Lecture Notes On Clinical Biochemistry

This book contains thebasic science and clinical information necessary for medical students and newlyqualified doctors to make efficient and informed use of diagnostic serviceoffered by their clinical biochemistry department, or its equivalent, in orderto select the appropriate tests in diagnosis, treatment and management ofdisease. The new edition of Lecture Notes On Clinical Biochemistry has been completely revised to take account of thechanges that have taken place in the diagnostic services within clinicalpractice. Clear explanations of the underlying molecular structures precede lucid accountsof the disease that result from disruption of physiological pathways in eachsystem. Thereafter, the reader is provided with an integrated diagnosticapproach together with case studies to help match the selection of tests to theclinical testing.