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Condition and Nutrition Assessment Table
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Nutrient & Toxic Elements - Hair
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Overview
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Clinician Info
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CPT Codes
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Kit Instructions
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Sample Reports
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Interpretive Guide
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References
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Nutrient and Toxic Elements - Hair
Hair has a long history of successful use in detecting chronic exposure to toxic heavy metals in humans and animal models because hair concentrates heavy metals several hundred fold above concentrations found in blood. When any of the toxic heavy metals are elevated in hair, there is reason to investigate the origin of exposure. High levels in hair may reflect early chronic exposure before other signs and symptoms appear.
Metametrix nutrient analysis features:
- Testing with the latest advances in technology (ICP/MS), which can guide therapy by pinpointing imbalances of these important substances.
- A cost-effective approach for monitoring nutrient and toxic elements.
*Not available in New York
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0020* - Nutrient and Toxic Elements
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| Description: |
Hair is unique in its ability to concentrate divalent cations because of the high amount of sulfur amino acids that act as strong binding sites. Toxic heavy metals and essential trace elements are found in hair in levels many times higher than those found in any other tissue. This characteristic makes hair testing a sensitive way to detect body status of many trace elements. |
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ICP/MS |
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14-17 days, 16 days average |
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Analytes:
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ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
Calcium Chromium Cobalt Copper Iron Magnesium Manganese Molybdenum Potassium Selenium Zinc
HIGHLY TOXIC HEAVY METALS
Arsenic Cadmium Lead Mercury Thallium Bismuth
POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS
Aluminum Antimony Barium Beryllium Phosphorus Sodium Tin Titanium Tungsten Uranium
ELEMENTS OF UNKNOWN HUMAN REQUIREMENT
Boron Lithium Nickel Strontium Vanadium Zirconium
* Not available in New York
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Aluminum |
| 82175 |
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Arsenic |
| 82300 |
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Cadmium |
| 82310 |
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Calcium |
| 82495 |
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Chromium |
| 82525 |
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Copper |
| 83540 |
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Iron |
| 83655 |
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Lead |
| 83735 |
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Magnesium |
| 83785 |
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Manganese |
| 83825 |
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Mercury |
| 83885 |
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Nickel |
| 84100 |
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Phosphorus |
| 84255 |
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Selenium |
| 84302 |
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Sodium |
| 84630 |
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Zinc |
| 83789 x8 |
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Spectrophotometry, NES: |
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Barium |
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Boron |
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Cobalt |
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Lithium |
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Molybdenum |
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Potassium |
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Strontium |
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Vanadium |
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*Not available in New York |
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