The Fundamentals of Biomedical Science series has been written to reflect the challenges of practising biomedical science today. It draws together essential basic science with insights into laboratory practice to show how an understanding of the biology of disease is coupled to the analytical approaches that lead to diagnosis. Assuming only a minimum of prior knowledge, the series reviews the full range of disciplines to which a biomedical scientist may be exposed - from microbiology to cytopathology to transfusion science. Clinical Biochemistry provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the biochemical basis of disease processes, and how these diseases can be investigated in the biomedical laboratory. New clinical case studies have been added to the third edition, to further emphasize the link between theory and practice and help engage students with the subject.
1: David Cameron and Nessar Ahmed: Biochemical investigations and
quality control 2: Tim James: Automation 3: Nessar Ahmed: Kidney disease 4:
Joanne Marsden: Hyperuricaemia and gout 5: Benjamin James and Tim James:
Fluid and electrolyte disorders 6: David Tierney: Acid-base disorders 7: Paul
Collinson and Amy Lloyd: Clinical enzymology and biomarkers 8: Roy Sherwood:
Liver function tests 9: Mike France: Abnormalities of lipid metabolism 10:
Nessar Ahmed: Disorders of calcium, phosphate, and magnesium homeostasis 11:
Garry McDowell: Abnormal pituitary function 12: Garry McDowell: Thyroid
disease 13: Allen Yates and Ian Laing: Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia
14: John Honour: Adrenal disease 15: Ian Laing and Julie Thornton:
Reproductive endocrinology 16: Aidan Ryan, Patrick Twomey and William
Simpson: Biochemical nutrition 17: Garry McDowell and Gordon Brydon:
Gastrointestinal disorders and malabsorption 18: Mareike Posner and Gerald
Maguire: Specific protein markers 19: Joanne Adaway and Gilbert Wieringa:
Cancer biochemistry and tumour markers 20: Mary Anne Preece: Inherited
metabolic disorders and newborn screening 21: Robin Whelpton, Nigel Brown,
and Robert Flanagan: Therapeutic drug monitoring 22: Gwendolen Ayers:
Chemical toxicology
Dr Nessar Ahmed is Reader in Clinical Biochemistry at the Manchester Metropolitan University where his research examines the role of protein glycation in diabetes. His teaching includes clinical biochemistry, endocrinology, and analytical science.
