Normal range: 146-376 Mu/109E Comment: Low values reflect a congenital enzyme deficiency which may occur in people from the Mediterranean littoral, some of African origin and some Chinese. This may give rise to an acute hemolytic episode. Affected individuals should avoid Fava beans and certain drug (e.g. some antimalarials, sulphonamides and antibodies). An increased reticulocyte… Read More »
:Normal range M: 2-12 mIU/mL :F :State day of cycle Follicular : 3-20 mIU/mL Mid cycle : 9-26 mIU/mL Luteal : 2-12 mIU/mL Comment: Very high levels found after puberty in primary gonadal failure and in the menopause. Useful, with Luteinizing hormone, in the investigation of infertility or hypogonadism in both sexes and amenorrhea in… Read More »
Normal range: 120-500 mg/dL Comment:Absent fructose indicates bilateral absence of vas deferens or seminal vesicles, or obstruction of vasa Sample: Semen
Normal range: 3-17 ng/mL Comment: Folic acid is a water-soluble vitamin found in leafy vegetables. It functions in the body as a carrier of single carbon units playing a vital role in the metabolism of nucleotides and amino acids. Deficiency of this vitamin causes megaloblastic anemia, low levels are found in liver diseases, hemolytic anemia,… Read More »
Normal range: Negative Comment: Peripheral blood smear for Filariais. One negative result does not rule out the possibility of a parasitic infection W. bancrofti and B. malaria have nocturnal periodicity, Loa Loa diurnal periodicity Sample: Whole blood, EDTA
Normal range: 200-450 mg/dL Comment: Assayed in an acute hemorrhagic episode in which disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is suspected, when the level may be markedly decreased. Levels are also reduced in congenital abnormalities of fibrinogen. Fibrinogen is an acute phase protein and is increased in inflammatory conditions. It has recently been identified as a risk… Read More »
:Normal range Newborns up to 95% Falling to 2% by third month Comment: Increased in b-thalasemia and sickle cell anemia, hereditary persistent fetal hemoglobinemia and in some aplastic anemia. Also raised in various other non-hemoglobinopathy hematological disorders Sample: EDTA, Whole blood
:Normal range M : 20-300 ng/mL F : 10-160 ng/mL Comment: Serum ferritin is an acute phase protein. Levels correlate directly with total body iron stores. Decreased in iron overload from any cause and in many malignant and inflammatory conditions Sample: Serum
Normal range: Negative Comment: Positive in ketonuria, phenylketonuria, tyrosinemia, maple syrup urine disease, melanoma. This test is not a specific test. Positive results for metabolic disorders must be confirmed by methods with higher specificity. It is mainly used to monitor diet adherence in established cases Sample: Fresh urine
Normal range: < up to 5.0 mg/mL Comment: Increased in disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) which maybe secondary to intrauterine death, myocardial infarction, thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, amniotic fluid embolism, eclampsia or other disorders Sample: Citrated Plasma, fresh