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Vol. 259, No. 1,2 Clinica Chimica Acta 18 March 1997 CONTENTS Cited in: Biological Abstracts—CABS— Chemical Abstracts— Current Contents/Life Sciences— Excerpta Medica— Index Medicus— Clinical Chemistry Lookout— Current Clinical Chemistry— Informedicus— PASCALM— Reference Update— Current Clinical Cancer Papers commemorating 40 years of Clinica Chimica Acta Editorial Forty years of Clinica Chimica Acta D. Moss, M. Werner Review article The laboratory assessment of iron status —- an update M. Worwood (UK) Archive Paper The determination of the total iron-binding capacity of serum W.N.M. Ramsay (Scotland) 25 Research communications Sodium pump and Na*/H* activities in uremic erythrocytes. A microcalorimetric and pH-metric study H. Kovacic, P. Gallice, P. Brunet, Y. Berland, A. Crevat (France) 31 Clinical evaluation is better: myoglobin estimation used singly as a discriminant for early acute myocardial infarction does not well identify patients who will benefit from thrombolytic therapy H.J. Southgate, A.J. Fry, T. Pickett, A. Jones, M. Signy (UK) 4] The sum of vectors method (SV) applied to lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes and creatine kinase isoforms J. Salplachta (Czech Republic) 51 A rapid and simple screening method for detection of orotic aciduria by capillary zone electrophoresis J. Sevéik, T. Adam, V. Sazel (Czech Republic) 73 Salivary mucous glycoprotein MGI in Sjégren’s Syndrome H. Saari, S. Halinen, K. Ganlév, T. Sorsa, Y.T. Konttinen (Finland, Sweden) 83 Serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin in patients with nonalcoholic liver disease and with hepatocellular carcinoma Y. Murawaki, H. Sugisaki, I. Yuasa, H. Kawasaki (Japan) 97 Purification and characterization of low density lipoprotein containing apolipoprotein B-48 from the plasma of an apoE-deficient patient Y. Hashimoto, K. Tsukamoto, T. Teramoto, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, T. Watanabe (Japan) 109 Discrepancies between thyrotropin (TSH) measurement by four sensitive immunometric assays A.K. Rasmussen, L. Hilsted, H. Perrild, E. Christiansen, K. Siersbek-Nielsen, U. Feldt-Rasmussen (Denmark) 117 Automated quantitation of total protein in cultured skin fibroblasts A.J. Williams, J.C. Coakley, J. Christodoulou (Australia) 129 Modifying influence of enalaprilat on mesangial cell DNA synthesis induced by hydrogen peroxide R.J. D’Souza, H.M. Phillips, R.C. Strange, G.M. Aber (UK) 137 Determination of total and pancreatic x-amylase in human serum with 2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl-«-D-maltotrioside as substrate F.-J. Gella, G. Gubern, R. Vidal, F. Canalias (Spain) 147 (continued on page 216) The table of contents of Clinica Chimica Acta is included in ESTOC— Elsevier Science Tables of Contents service—which can be accessed on the World Wide Web at the following URL addresses: http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/estoc or http://www.elsevier.com/locate/estoc 0008-8981 (19970318)259:1,2:1-N 05097 216 Contents continued Thiopurine methyltransferase activity in the erythrocytes of adults and children: an HPLC-linked assay V. Micheli, G. Jacomelli, A. Fioravanti, G. Morozzi, R. Marcolongo, G. Pompucci (Italy) 161 Short communications Rapid detection of «-human atrial natriuretic peptide in plasma by a sensitive immuno-PCR sandwich assay Y. Numata, Y. Matsumoto (Japan) 169 A mechanism of antioxidant activity of calcium antagonist verapamil against LDL oxidation I. Karmansky, N. Gruener (Israel) 177 Letters to the Editor Diabetes mellitus, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status in rural patients K.N. Srinivasan, K.V. Pugalendi, G. Sambandam, M. Ramakrishna Rao, P. Venugopal Menon (India) 183 Production of endothelin-1 by cultured human synoviocytes H. Yoshida, M. Ohhara, K. Ohsumi (Japan) 187 LDL sialic acid content in type 2 diabetic patients A. Ruelland, M.R. Durou, C. Letellier, E. Guehenneux, B. Legras, H. Allannic, L. Cloarec (France) 19] Initiation of LDL oxidation by copper ions or AAPH yields different kinetic parameters which are correlated W. Leonhardt, R. Bergmann, M. Hanefeld (Germany) 195 Erratum 199 Author index 203 Subject index 205 Instructions to Authors 209 ISE Newsletter Sl