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The new edition of this extremely successful text explores the clinical application of biochemistry. It explains what happens to the body's chemistry when affected by disease...which laboratory tests are used in various clinical situations...and how to interpret the results. Over 100 actual patient case histories demonstrate how clinical chemistry relates to the practice of medicine. More than 100 crisp line drawingsrendered in full color for the first time in this 5th Editionmake concepts easy to understand. And, self-assessment exercises based on clinical vignettes enable readers to check their comprehension of the material.