Laboratory Procedures

Direct bilirubin is the sum of the conjugated fractions. Direct bilirubin is elevated in conditions causing hepatic obstruction, hepatitis, cirrhosis, several inherited enzyme deficiencie, and inhe...

Estradiol is the most potent natural estrogen in humans. It regulates reproductive function in females,and, with progesterone, maintains pregnancy.

Fasting Blood Sugar or Fasting Plasma Glucose is a standard blood test to diagnose and treat diabetes. It measures the amount of glucose (sugar) in your bloodstream after fasting for at least 8 hou...

Ferritin is known as iron-storage protein and is synthesized by many body cells. It is found mainly in the liver, spleen, muscle and bone marrow, with only a small fraction found in blood. The amou...

Folates are necessary for nucleic acid and mitochondrial protein synthesis, and amino acid metabolism. It is used in the diagnosis of suspected folate deficiency that is caused by low dietary intak...

FSH promotes follicular development in the ovary and gametogenesis in the testis. FSH in mature females acts to stimulate development of the ovarian follicles. Circulating FSH levels vary throughou...

Free??hCG in combination with serum pregnancy?associated plasma protein?A (PAPP?A) and the sonographic determination of nuchal translucency (NT) identifies women at an increased risk of carrying a ...

A free prostrate-specific antigen or Free PSA is a diagnostic process that ascertains prostate health among males by determining the amount of free PSA in the blood. Primarily, if a man has prostat...