ELF Test

[Hanc]

Hi All. I have recently been reading a lot about the ELF test for detecting liver fibrosis and was wondering how accurate a diagnosis of fibrosis it gives (along with other tests of course)? Also I live in Belfast and was wondering if they do the test here? If not there are private lab kits you can buy that are sent off to a hospital lab for testing and I was wondering if my GP would mind the Nurse drawing the blood for the vial to be posted off to England? Thanks for any help.

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The ELF test is far more reliable than the LFT. It can be used in some cases instead of having to have a biopsy. The blood test is carried out with marks. While I tend to try and stay away from American websites, sometimes it's hard not to, as there maybe little information available from a UK perspective.

This should therefore be used as a guide: snp.com.au/media/370775/liv...

I hope this helps to answer your question. Good Luck.

[Hanc in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for the information Richard, very much appreciated.

[Hanc in reply to Hidden]

Hi Richard64,

I was reading you can send for a private ELF testing Kit from Labs on the mainland UK, but since I live in Northern Ireland I cant get a Nurse to draw the blood, do you think if I asked my G.P that he would allow my Medical Practice Nurse to draw the blood (all equipment included in the kit), with packaging for next day delivery to the mainland UK and availability to have the results and explaination sent to my G.P. Thanks for any help.

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If only it was that simple Hanc. It's not so such about the availability of the kits, but the various pathology departments being trained to produce the results. This ELF test is slowly being introduced into various healthcare trusts around the country. This is taking time to implement. Even if you did manage to got a kit privately, that particular healthcare trust needs to be able to analysis the results. Hope this helps even though it's not very helpful to you. Sorry.

[Hanc in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for the information and help Richard, much appreciated.