title: History of diagnostic enzymology: a review of significant investigations.
abstract: This review of the history of diagnostic enzymology includes numerous important publications which were published over 70 years ago by outstanding clinical enzymologists throughout the world. The review includes the clinical enzymology of cardiovascular diseases, skeletal muscle diseases, pulmonary diseases, effusions, neurologic diseases, hematologic diseases, pregnancy, pediatric diseases, cancer, pancreatitis, hepatic diseases, bone diseases and cancer of the prostate. The advent of clinical enzymology thus occurred many years ago.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pathology, University of California and Veterans Administration, Medical Centers, San Diego, California, 200 W. Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103, USA. paul.wolf@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D002624:Chemistry, Clinical / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans