Name
PREGNANCY
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
OTHER TESTS : * RBC FOLATE LEVELS ARE MOST RELIABLE IN FOLATE DEFICIENCY * SERUM METHYLMALONIC ACID & HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS ARE HIGH IN COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY, WHILE FOLATE DEFICIENCY WILL HAVE ONLY ELEVATED HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS.
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
Disease
Remarks
ANEMIA DURING PREGNANCY
IRON & FOLATE DEFICIENCY ARE THE MAJOR CAUSE
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
RETICULOCYTE COUNT, HAEMOGLOBIN ELECTROPHORESIS ( HB A1 ), TOTAL IRON BINDING CAPACITY ( FEMALE ), SERUM IRON ( FEMALE ), SERUM FERRITIN ( FEMALE ), COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, SERUM FOLATE