Antimicrobial Agents
　　─　60. Spirochete Infections
　　─　61. Mycobacteria
　　─　62. Mycotic Diseases
　　─　63. Medical Parasitology
　　─　64. Specimen Collection and Handling for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

Part 8: Molecular Pathology
　　─　65. Introduction to Molecular Pathology
　　─　66. Molecular Diagnostics: Basic Principles and Techniques
　　─　67. Polymerase Chain Reaction and Other Nucleic Acid Amplification Technology
　　─　68. Hybridization Array Technologies
　　─　69. Applications of Cytogenetics in Modern Pathology
　　─　70. Establishing a Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
　　─　71. Molecular Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases
　　─　72. Identity Analysis: Use of DNA Analysis in Parentage, Forensic, and Missing Persons Testing
　　─　73. Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine

Part 9: Clinical Pathology of Cancer
　　─　74. Diagnosis and Management of Cancer Using Serologic and Tissue Tumor Markers
　　─　75. Oncoproteins and Early Tumor Detection
　　─　76. Molecular Diagnosis of Hematopoietic Neoplasms
　　─　77. Molecular Genetic Pathology of Solid Tumors
　　─　78. High-Throughput Genomic and Proteomic Technologies in the Post-Genomic Era


Appendices (Online Only)
　　─　Physiologic Solutions, Buffers, Acid-Base Indicators, Standard Reference Materials, and Temperature Conversions
　　─　Desirable Weights, Body Surface Area, and Body Mass Index
　　─　Approximations of Total Blood Volume
　　─　Periodic Table of Elements
　　─　SI Units
　　─　Common Chimeric Genes Identified in Human Malignancies
　　─　Disease/Organ Panels