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Table 2 Laboratory investigations in the diagnostic work up according the DCG

From: The diagnostic work up of growth failure in secondary health care; An evaluation of consensus guidelines

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

  1. *At the moment the consensus meeting took place, anti tissue glutaminase as a diagnostic tool for celiac disease was not yet introduced nation wide.
  2. **Only in girls.