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Web resources

The internet is a remarkable resource and its value as an educational tool cannot be overestimated. However, it is also a highly dynamic affair with a distinct air of ‘here today and gone tomorrow’. In selecting useful websites for these pages we have concentrated on well-established sites that in all probability will still be accessible for the lifetime of this edition. There are many other sites that can support and extend what is contained in this book and the reader is urged to access these through normal searches. One word of caution though – remember our subject has a number of pseudonyms – Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Chemistry, Chemical Pathology, or just plain Pathology. If you are conducting general searches you may have to use more than one of these terms to get the return you are hoping for. As Clinical Chemistry is the term used most frequently in the United States you will find that this term yields the most hits (47.5 million versus 19 million for Clinical Biochemistry). Incidentally, those hit rates have increased ten fold since our last edition. Many university departments throughout the world have specific pages devoted to clinical cases and tutorial work related to Clinical Biochemistry which readers of this book may find useful. Occasionally complete slide sets and lecture notes are also available, but these are best searched for afresh as they are particularly prone to deactivation. Happy hunting.

Key journals

http://www.clinchem.org/

Clinical Chemistry is the most cited journal in the field of clinical chemistry, clinical (or anatomic) pathology, analytical chemistry, and the subspecialties, such as transfusion medicine, clinical microbiology. The journal, issued monthly, publishes contributions, either experimental or theoretical, that concern basic materials or principles, analytical and molecular diagnostic techniques, instrumentation, data processing, statistical analyses of data, clinical investigations in which chemistry has played a major role, or laboratory animal studies of chemically oriented problems of human disease.

http://www.elsevier.com/locate/clinbiochem

Clinical Biochemistry publishes articles relating to the applications of molecular biology, biochemistry, chemistry and immunology to clinical investigation and to the diagnosis, therapy, and monitoring of human disease.

http://www.acb.rsmjournals.com/

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry is the official journal of the Association for Clinical Biochemistry, edited in collaboration with de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Klinische Chemie. the Japan Society of Clinical Chemistry and the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists. One of the world’s foremost in its field, it publishes fully refereed papers of international authorship that contribute to existing knowledge in all fields of clinical biochemistry, especially that pertaining to the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of human disease.

Key professional bodies

http://www.aacc.org/

The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) is an international scientific/medical society of clinical laboratory professionals, physicians, research scientists and other individuals involved with clinical chemistry and related disciplines. Founded in 1948, the society has over 8000 members and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

http://www.acb.org.uk/

The Association of Clinical Biochemistry (ACB) was founded in 1953, and is one of the oldest such associations in the world. Based in the United Kingdom, it is a professional body dedicated to the practice and promotion of clinical science. The ACB has medical and non-medical members in all major UK healthcare laboratories, in many university departments and in industry. The links with its corporate members lead to a fruitful relationship with the clinical diagnostics industry. The ACB liaises with and is consulted by many national and international organizations on issues relating to Clinical Biochemistry.

http://www.ifcc.org/

The mission statement of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) is to be the leading organization in the field of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine worldwide. This site has numerous useful links.

General sites

http://labtestsonline.org/

Lab Tests Online has been designed to help patients or carers understand the many clinical lab tests that are part of routine care as well as diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of conditions and diseases. If you are a medical professional, this site can also serve as a quick reference tool or as a resource for keeping up with advances in laboratory science. The content of the site is available in English, Spanish and German.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/laboratorytests.html

This site from the National Institutes of Health in the United States is directed at patients and contains a number of links to other patient-oriented sites for the explanation of the use and interpretation of laboratory tests.

http://www.endotext.org

This portal provides access to a range of secondary sites that contain a variety of useful material in endocrinology and metabolic medicine.

http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/index.html

This is a convenient source of basic and more advanced information on a variety of fluid and electrolyte, acid–base and endocrine disorders. It is well arranged and easy to navigate.

http://www.lipidsonline.org/

This site provides an up-to-date resource for clinicians and academics dealing with atherosclerosis and its consequences. Complete slide sets are available on many topics in this area, which were developed by Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1985/brown-lecture.html

This site links to the video of Michael S. Brown’s Nobel Lecture, which tells the story of the discovery of receptor mediated endocytosis and of the molecular defect in familial hypercholesterolaemia, and describes the scientific chase which led to the award of the Nobel Prize in medicine/physiology in 1985.

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/

The Genetics Home Reference of the National Library of Medicine in the United States is a useful website that gives a lot of information about human genetic diseases. Although designed for the public it is also a useful resource for the professional.

http://Genomics.energy.gov/

This provides access to a range of resources relating to current genetic research including the Human Genome Project information site which has a host of useful educational links.

http://www.hoslink.com/plhome.htm

This Australian site describes itself as a resource portal for medical and biomedical professionals. It has well illustrated sections of laboratory findings in different disease states arranged by systems.

http://www.pathmax.com/main.html

This is a useful American portal that covers all aspects of pathology and serves as a link to numerous other relevant sites. By clicking on the Chemistry/Lab Mgmt tab you will be directed to a list of potentially useful sites.

http://oldsite.aacb.asn.au/web/Education/NITTYs/

If you are looking for more advanced topics a very useful site is that provided by the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists where you will find an archive of NITTYs (the acronym for Not In The Textbooks Yet).The site has links to a wide range of presentations that are slide-video talks of about 10 minutes duration with topics selected for short, discrete and currently relevant material.

http://www.metbio.net/metbioTraining.asp

This is the site of the National Metabolic Biochemistry Network and contains a lot of useful information including a set of case reports – mostly of inborn errors of metabolism.

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