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Dear lab community, the porphyrias belong to what I call "medicine's dark corners" with a numbers of diagnoses (repeatedly ?) missed. This is why we offer the Hoesch test on a 24/7 basis. Interestingly, we get most of the requests from Internal Medicine with only a few coming from Neurology and essentially none from Surgery ... Best regards, Mike Dr Michael Steiner University of Rostock Institute of Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine D-18057 Rostock GERMANY Woodrow Iain schrieb: > > Hi mailbase users, > > > > What is the general consensus on availability of out of hours > screening for ALA and PBG in cases of suspected acute porphyria? > > > > I'll compile all results for the mailbase in a week or two. > > > > Thanks, > > Iain > > > > > > Dr Iain Woodrow, > > Clinical Scientist, > > Department of Clinical Biochemistry, > > Pinderfields General Hospital, > > Wakefield > > WF1 4EE > > > > ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open > discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in > clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and > can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the > individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web > Site http://www.acb.org.uk List Archives > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List > Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/