bone/joint panel

bone/joint panel

A battery of tests used to evaluate patients with bone and joint complaints.
Panel
Serum uric acid, calcium, total protein, phosphate, albumin, osteocalcin.

bone/joint panel

Lab medicine A group of tests once regarded as a cost-effective, sensitive, specific method for evaluating Pts with bone and joint complaints. See Organ panel. Cf N-telopeptide, Pyridinium cross-links.