Vitamin B1 (HPLC) (eb) (EDTA blood, frozen (EB))

Specimens:	3 ml EDTA blood, frozen (EB)
Preanalytics/Notes:	Freeze EDTA blood sample after taking the blood sample and dispatch frozen.
Method:	HPLC
Dimension:	µg/l
Alternate dimension:	nmol/l (Factor: 2.375) Calculator
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Duration:	3 days
Indication/Significance:	Neurological disorders Suspected Wernicke's encephalopathy Korsakoff's syndrome (alcohol abuse)
Interpretation:	Decreased: Unbalanced more… Decreased: Unbalanced diet (e.g. in the case of alcohol abuse) Malabsorption: Sprue, coeliac disease, short-bowel syndrome, chronic inflammatory disease of the bowels Maldigestion: Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, cholestatic liver and bile duct disease Increased need: Pregnancy, lactation, heavy muscle work Increased: In the case of myeloproliferative diseases, e.g. leukaemias, Hodgkin's lymphoma, polycythaemia vera close

both sex
	28 - 85 µg/l