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Zinc
Circulating zinc concentration; zinc is required for immune, enzymatic and tissue-repair functions, although blood levels can be affected by inflammation and sampling conditions.
What is measured?
The level, concentration or activity of this biomarker measured in the relevant blood sample.
What the result represents?
Aden's range
What a raised or a low result can indicate
How Aden reads it as part of a system?
Aden reads this result alongside white blood cells, neutrophils, lymphocytes, hsCRP and your previous measurements. It is treated as one part of the wider immunity picture, not as a diagnosis on its own.
What changes between tests?
Which related markers give it context?
white blood cells, neutrophils, lymphocytes, hsCRP
How to get this tested?
Evidence
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