LP31682-5
Procalcitonin
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Description
Procalcitonin (PCT) is a precursor of the hormone calcitonin, which is involved with calcium homeostasis, and is produced by the C-cells of the thyroid gland. It is there that procalcitonin is cleaved into calcitonin, katacalcin and a protein residue. It is not released into the blood stream of healthy individuals. With the derangements that a severe infection with an associated systemic response brings, the blood levels of procalcitonin may rise to 100 ng/ml. In blood serum, procalcitonin has a half-life of 25 to 30 hours. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Procalcitonin
Basic Part Properties
- Part Display Name
- Procalcitonin
- Part Type
- Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
- Created On
- 2003-04-17
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- Procalcitonin
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 降钙素原 Synonyms: PCT; |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Procalcitonine |
| et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Prokaltsitoniin |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Procalcitonina |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Procalcitonina |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Prokalcitonin |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Прокальцитонин |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | procalcitonine |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Procalcitonine Synonyms: PCT, hPCT |
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