Indications: Biological effects of fluoride ingestion: Fluoride is the reduced form of fluorine, which has no known biological essentiality in man. It can occur as fluoroacetate, the fluorinated calcium phosphate common in bedrock silicates. Depending on the rock's mineral content as on well as the water temperature, rainwater filtering through these strata can dissolve fluoroacetate…
read moreWe regret that this test is currently suspended due to delays experienced at Mosaic Diagnostics with their Toxic Inorganic Chemicals Exposure Screen (1st June 2023) Sample Collection Instructions:
read moreIndications: Selenium is an essential element and a component of antioxidant systems. Industrial exposure can occur in the manufacture of glass, pigments, paint, dyes, electronic equipment, fungicides, rubber and semiconductors. Toxicity results in skin, hair and nail changes, neurological features, gastro-intestial symptoms and a garlic-like breath odour. Patient Instructions: No selenium containing supplements for 24…
read morePatient Instructions: Ideally the blood sample should be collected at VHL, otherwise it can be submitted by next-day post (to arrive within 24hrs of collection) Datasheet:
read moreIndications: Copper in the plasma is transported to the liver from the site of absorption in the gut by albumin. Most of the copper in plasma is present as the ferro-oxidase enzyme
read moreIndications: Herpes Simplex I/II, Cytomegalovirus Antibodies (IgG and IgM), Measles IgG & IgM, Mumps IgG & IgM, Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgG & IgM Sample Requirements: 2 x Gold top (SST) tubes Turnaround time: 7 days Postal Samples: Accepted
read moreIndications: Vitamin A is essential throughout life as it is required in reproduction, embryonic and foetal development, vision, growth, differentiation and tissue maintenance . The term vitamin A covers the retinoids, a group of lipid-soluble compounds which have similar physiological functions and metabolic activities: retinol, retinal (the aldehyde form), and retinoic acid. Retinol inter-converts between…
read moreIndications: Coenzyme Q10 is synthesised naturally in humans and is also found in foods, such as vegetables and fish. It acts as a cofactor in the electron transfer pathway which produces energy (in the form of adenosine triphosphate - ATP) within the mitochondria of human cells. The energy is used for muscle contraction and other…
read moreMany individuals have reactions to the consumption of dietary gluten which is present in many grains and causes a wide range of symptoms, from direct damage to the gut wall affecting absorption of nutrients and causing significant abdominal symptoms in coeliac disease, to less severe but wide-ranging symptoms in individuals who do do not have…
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