Table 2.
Laboratory investigations in the diagnostic work up according the DCG
| Laboratory investigations | In order to diagnose | Category |
| Blood | ||
| Hb, Ht, Leukocytes, Cell indices, Leukocyte differentiation, ESR (Ferritin) | Anemia/infections (and celiac disease and cystic fibrosis) | I |
| ALAT, ASAT, γ GT | Liver diseases | II |
| Albumin, Creatinine, Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Phosphate, Alkaline phosphatase, acid-base equilibrium | Renal diseases | III |
| IgA-anti endomysium, IgA- antigliadin, Anti-tissue glutaminase*, Total IgA | Celiac disease | IV |
| TSH, FT4 | Hypothyroidism | V |
| IGF-I | Growth hormone deficiency | VI |
| FSH** | Turner syndrome | VII |
| Urine | ||
| pH, glucose, protein, blood and sedimentation | Renal diseases | VIII |
*At the moment the consensus meeting took place, anti tissue glutaminase as a diagnostic tool for celiac disease was not yet introduced nation wide.
**Only in girls.