This test checks for venereal disease. This checks plasma levels to monitor the progression of severe hepatic disease and detect impending coma. Serum levels aid in differential diagnosis of anemia which may result from a deficiency of vitamin B12. Serum levels aid in differential diagnosis of a type of anemia which may result from deficiency of folic acid. These bodies are by-products of fat metabolism.
Excess amounts appear after carbohydrate deprivation or starvation.
This measures iron storage and distinguishes between iron deficiency and chronic inflammation. Measures the severity of anemia or polycythemia. Monitors the course of prostate cancer and aids in the evaluation of cancer treatment. An oral test to confirm diabetes mellitus and aid in diagnosis or hypoglycemia and malabsorption syndrome. A screen test for infectious hepatitis.