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Gut hormone screen

Red/Pink Cap	Volume Range 4.0 ml Additive per Container None (trasylol no longer required)

Fasting reference ranges:

Gastrin: 0 - 40 pmol/L

Glucagon: 0 - 50 pmol/L

Pancreatic Polypeptide: 0 - 300 pmol/L

Somatostatin: 0 - 150 pmol/L

Vaso Intestinal Peptide: 0 - 30 pmol/L

Chromogranin A: 0 - 60 pmol/L

Chromogranin B: 0 - 150 pmol/L

Charing Cross Hospital, London

The SAS Laboratories
Clinical Biochemistry & Medical Oncology
Charing Cross Hospital
London
W6 8RF

Telephone: 020 3313 5921/0348

Sample must be collected on ice and arrive in the laboratory within 15 minutes.

Please collect and send 2x red/pink cap (EDTA) tubes. Fasting sample required. Patients should not be on omeprazole or other PPIs.

Please arrange with the Duty Endocrine Biochemist prior to sample collection.

35 days

Gut hormone screen includes gastrin, glucagon, pancreatic peptide (PP), somatostatin, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and chromogranins A & B.