eJIFCC 2021 Vol 32 no° 3
In this issue: Focusing on PoCT
The Electronic Journal of IFCC (eJIFCC) is indexed by PubMed Central® (PMC)
1 Foreword from the editor-in-chief
János Kappelmayer
2 Identifying and reducing errors in point-of-care testing
Julie L. V. Shaw
3 Professional certification in point-of-care testing
T. Scott Isbell, Elaine Colwell, Elizabeth L. Frank, Brad S. Karon, Veronica Luzzi, Lou Ann Wyer
4 Public health education should include point-of-care testing: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
Gerald J. Kost
5 Synergy between point-of-care testing and laboratory consolidations
Tommaso Trenti
6 Cardiac biomarkers in COVID-19: a narrative review
Giuseppe Lippi, Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, Brandon Michael Henry, Carl J. Lavie
7 Circulating microRNA-126 as an independent risk predictor of coronary artery disease: a case-control study
Wahid Ali, Sridhar Mishra, Aliya Rizvi, Akshaaya Pradhan, Marco A. Perrone
8 A combined analysis of serum Growth Differentiation Factor-15 and Cancer Antigen 15-3 enhances the diagnostic efficiency in breast cancer
Anupama Modi, Purvi Purohit, Ashita Gadwal, Dipayan Roy, Sujoy Fernandes, Jeewan Ram Vishnoi, Puneet Pareek, Poonam Elhence, Sanjeev Misra, Praveen Sharma
9 Algorithm for reporting discrepant HbA1c result and troubleshooting a case of false low HbA1c
Vivek Pant, Abha Shrestha, Devish Pyakurel, Keyoor Gautam, Santosh Pradhan
10 A puffy child – a rare case of steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome with ANLN mutation
Sangeetha Geminiganesan, Swathi Ganesan, Jaippreetha Jayaraj, Barathi G, Muthu Kumar S, Nandha K Samy
11 Hope injections: the promises of regenerative medicine in curing type 1 diabetes mellitus
Nina Maria Fanaropoulou
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
János Kappelmayer – Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, HU
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Harjit Pal Bhattoa – Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, HU
EDITORIAL BOARD
Khosrow Adeli – The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, CA
Edgard Delvin – CHU St. Justine, Montreal, CA
Nilda E. Fink – Universidad Nacional de La Plata, AR
Ronda Greaves – Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Victoria, AU
Mike Hallworth – Shrewsbury, UK
Andrea R.Horvath – Univ. of New South Wales, Sidney, AU
Ellis Jacobs – EJ Clinical Consulting, NJ, US
Allan Jaffe – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, US
Bruce Jordan – Roche Diagnostics, Rotkreuz, CH
Evelyn Koay – National University, SG
Tamas Kőszegi – University Pécs, HU
Gábor L. Kovács – University Pécs, HU
Gabriel Lima-Oliveira – University of Verona, IT
Jania Marc – University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SI
Gary L. Myers – JCTLM Committee for Traceability, US
Tomris Ozben – Akdeniz University, Antalya, TR
Maria D. Pasic – University of Toronto, CA
Maria del C. Pasquel Carrera – College of Pharmaceutical Chemical – Pichincha, EQ
Oliver Racz – University of Kosice, SK
Rosa Sierra Amor – Lab Laquims, Veracruz, MX
Sanja Stankovic – Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Belgrade, SRB
Danyal Syed – Ryancenter, New York, US
Grazyna Sypniewska – Collegium Medicum, NC University, Bydgoszcz, PL
Peter Vervaart – LabMed Consulting, AU
Stacy E. Walz – Arkansas State University, US
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