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Table Serum proteins as diagnostic Aids CLS.
Table Serum proteins as diagnostic AIDS CLS.
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Chemistry
Undergraduate 4
01/07/2011
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Term
Prealbumin:
Clinical significance:
 Definition
Decreased in inflammation, malignancy, hepatocellular disease, malnutritiion.
Term
Prealbumin:
serum reference range:
 Definition
10-40 mg/dL
Term
Prealbumin:
Function:
 Definition
Transports thyroxine. vitamine A.
Term
Alpha 1 antitrypsin:
Clinical significance:
 Definition
Increased or decreased; Acute Phase reactant, congenital deficiency associated with pulmonary emphysema.
Term
Alpha 1 antitrypsin:
serum reference range:
 Definition
75-200 mg/dL.
Term
Alpha 1 antitrypsin:
Function:
 Definition
Protease inhibitor.
Term
Alpha fetoprotein:
Clinical significance:
 Definition
Increased; fetal neural tube defects, liver defects.
Term
Alpha fetoprotein:
serum reference range:
 Definition
10-60 ng/mL, 16th week of pregnancy.
Term
Alpha fetoprotein:
Function:
 Definition
Primary fetal plasma protein.
Term
Ferritin:
Clinical significance:
 Definition
Decreased in iron deficiency anemia.
Term
Ferritin:
serum reference range:
 Definition
12-125 ng/mL = Woman, 30-250 ng/mL = Man.
Term
Ferritin:
Function.
 Definition
Iron storage.
Term
Transferrin:
Clinical significance:
 Definition
Differential diagnosis of anemia.
Term
Transferrin:
serum reference range:
 Definition
220-400 mg/dL
Term
Transferrin:
Function:
 Definition
Transports Iron.
Term
Ceruloplasmin:
Clinical significance:
 Definition
Increased in Wilsons disease, pregnancy,oral contraceptives.
Term
Ceruloplasmin:
serum reference range:
 Definition
18-45 mg/dL.
Term
Ceruloplasmin:
Function:
 Definition
Binds copper; it is a ferroxidase.
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