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Department

Suitable Specimen Types

Faeces

1g formed stool required

Specimen Transport

Usual transport to laboratory.

Sample Processing in Laboratory

Send to referral laboratory frozen.

Sample Stability

Store and transport to referral laboratory frozen

Faecal Alpha-1 Anti-Trypsin

General Information

Faecal alpha-1 anti-trypsin is used in the investigation of protein-losing enteropathy.

Reference Range

Faecal alpha-1 anti-trypsin reference range: <0.490 mg/g

(Source:referral laboratory)

Link to Send Away Laboratory

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