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Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 77, the latest installment in this internationally acclaimed series, contains chapters authored by world-renowned clinical laboratory scientists, physicians, and research scientists. The serial discusses the latest and most up-to-date technologies related to the field of clinical chemistry and is the benchmark for novel analytical approaches in the clinical laboratory.

Contents:

1. Overview of Laboratory Testing and Clinical Presentations of Complement Deficiencies and Dysregulation Ashley Frazer-Abel, Lusia Sepiashvili, Michael M. Mbughuni and Maria Alice V. Willrich 2. Autoimmunity in Crohn's Disease - A Putative Stratification Factor of the Clinical Phenotype Dirk Roggenbuck, Dirk Reinhold, Daniel C. Baumgart, Peter Schierack, Karsten Conrad and Martin W. Laass 3. Monitoring Oxygen Status John G. Toffaletti and Craig R. Rackley 4. Microvesicles in Autoimmune Diseases Ming-Lin Liu, Kevin Jon Williams and Victoria P. Werth 5. Tandem Mass Spectrometry of Sphingolipids: Applications for Diagnosis of Sphingolipidoses Ladislav Kuchar, Befekadu Asfaw, Jitka Rybova and Jana Ledvinova 6. Advances in Blood Typing NurJehan Quraishy and Suneeti Sapatnekar