To the Editor: Author reply; Nakano et al. Clin Chem Lab Med 2006;44(5):522–532

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1. Associations between folate, vitamin B₁₂, homocysteine and pathologies related to aging: the need to consider complex nutrient-nutrient and gene-nutrient interactions and the functional and socio-economic determinants in population-based studies
2. Hyperhomocysteinemia and cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women: the role of folate supplementation
3. Association of vitamin B₁₂, folate and homocysteine with functional and pathological characteristics of the elderly in a mountainous village in Sicily
4. Association of thyroid dysfunction with vitamin B₁₂, folate and plasma homocysteine levels in the elderly: a population-based study in Sicily
5. Desmond (Des) Kenny MSc MCB FICI FRCPath Eur Clin Chem, 1941–2006
6. Antibodies to citrullinated peptides: a significant step forward in the early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
7. Patient hydration: a major source of laboratory uncertainty
8. Determination of the hepatitis C virus subtype: comparison of sequencing and reverse hybridization assays
9. Quantification of relative changes in specific mRNAs from frozen whole blood – methodological considerations and clinical implications
10. HER-2 protein concentrations in breast cancer cells increase before immunohistochemical and fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis turn positive
11. Distinct alleles of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and surfactant proteins A (SP-A) in patients with chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
12. Novel molecular defect in the platelet ADP receptor P2Y₁₂ of a patient with haemorrhagic diathesis
13. Retrospective study of monoclonal gammopathies detected in the clinical laboratory of a Spanish healthcare district: 14-year series
14. Renal impairment compromises the use of total homocysteine and methylmalonic acid but not total vitamin B₁₂ and holotranscobalamin in screening for vitamin B₁₂ deficiency in the aged
15. Diagnostic value of calculated testosterone indices in the assessment of polycystic ovary syndrome
16. Amniotic fibronectin fragmentation and expression of its domains, sialyl and fucosyl glycotopes associated with pregnancy complicated by intrauterine infection
17. Predicted influence of sample hematocrit on injected mass of internal standard in mass spectrometry assays utilizing simple protein precipitation for sample preparation
18. Evaluation of cardiovascular risk factors and related clinical markers in healthy young Japanese adults
19. Cardiac natriuretic peptides after myocardial infarction: relationship with infarct size, left ventricular function and remodelling assessed by 99mTc-sestamibi gated-single photon emission tomography
20. Plasma homocysteine cutoff values for venous thrombosis
21. Lipid transfer protein activities in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance
22. Heat shock protein 70-1 gene expression in pediatric heart surgery using blood cardioplegia
23. Biochemical reference intervals for sex hormones with a new AutoDelfia method in aged men
24. The Italian External Quality Control Programme for cystic fibrosis molecular diagnosis: 4 years of activity
25. Standardization of ischemia-modified albumin testing: adjustment for serum albumin
26. Is simultaneous measurement of anti-thyroid peroxidase and anti-thyroglobulin antibodies clinically useful in patients with thyroid dysfunction?
27. To the Editor: In reply to Nakano et al. Clin Chem Lab Med 2006;44(5):522–532
28. To the Editor: Author reply; Nakano et al. Clin Chem Lab Med 2006;44(5):522–532
29. Accreditation of medical laboratories in the European Union
30. Prevalence-dependent decision limits for the early detection of type 2 diabetes mellitus in venous blood, venous plasma and capillary blood during glucose challenge