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- Alanine Aminotransferase
- Albumin
- Albumin / Globulin Ratio
- Aldolase
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Amylase
- Amylase Isoenzyme
- Amylin
- Antidiuretic Hormone
Alanine Aminotransferase
- Synonym
- ALT, SGPT
- Price
- £ 2.00
- Sample
- 2 mL Serum
- Analysis Time
- Reference Range
- 0 to 55 U/L
- Method
- Spectrophotometry
- Diagnosis
- Notes
- Follow on Test
- Clinical Reference
Albumin
- Synonym
- Serum Albumin
- Price
- £ 1.50
- Sample
- 2 mL Serum
- Analysis Time
- Reference Range
- 35 to 50 g/L
- Method
- Bromocresol Green Spectrophotometry
- Diagnosis
- High: Albumin may indicate dehydration.
- Low : Albumin is found in patients with chronic liver diease, inadequate body protein reserves or due to starvation from malabsorption or malnutrition.
- Notes
- Used to evaluate nutritional status
- Follow on Test
- Total Iron Binding Capacity
- Clinical Reference
- Mayo Clin Proc 1982 v57 p181 to 184
- Am J Clin Pathol 1973 v59 p14 to 21
Albumin / Globulin Ratio
- Synonym
- A/G Ratio
- Price
- £ 1.50
- Sample
- 2 mL Serum
- Analysis Time
- Reference Range
- Greater than 1
- Method
- Calculation: Total protein minus albumins equals globulins. Albumins divided by globulins equals the ratio.
- Diagnosis
- Low : ratio is found in liver cirrhosis, chronic glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndromes.
- Notes
- Early indicator of kidney problems
- Follow on Test
- Protein Electrophoresis
- Clinical Reference
- J Pak Med Assoc 1989 v39 s1 p12 to 26
- J Natl Med Assoc 1986 v78 p969 to 971
Aldolase
- Synonym
- Fructose 1,6 Diphosphatase
- Price
- £
- Sample
- 2 mL Frozen Serum
- Analysis Time
- Reference Range
- Method
- Enzymatic
- Diagnosis
- Notes
- Follow on Test
- Clinical Reference
Alkaline Phosphatase
- Synonym
- ALP
- Price
- £ 1.50
- Sample
- 2 mL Frozen Fasting Serum
- Analysis Time
- Reference Range
- 60 to 300 IU/L Adults
- 190 to 900 IU/L Children
- Method
- p-Nitrophenyl Phosphate Kinetic Spectrophotometry
- Diagnosis
- High: levels found in liver and bone disease.
- Notes
- Test relates to food intake of fatty meals and its subsequent digestion.
- Follow on Test
- Gamma Glutamyl Transpeptidase
- Clinical Reference
Amylase
- Synonym
- Price
- £ 3.00
- Sample
- 2 mL Frozen Serum
- Analysis Time
- Reference Range
- Less than 240 U/L
- Method
- Diagnosis
- High: Raised in acute pancreatitis, diabetic ketosis, mumps and ruptured ectopic pregnancy.
- Notes
- Follow on Test
- Amylase Isoenzyme
- Clinical Reference
Amylase Isoenzyme
- Synonym
- Price
- £
- Sample
- 2 mL Frozen Serum
- Analysis Time
- Reference Range
- 30 to 170 U/L Total
- 7 to 54 U/L Pancreatic Isoenzyme
- 12 to 137 U/L Salivary Isoenzyme
- 0 U/L Macroamylase
- Method
- Enzymatic Spectrophotometry
- Diagnosis
- Notes
- Follow on Test
- Clinical Reference
Amylin
- Synonym
- Price
- £ 225.00
- Sample
- 3 mL Frozen Fasting EDTA Plasma
- Analysis Time
- Reference Range
- 5 to 15 pg/mL
- Method
- Radioimmunoassay
- Diagnosis
- Notes
- Follow on Test
- Clinical Reference
- Diabetologia 1991 v34 p129 to 132
Antidiuretic Hormone
- Synonym
- ADH, Vasopressin
- Price
- £
- Sample
- 2 mL Frozen Heparin Plasma
- Analysis Time
- Reference Range
- 1.0 to 4.5 pmol/L
- Method
- Radioimmunoassay
- Diagnosis
- Confirmatory test for cranial diabetes insipidus
- Notes
- Follow on Test
- Osmolality
- Clinical Reference
Last Updated : 23 February 2000