Table 2

Laboratory investigations in the diagnostic work up according the DCG

Laboratory investigations
In order to diagnose
Category

Blood


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


pH, glucose, protein, blood and sedimentation
Renal diseases
VIII

*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