Front Cover; Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 12; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents of Previous Volumes; Chapter 1. Metabolism during the Postinjury Period; 1. Introduction; 2. The Nature of the Immediate Changes; 3. Early Postinjury Changes; 4. Nature of the Post-Shock Delayed Metabolic Response; 5. Time Factor in Multiple Injuries; 6. Nutritional Aspects; 7. Environmental Factors; 8. Control of the Metabolic Response to Injury; 9. Summary; References; Note Added in Proof.

1. Introduction2. Historical; 3. Nature of Cholephilic Dyes; 4. Transfer of BSP from Plasma to Bile; 5. Dye Tests Used in Clinical Investigations; 6. ElTects of Physiological Factors on Dye Uptake and Secretion; 7. Effects of Drugs on Dye Uptake and Excretion; 8. Effect of Disease on Dye Uptake and Excretion; 9. Analytical Methods; 10. The Future of Dye Tests in Clinical Medicine; Review Articles; References; Chapter 6. Recent Advances in the Biochemistry of Thyroid Regulation; 1. Introduction; 2. Thyrotropin-Releasing Factor; 3. Thyroid-Stimulating Hormones; 4. Thyroid-Binding Proteins.

5. CalcitoninReferences; Author Index; Subject Index.

8. The Urinary Excretion and Blood levels of 3<U+00dd>-Hydroxy-<U+0045>5 Steroids9. The Urinary Excretion of Estrogens; 10. Steroid Conjugation; 11. Abnormalities in Steroid Production; 12. The Control of Steroid Production in Infancy; 13. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 4. The Use of Gas-liquid Chromatography in Clinical Chemistry; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic Requirements of Gas-Liquid Chromatography; 3. Column Preparation in Gas-Liquid Chromatography; 4. Applications of GtLs-Liquid Chromatography; References; Chapter 5. The Clinical Chemistry of Bromsulfophthalein and Other Cholephilic Dyes.

Chapter 2. Determination of Estrogens, Androgens, Progesterone, and Related Steroids in Human Plasma and Urine1. Introduction; 2. The Assessment of Methods; 3. Advances in General Techniques; 4. Specific Examples; 5. The Future; References; Chapter 3. The Investigation of Steroid Metabolism in Early Infancy; 1. Introduction; 2. Nomenclature; 3. Methodology; 4. The Influence of Steroid Metabolic Pathways Used in Utero; 5. Steroid Assays on Umbilical Cord Blood; 6. 17-Oxo Steroids in Infant Blood and Urine; 7. The Urinary Excretion, Blood Levels. and Production of C21 Steroids.