Advances in Clinical Chemistry

Dr Gregory S Makowski is a board-certified clinical chemist and fellow of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry. Following receipt of his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Connecticut Storrs, he pursued post-doctoral studies at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington that culminated in joint appointments in the School of Medicine and the Department of Laboratory Medicine at John Dempsey Hospital. He has numerous clinical and basic science publications and serves on various scientific and editorial boards. He is actively engaged in the training of Pathology residents and fellows in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Hartford Hospital. He currently serves as Vice President Clinical Laboratory Services Hartford HealthCare in Connecticut.

• 1. Overview of Laboratory Testing and Clinical Presentations of Complement Deficiencies and DysregulationAshley Frazer-Abel, Lusia Sepiashvili, Michael M. Mbughuni and Maria Alice V. Willrich2. Autoimmunity in Crohn’s Disease – A Putative Stratification Factor of the Clinical PhenotypeDirk Roggenbuck, Dirk Reinhold, Daniel C. Baumgart, Peter Schierack, Karsten Conrad and Martin W. Laass3. Monitoring Oxygen Status John G. Toffaletti and Craig R. Rackley4. Microvesicles in Autoimmune DiseasesMing-Lin Liu, Kevin Jon Williams and Victoria P. Werth5. Tandem Mass Spectrometry of Sphingolipids: Applications for Diagnosis of SphingolipidosesLadislav Kuchař, Befekadu Asfaw, Jitka Rybová and Jana Ledvinová6. Advances in Blood Typing NurJehan Quraishy and Suneeti Sapatnekar