Globulin — lab reference
In the reference guideOften calculated. Ask your clinician to consider SPEP/IFE for unexplained abnormalities.
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What’s searchable?Often calculated. Ask your clinician to consider SPEP/IFE for unexplained abnormalities.
Calculated; interpret component values.
Estrogen, thyroid, liver disease, insulin resistance, age, and medications affect SHBG.
Ask your clinician to review albumin, globulin, and electrophoresis when indicated.
Affected by thyroid-binding globulin, pregnancy, estrogen, and medications.
Your lab may use its own range. Symptoms, medicines, and the types of white blood cells also matter.
Altitude, smoking, hydration, androgen therapy, and pregnancy may shift values.
Ask your clinician to consider altitude and iron/B12/folate status. Pregnancy requires trimester-specific ranges.
Hydration and altitude are major modifiers. Ask your clinician to review alongside hemoglobin and RBC indices.
Macrocytosis and microcytosis require cause-specific interpretation.
The test method matters. Ask your clinician to review with MCV and MCHC.
Analyzer-specific; hemolysis and cold agglutinins may interfere.
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