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Calcium 100 ml
United Arab Emirates100 ml
100 ml
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What does this test measure?
Calcium, the most abundant cation in the body, regulated by parathyroid hormone, vitamin D and calcitonin, and essential for nerve impulses, muscle contraction and blood coagulation.
Why is it ordered?
Hypercalcaemia occurs in hyperparathyroidism, vitamin D intoxication, malignancy with bone metastases, thyrotoxicosis and sarcoidosis; hypocalcaemia occurs in hypoparathyroidism, vitamin D deficiency, malnutrition and malabsorption.
Normal range
Serum: 8.6–10.3 mg/dL
Sample type
Serum, heparinized plasma or urine
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