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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. An Introduction to Biochemistry and Cell Biology 2. Biochemical Investigations in Clinical Medicine 3. Water, Sodium and Potassium 4. Hydrogen Ion Homoeostasis and Blood Gases 5. The Kidneys 6. The Liver 7. The Gastrointestinal Tract 8. Clinical Nutrition 9. The Hypothalamus and the Pituitary Gland 10. The Adrenal Glands 11. The Thyroid Gland 12. The Gonads 13. Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism 14. Calcium, Phosphate and Magnesium 15. Bones and Joints 16. Plasma Proteins and Enzymes 17 Lipids, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Disease 18. Muscles, Nerves and Psychiatric?Disorders 19. Inherited Metabolic Diseases 20. Disorders of Haemoproteins, Porphyrins and Iron 21. Metabolic Aspects of Malignant Disease 22. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Chemical Aspects of Toxicology 23. Clinical Chemistry at the Extremes of Age