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Laboratory investigations in the diagnostic work up according the DCG |
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| Laboratory investigations |
In order to diagnose |
Category |
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| Blood |
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| Hb, Ht, Leukocytes, Cell indices, Leukocyte differentiation, ESR (Ferritin) |
Anemia/infections (and celiac disease and cystic fibrosis) |
I |
| ALAT, ASAT, γ GT |
Liver diseases |
II |
| Albumin, Creatinine, Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Phosphate, Alkaline phosphatase, acid-base equilibrium |
Renal diseases |
III |
| IgA-anti endomysium, IgA- antigliadin, Anti-tissue glutaminase*, Total IgA |
Celiac disease |
IV |
| TSH, FT4 |
Hypothyroidism |
V |
| IGF-I |
Growth hormone deficiency |
VI |
| FSH** |
Turner syndrome |
VII |
| Urine |
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| pH, glucose, protein, blood and sedimentation |
Renal diseases |
VIII |
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*At the moment the consensus meeting took place, anti tissue glutaminase as a diagnostic tool for celiac disease was not yet introduced nation wide. **Only in girls. | ||
Grote et al. BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:21 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-8-21 |
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