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Blood markers
Beta-2 globulin: high levels, and why it is not beta-2 microglobulin
June 27, 2025
Beta-2 globulin is one of the fractions reported on a serum protein electrophoresis, the laboratory test that sorts the proteins…
Gamma globulins: Interpreting high or low levels
June 27, 2025
Gamma globulins are the antibody fraction of your blood proteins, and on a laboratory report they show up as the…
Kappa lambda ratio: what your free light chain test means
June 27, 2025
The kappa lambda ratio compares two proteins that circulate in your blood — kappa and lambda free light chains —…
Zinc blood test: what your result really means
June 27, 2025
A zinc blood test measures the zinc circulating in your serum or plasma, and it is a weaker measure of…
Copper blood test: what your results mean
June 27, 2025
A copper blood test measures the copper travelling in your bloodstream when the sample was taken. On its own, that…
Selenium blood test: what your results mean
June 27, 2025
A selenium blood test measures how much of this trace element is circulating in your blood, and it is usually…
Chromium blood test: what it really measures
June 27, 2025
A chromium blood test measures how much chromium is circulating in your blood at the moment the sample was drawn.…
CK-MB Blood Test: What It Means and Why Troponin Is Preferred
25 June 2025
If your lab report lists a CK-MB blood test, you are looking at a marker that was once the standard…
Myoglobin Blood Test: What High Levels Mean
25 June 2025
A myoglobin blood test measures a protein that leaks out of muscle cells when those cells are damaged. It rises…
BNP blood test: what your results mean
25 June 2025
A BNP blood test measures B-type natriuretic peptide, a hormone your heart releases when its chambers are stretched by pressure…
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