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angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in serum/plasma/blood
Indications:
- diagnosis of sarcoidosis & monitoring response to therapy
- diagnosis of Gaucher's disease
- diagnosis of leprosy Rerefence interval:
- 0-6 years: 18-90 U/L
- 7-14 years: 24-121 U/L
- 15-17 years: 18-101 U/L
- 18 years and older: 9-67 U/L
Clinical significance:
- serum ACE is largely derived from endothelial cells of pulmonary artery
- a lesser amount is derived from testes
Increases:
1) sarcoidosis
2) primary biliary cirrhosis
3) Gaucher's disease
4) leprosy
5) atypical mycobacteriosis
6) miliary tuberculosis
7) acute histoplasmosis
8) silicosis
9) histiocytic lymphoma [1]
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angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)
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angiotensin-converting enzyme in body fluid
References
- Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed)
Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 753
- ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME, SERUM
Marquette General Health System
http://www.mgh.org/lab/CATALOG/TESTS/1685.HTM
- Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: 80001