Clin Chem Lab Med 2002; 40(2):196–204 © 2002 by Walter de Gruyter · Berlin · New York
Gerard T. Sanders1*, Graham H. Beastall2, Klaus P.
Kohse3, Simone Zérah4, Rob Jansen5, Ursula Köller6,
Vic Blaton7, Erik Lund8, Markku Parviainen9, Jo
Charret10, Eberhard Gurr11, Hara Nicholou12, Desmond
Kenny13, Mario Pazzagli14, Matthias Opp15, Hans
Willems16, Maria do Carmo Martins17, José M.
Queraltó18, Britta Landin19, Anna Yu20 and Janet
McMurray21
European Communities Confederation of Clinical Chemistry
(EC4), EC4 Register Commission
1 Department of Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Center
(AMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Infirmary,
Glasgow, United Kingdom
3 Institut für Laboratoriumsdiagnose und Mikrobiologie,
Klinikum Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
4 Laboratoire d’analyses de biologie médicale, Bagnolet,
Paris, France
5 Department of Clinical Chemistry, St Anna Hospital,
Geldrop, the Netherlands
6 Institute for Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics,
Hospital Lainz, Vienna, Austria
7 Department of Clinical Chemistry, AZ Sint Jan Hospitaal,
Brugge, Belgium
8 Department of Clinical Chemistry, Vejle County Hospital,
Vejle, Denmark
9 Kuopio Technology, Centre Teknia Ltd., Kuopio, Finland
10 SFBC et Ordre National des Pharmaciens Biologistes, Lyon,
France
11 Zentrallaboratorium, Zentralkrankenhaus Links der Weser,
Bremen, Germany
12 Hormone Laboratory, Department of Endocrinology,
Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
13 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Our Lady’s Hospital
for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
14 Clinical Biochemistry Unit, Department of Clinical
Pathophysiology, Florence, Italy
15 Laboratoire National, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
16 CKCL, Academisch Ziekenhuis Sint Radboud, Nijmegen,
The Netherlands
17 Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon,
Portugal
18 Servei de Bioquímica, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau,
Barcelona, Spain
19 Department of Clinical Chemistry, Huddinge University
Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
20 Department of Clinica