Advances in Clinical Chemistry

Volume 43 of the Advances in Clinical Chemistry series contains review articles of wide interest to clinical laboratory scientists and diagnostic adventurers. In this volume, the biochemistry of bilirubin, the end-product of heme metabolism, is explored with respect to its potential beneficial role in preventing oxidative changes associated with a variety of pathological conditions, including atherosclerosis, cancer, and inflammatory, autoimmune and other degenerative diseases.