Laboratory ABC
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Biomarkers
Biomarkers playan enormous role in laboratory medicine. Here are the most important reasons: Biomarkers are measurable biological characteristics that indicate health and disease. They are used in laboratory medicine to make diagnoses, monitor treatments and detect...
Inflammation markers
Inflammatory markers are a term that is often used when doctors want to find out whether something is wrong in the body. But what exactly are these markers, why are they important - and how are they examined in laboratory medicine? What are inflammation markers?...
Iodine
Iodine is a chemical element that many people know primarily from iodized salt in the kitchen. However, it plays a much greater role in laboratory medicine than you might think. It is used to detect diseases, make tissue visible and even kill bacteria. What is iodine?...
Liquor
The cerebrospinal fluid: a window into the health of the nervous system CSF, also known as cerebrospinal fluid, plays a central role in laboratory medicine, especially when it comes to diseases of the nervous system. In Germany, the examination of this clear fluid is...
Tumor markers
Tumor markers are substances in the body that can indicate cancer. In Germany, they play an important role in laboratory medicine, particularly in the diagnosis, monitoring and aftercare of cancer. What are tumor markers? Tumor markers are usually proteins, hormones...
