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MLSCI 265 - Clinical Biochemistry

Course Career Undergraduate
Units 3
Approved Hours 3-0-0
Fee index 6
Faculty Medicine and Dentistry
Department Medical Laboratory Science
Typically Offered second term

Description
This course considers how the analysis of samples from the body for various constituents can give insight into pathological processes. Included are the principles for tests routinely carried out in a clinical biochemistry laboratory, and the biological understanding of test results. Specific subjects considered are clinical enzymology, heme catabolism, liver function, toxicology and therapeutic drug monitoring, principles of immunoassays, blood lipids, porphyrins, endocrinology, gastric and Gl function, fetal-placental function, and biochemical tumor markers. Prerequisites for non-Medical Laboratory Science students only: MLSCI 264. Credit granted for only one of MLSCI 263 or 265.