Osteoporosis

Parathyroid Hormone [PTH]

Sample Requirements: Purple (EDTA) - centrifuge and separate plasma, refrigerate if sample won't reach the laboratory within 8 hours. Unseparated whole blood can also be accepted on the day of collection by prior arrangement. Postal Samples: Not acceptable. Turnaround time: 1-day

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Vitamin 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…

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Vitamin K1 and K2 [VITK]

Indications: There are a number of structurally similar, naturally occurring compounds which have vitamin K activity. The major plant form is phylloquinone (vitamin K1). The menaquinones (vitamins K2, also referred to as MK) are predominately of bacterial origin. In the typical Western diet, K1 and MK account for 90% and 10% of the vitamin K…

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