Diagnostics & Investigations
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Direct answer The G6PD test is a blood test that measures the activity of the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase enzyme inside red blood cells. The G6P...
Direct answer A gallium scan is a nuclear medicine test in which radioactive gallium-67 citrate is injected into a vein and images are taken over one ...
Direct answer A gastric emptying study is a nuclear medicine scan that measures how fast a standardised radiolabelled meal leaves the stomach. Gastric...
Direct answer The GGTP test is a blood test that measures gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, an enzyme concentrated in the liver and bile ducts. A raised ...
Direct answer Glaucoma tests are a group of eye examinations, tonometry, optic disc examination, perimetry, gonioscopy, OCT and pachymetry, used toget...
The Gleason score is a grading system used by a pathologist to describe how abnormal prostate cancer cells look under a microscope. The pathologist ad...
Direct answer The globulin test measures the total globulin protein fraction in blood, usually calculated from a total protein test by subtracting alb...
The Glucose Tolerance Test measures how blood glucose behaves after a measured glucose drink. The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is used to diagno...