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serum mercury | dont’ eat fish prior to test |
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fasting glucose | Diabetes |
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fasting insulin | " |
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glucose tolerance test | " |
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Hemaglobin A1c | " |
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B12 |
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methyl malonic acid | high with serious B12 deficiency |
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homocysteine | high with serious B12 deficiency |
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folate |
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Vit D, 25-OH | osteoporosis |
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Vit D, 1,25 | osteoporosis |
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Thiamine |
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Pyridoxine |
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serum carnitine | deficient in some neuropathies, |
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serum free-carnitine | especially diabetic |
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serum zinc |
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Urine Organic Acid Screen | metabolic disease |
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Urine Amino Acid Screen | metabolic disease |
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Urine Fatty Acid Screen | metabolic disease |
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ALA dehydratase |
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