| Part I Laboratory Principles |
| General Laboratory Techniques and Procedures |
| Specimen Collection and Processing, Sources of Biological Variation. |
| Part II Analytical Techniques and Instrumentation |
| Spectrophotometric Techniques |
| Fluorometry, Nephelometry, And Turbidimetry |
| Basic Principles of Radioactivity and Its Measurement |
| Electrochemistry |
| Electrophoresis |
| Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry |
| Principlesof Immunochemical Techniques |
| Automation in the Clinical Laboratory. |
| Part III Chemometrics |
| Statistical Procedures |
| Selection and Interpretation of Laboratory Procedures |
| Selection and Evaluation of Methods |
| Establishment and Use of Reference Values. |
| Part IV Laboratory Management |
| Clinical Laboratory Informatics |
| Laboratory Management |
| Quality Management. |
| Part V Analytes |
| Nucleic Acid Biochemistry and Diagnostic Applications |
| Amino Acids |
| Proteins |
| Cytokines |
| Clinical Enzymology |
| Tumour Markers |
| Carbohydrates |
| Lipids, Lipoproteins, And Apolipoproteins |
| Therapeutic Drug Monitoring |
| Clinical Toxicology |
| Toxic Metals |
| Vitamins |
| Trace Elements |
| Electrolytes and Blood Gases. |
| Part VI Pathophysiology |
| Physiology and Disorders of Wates, Electrolyte, And Acid-Base Metabolism |
| Liver Function |
| Cardiac Function |
| Renal Function and Nitrogen Metabolics |
| Gastric, Pancreatic, And Intestinal Function |
| Organ Transplantation |
| Nutritional Assessment, Therapy, And Monitoring |
| Mineral and Bone Metabolism |
| General Endocrine Function |
| Pituitary Function |
| Thyroid Function |
| Function of the Adrenal Cortex |
| Cathecol Amines and Serotonin |
| Reproductive Endocrine Function |
| Biochemical Aspects of Hematology |
| Porphyrins and Disorders of Porphyrin Metabolism |
| Clinical Chemistry of Pregnancy |
| Lysosomal Storage Disease |
| Appendix |