Serum (/ˈsɪərəm/) is the fluid and solvent component of blood which does not play a role in clotting. It may be defined as blood plasma without the clotting...

40.08  g•mol−1 Blood Test Results – Normal Ranges Archived 2012-11-02 at the Wayback Machine Bloodbook.Com Slon S (2006-09-22). "Serum Iron". University...

blood glucose concentration is higher than the mean venous blood glucose concentration by 35%." Glucose is measured in whole blood, plasma or serum....

obtained by only removing blood cells. Blood plasma and blood serum are often used in blood tests. Tests can be done on plasma, serum or both. In addition...

Serum albumin, often referred to simply as blood albumin, is an albumin (a type of globular protein) found in vertebrate blood. Human serum albumin is...

bovine serum (FBS) is derived from the blood drawn from a bovine fetus via a closed system of collection at the slaughterhouse. Fetal bovine serum is the...

Autologous conditioned serum, also known as Orthokine and Regenokine, is an experimental procedure in which a person's own blood is extracted, manipulated...

Look up serotherapy, serum, or serums in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Serum may refer to: Serum (blood), plasma from which the clotting proteins have...

non-protein substances, such as penicillin. Serum sickness may be diagnosed based on the symptoms, and using a blood test and a urine test. It may be prevented...

Human serum albumin is the serum albumin found in human blood. It is the most abundant protein in human blood plasma; it constitutes about half of serum protein...

Serum iron is a medical laboratory test that measures the amount of circulating iron that is bound to transferrin and freely circulate in the blood. Clinicians...

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is a medical test that measures the amount of urea nitrogen found in blood. The liver produces urea in the urea cycle as a waste...

found in the serum (blood) in an unbound (free) state. In recent decades, measuring the amount of free light chains (FLCs) in the blood has become a practical...

protein, as it is carried within red blood cells, rather than in the blood serum. Serum albumin accounts for 55% of blood proteins, is a major contributor...

Serum-separating tubes, also known as serum separator tubes or SSTs, are test tubes used in clinical chemistry tests requiring blood serum. SSTs are sometimes...

hypoglycaemia or hypoglycæmia (British English), sometimes called low blood sugar, is a fall in blood sugar to levels below normal, typically below 70 mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L)...

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antigens are present on the red blood cells and the antibodies in the serum. Regarding the antigen property of the blood all human beings can be classified...

Bovine serum albumin (BSA or "Fraction V") is a serum albumin protein derived from cows. It is often used as a protein concentration standard in lab experiments...

antiserum is a blood serum containing antibodies (either monoclonal or polyclonal) that is used to spread passive immunity to many diseases via blood donation...

Serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP or SPE) is a laboratory test that examines specific proteins in the blood called globulins. The most common indications...

leukocytes (white blood cells) mixed with platelets in the middle, and erythrocytes (red blood cells) at the bottom of the centrifuge tube. Serum separation...

vitamin D. Calcifediol is strongly bound in blood by the vitamin D-binding protein. Measurement of serum calcifediol is the usual test performed to determine...

released at a constant rate by the body (depending on muscle mass). Serum creatinine (a blood measurement) is an important indicator of kidney function, because...

A blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or via fingerprick...

liver, heart, skeletal muscle, kidneys, brain, red blood cells and gall bladder. Serum AST level, serum ALT (alanine transaminase) level, and their ratio...

medical condition characterized by low calcium levels in the blood serum. The normal range of blood calcium is typically between 2.1–2.6 mmol/L (8.8–10.7 mg/dL...

globulins or proteins in the blood. The serum protein electrophoresis test measures the number of proteins in the serum part of a blood sample. The normal ranges...

chemistry, the osmol gap is the difference between measured blood serum osmolality and calculated serum osmolality. The osmol gap is typically calculated with...

prior to a blood transfusion. The test detects antibodies against foreign red blood cells. In this case, serum is extracted from a blood sample taken...