Normal range: Up to 20 kU/L
Comment: CA 242 is a marker for pancreatic and colorectal cancer. Using a cut-off value of 20kU/L, elevated CA 242 values were found in 5 to 33% patients with benign colonic, gastric, hepatic, pancreatic, and biliary tract diseases; in 68 to 79% of patients with malignant pancreatic cancer; in 55 to 85% of patients with gastric cancer; and in 44 % of patients with gastric cancer
Sample: serum
Normal range: Negative Comment: Scleroderma (Scl-70) antibody is seen in 20-60% of patients with scleroderma and…
(See Anti LKM1 (Liver- Kidney Microsomal Ab
Normal range: Negative Comment: Identify GI bleeding, especially from occult neoplasm. False positive results may follow…
Normal range: 3.5-5.3 mmol/L Comment: Low levels in prolonged vomiting and diarrhea, primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn’s disease),…
Normal range: Negative Comment: SS-A (Ro) and SS-B (La) are useful in diagnosis of Sjogren syndrome…
Normal range: Up to108 pg/mL Comment: Of diagnostic value in patients with a gastrinoma (Zollinger-Ellison syndrome)….