Falsely elevated cobalamin concentration in multiple assays in a patient with pernicious anemia: a case study

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1. Masthead
2. Masthead
3. Editorials
4. What is a biomarker? It’s time for a renewed definition
5. Biomarker research and leading causes of death worldwide: a rather feeble relationship
6. Thiosulfate in urine: new hope or new failure of a biomarker for prostate cancer?
7. Review
8. Acute coronary syndrome – the present and future role of biomarkers¹⁾
9. Mini Review
10. Advance in molecular diagnostic tools for hepatitis B virus detection
11. Opinion Paper
12. Standardization and analytical goals for glycated hemoglobin measurement
13. Guidelines and Recommendations
14. Proposal for the use in emergency departments of cardiac troponins measured with the latest generation methods in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome without persistent ST-segment elevation
15. General Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
16. Current status of verification practices in clinical biochemistry in Spain
17. Two site evaluation of the performance of a new generation point-of-care glucose meter for use in a neonatal intensive care unit
18. Trp64Arg (rs4994) polymorphism of β3-adrenergic receptor gene is associated with hyperuricemia in a Chinese male population
19. Quantification of vancomycin in human serum by LC-MS/MS
20. Automated indirect immunofluorescence antinuclear antibody analysis is a standardized alternative for visual microscope interpretation
21. Autocorrelation and cross-correlation between hCGβ and PAPP-A in repeated sampling during first trimester of pregnancy
22. Platelet oxidative stress and systemic inflammation in chronic spontaneous urticaria
23. Reference Values
24. Establishment of reference values for novel urinary biomarkers for renal damage in the healthy population: are age and gender an issue?
25. Risks of mortality associated with common laboratory tests: a novel, simple and meaningful way to set decision limits from data available in the Electronic Medical Record
26. Cancer Diagnostics
27. Cancer antigen 125, human epididymis 4, kallikrein 6, osteopontin and soluble mesothelin-related peptide immunocomplexed with immunoglobulin M in epithelial ovarian cancer diagnosis
28. Thiosulfate in urine as a facilitator in the diagnosis of prostate cancer for patients with prostate-specific antigen less or equal 10 ng/mL
29. Anemia and iron biomarkers in patients with early breast cancer. Diagnostic value of hepcidin and soluble transferrin receptor quantification¹⁾
30. Sensitive detection of EML4-ALK fusion oncoprotein of lung cancer by in situ proximity ligation assay
31. Re-evaluation of laboratory predictors of response to current anemia treatment regimens of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in cancer patients
32. Cardiovascular Diseases
33. Evaluation of four sensitive troponin assays for risk assessment in acute coronary syndromes using a new clinically oriented approach for comparison of assays
34. A combined index of cardiac biomarkers as a risk factor for early cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients
35. Prognostic utility of biochemical markers of cardiovascular risk: impact of biological variability
36. Letters to the Editors
37. Exploring the relationship between serum biomarkers, acute intracerebral changes and outcome after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)
38. Laboratory false-positive results: a clinician responsibility or a shared responsibility with requesting clinicians?
39. The one hour lactose tolerance test
40. High concentration of IgM-κ paraprotein causes over-estimation of serum total protein by certain biuret method
41. Determining calculated free testosterone reference intervals in a normal adult male population
42. Alveolar neopterin, procalcitonin, and IL-6 in relation to serum levels and severity of lung injury in ARDS
43. Falsely elevated cobalamin concentration in multiple assays in a patient with pernicious anemia: a case study
44. Leading Figures in Laboratory Medicine
45. Research forever – Klaus Jung