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Clinical Biochemistry — An Integrated Service

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Clinical biochemistry as we understand it today had its origins in the testing of urine for the presence of protein as a means of distinguishing dropsy due to kidney disease, which would not respond to digitalis therapy, from that due to heart disease which would. Other urine tests, all of which could be performed with the simplest of reagents and minimum of facilities were gradually introduced into clinical practice. They were generally performed in the side room of a hospital ward or in the patient’s own home and used mainly as an aid to diagnosis.

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  1. Biochemistry Department, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK

    Vincent Marks

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  1. University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    N. C. den Boer  & B. Leijnse  & 

  2. University Hospital for Children and Youth, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    C. van der Heiden

  3. University Hospital Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

    J. H. M. Souverijn

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Marks, V. (1989). Clinical Biochemistry — An Integrated Service. In: den Boer, N.C., van der Heiden, C., Leijnse, B., Souverijn, J.H.M. (eds) Clinical Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0753-2_29

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