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If you have any concerns about these tests, or the results, please discuss them with your Oncology Nurse.
Medication or recent exposure to possible hepatotoxic agents. Recent foreign travel or contact with viral hepatitis.
Further information To learn more about vitamin A visit Lab Tests Online or NHS.UK Page last updated 24/02/2025
Blood tests are taken to check for inflammation. However, these tests are not specific for TA.
Further information To learn more about alkaline phosphatase, visit Lab Tests Online Page last updated: 14/07/2023
Reference ranges Male: Less than 11.8 ng/L Female: Less than 4.6 ng/L Further information To find out more about calcitonin access Lab Tests OnLine
Reference ranges 0-9 years : <30 U/L 10-17 years: <40 U/L ≥18 years: <67 U/L Further information Lab Tests Online Page last updated: 30/11/2023
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Reference ranges Assayed using the Cobas CEA ECLIA Reference range: less than 5 µg/L Further information Lab Tests Online: CEA test Monograph of the
Flow Cytometry Flow Cytometry tests including; Chronic / Low Grade Lymphoproliferative Disease Panels Acute / High Grade Immunophenotyping Panels Lymphocyte
Therapeutic range 10 - 40 mg/L Further information To learn more about phenobarbital visit Lab Tests Online
baseline level prior to treatment or follow up).
Further information To learn more about CRP Lab Tests Online: C-Reactive Protein or access the monograph of the Association for Clinical Biochemistry and
Further information To learn more about progesterone, visit Lab Tests Online. For further information from the NHS on infertility, visit NHS Choices.
Greater than 1 year old: 73 - 210 nmol/L Unit conversion factor: µg/L x 18.2 nmol/L Further information To learn more about trace elements visit Lab Tests
Blood tests If you have been asked to do a blood test, you can do so at Cheltenham General Hospital or Gloucestershire Royal Hospital without an appointment
Further information To learn more about PTH visit Lab Tests Online or access the monograph of the Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory