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beta-carotene in serum
Normal range:
- 10-85 ug/dL (0.2-1.6 umol/L)
Increases:
- liver disease
- diabetes mellitus
- hypothyroidism
- high dietary intake
- pregnancy
- subacute thyroiditis
- hyperlipoproteinemias
- hyperlipoproteinemia type 1
- hyperlipoproteinemia type 2A
- hyperlipoproteinemia type 2B
- myxedema
- chronic nephritis
- nephrotic syndrome
Decreases:
- high fever
- rheumatoid arthritis
- liver disease
- AIDS
- Tangier disease
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
- Whipple's disease
- enteritis
- pancreatitis
- pancreatic cancer
- cystic fibrosis
- malabsorption
Methods:
- HPLC
- HPLC-tandem ass spectroscopy
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References
- Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, 4th edition, HB Wu ed,
WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 2006
- Panel of 3 tests
Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: 21021