Copper (Cu) – serum [COPP]
Indications: 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 moreVitamin A (retinol) [VITA]
Indications: 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 moreCoeliac-Gluten Sensitivity Profiles [COP1 or COP2]
Many 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…
read moreVitamin D Panel (25-hydroxy D2 & D3) – serum [VITDS] & blood-spot [VITDB]
Indications: Raised in tumoral calcinosis, primary hyperparathyroidism, idopathic hypercalciuria and scarcoidosis as well as normal growing children and pregnant lactating females. Depressed in chronic renal failure, vitamin D dependent rickets, pseudohypoparathyroidism and tumor induced osteomalacia. This is the preferred test for vitamin D levels (also known as 25-hydroxyvitamin D). Sample Collection Instructions (finger-prick option): Vitamin…
read moreZinc (Zn) – plasma [ZINC]
Zinc is an essential trace mineral that plays a crucial role in many biochemical functions, from DNA synthesis and protein building to immune system support and wound healing. It is found in every cell of the body and is required by over 300 enzymes. A deficiency in zinc can lead to a wide range of…
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