Diagnostic Function Tests in Chemical Pathology

L-Alanine load test.- Ammonium chloride load test.- Antipyrine clearance test.- L-Arginine infusion test.- Bile acid breath test.- Bovril stimulation test.- Bromsulphthalein (BSP) excretion test.- Butter fat absorption test.- Calcium deprivation (sodium phytate) test.- Calcium infusion test-for calcitonin (CT) release.- Calcium infusion test-for gastrin release.- Calcium tolerance test.- Calorie restriction test.- Chlorpromazine stimulation test.- Clomiphene stimulation test.- Clonidine stimulation test.- Corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) stimulation test.- Creatinine clearance test.- Desferrioxamine chelation test.- Desmopressin acetate (1-deamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin, DDAVP) response test.- Dexamethasone suppression test (DST)-multiple high dose.- Dexamethasone suppression test (DST)-single low dose for Cushing’s syndrome.- Dexamethasone suppression test (DST)-single low dose for depression.- L-Dopa stimulation test.- Elsworth-Howard test (modified).- Ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) chelation test.- Fasting test.- Fat balance test.- 9?-Fludrocortisone suppression test.- Fluorescein dilaurate (Pancreolauryl, International Laboratories Ltd.) test.- Formiminoglutamic acid (FIGLU) test.- Fructose tolerance test.- Galactose tolerance test.- Glucagon stimulation test-for glycogen storage diseases.- Glucagon stimulation test-for growth hormone (GH) deficiency.- Glucagon stimulation test-for insulinoma.- Glucose-insulin provocation test.- Glucose tolerance test (GTT)-intravenous procedure.- Glucose tolerance test (GTT)-oral procedure.- Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (Gn-RH, luteinizing hormone/ follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing hormone, LH/FSH-RH) stimulation test.- Growth hormone (GH) suppression test.- Heparin test.- Human chorionic gonadotropin(HCG) stimulation test.- Hydrocortisone suppression test.- Hydrogen breath test.- Hypothalamic-pituitary (anterior) function (combined hypothalamic-releasing hormone/insulin) test.- Insulin stress test-for hypothalamic-pituitary (anterior) assessment.- Insulin stress (Hollander) test-for vagotomy assessment.- Inulin clearance test.- Iron absorption test.- Ischaemic exercise test.- Lactose tolerance test.- L-Leucine sensitivity test.- Lundh test.- L-Methionine load test.- Metyrapone (Metopirone) stimulation test.- Oleic acid and triolein absorption test.- D-Penicillamine chelation test.- Pentagastrin stimulation test-for calcitonin (CT) release.- Pentagastrin stimulation test-for gastric acid secretion.- Pentolinium tartrate suppression test.- Phosphate excretion indices test.- Pituitary (anterior) function (combined hypothalamic-releasing hormone/arginine vasopressin) test.- Potassium load test.- Protein clearance (selectivity index) test.- Secretin stimulation test.- Secretin/cholecystokinin-pancreozymin (CCK-PZ) stimulation test.- Sweat test.- Tetracosactrin (Synacthen, Cortrosyn) stimulation test-five hour procedure.- Tetracosactrin (Synacthen, Cortrosyn) stimulation test-prolonged procedure.- Tetracosactrin (Synacthen, Cortrosyn) stimulation test-short procedure.- Thiazide challenge test.- Thyrotrophin-releasing hormone (TRH) stimulation test-intravenous procedure.- Thyrotrophin-releasing hormone (TRH) stimulation test-oral procedure.- L-Tryptophan load test.- Vitamin A absorption test.- Vitamin B12 absorption (Dicopac, Amersham International plc) test.- Vitamin B12 absorption (Schilling) test.- Vitamin C saturation test.- Water deprivation test.- Water load test.- Whisky stimulation test.- D-Xylose absorption test.- Zinc tolerance test.- Appendices.- I Preparationof the patient and patient after-care.- II Specimen collection, handling and transportation-general principles.- III Specimen collection, handling and transportation-specific details.- IV Table.- References.