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Basic Concepts in Clinical Biochemistry: A Practical Guide

  • Includes step-by-step, easy to follow protocols

  • Provides key tips and expert implementation advice to ensure quality results

  • Provides up-to-date techniques along with a brief theoretical introduction for each section

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Table of contents (39 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Common Clinical Laboratory Hazards and Waste Disposal

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 1-3
  3. Blood Collection and Preservation

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 5-7
  4. Quality Control in Laboratory

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 9-12
  5. Automation in Clinical Laboratory

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 13-15
  6. Photometry: Colorimeter and Spectrophotometer

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 17-20
  7. Preparation of General Laboratory Solutions and Buffers

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 21-27
  8. Examination of Urine for Normal Constituents

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 29-32
  9. To Perform Qualitative Tests for Urinary Proteins

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 33-37
  10. To Perform Qualitative Test for Reducing Substances in Urine

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 49-52
  11. Quantitative Analysis of Reducing Sugars in Urine

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 53-55
  12. Estimation of Blood Glucose Levels by Glucose Oxidase Method

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 57-60
  13. To Determine the Blood Glucose Levels by Folin and Wu Method

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 61-62
  14. To Perform Glucose Tolerance Test

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 63-66
  15. Estimation of Urea in Serum and Urine

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 67-70
  16. To Determine Urea Clearance

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 71-73
  17. To Determine Creatinine Clearance

    • Vijay Kumar, Kiran Dip Gill
    Pages 79-80

About this book

This book is a practical guidebook in biochemistry, for medical as well as life sciences' students. The book covers reference values, sample collection procedure and detailed protocol to perform experiments. Each experiment starts with a brief introduction of the protocol, followed by specimen requirements and procedure. The procedures are presented in a very lucid manner and discuss details of calculations and clinical interpretations,The book is divided into 29 chapters, It offers references, general guidelines and abbreviations and provides principles and procedures of clinical biochemistry tests, along with their diagnostic importance.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biochemistry, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India

    Vijay Kumar

  • Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India

    Kiran Dip Gill

About the authors

Prof. Kiran Dip Gill obtained her Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, India in 1974. She was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Gottingen, Germany in 1977-1978.  In 1981, she joined department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. She has taught Biochemistry to post-graduate students for almost 35 years. She was also in-charge of clinical biochemistry lab, where biochemical investigations are done routinely. She has authored four chapters in books and published more than 125 research papers in her career. She is recipient of several awards for her contribution in research work.

Dr. Vijay Kumar obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry under the guidance of Prof. Kiran Dip Gill from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh in 2009. In 2010, he joined Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. Since then, he is actively involved in teaching Biochemistry to post-graduate students. He has published more than 20 research papers and three review articles in reputed journals. 

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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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