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Expert: - 10/1/2010


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My wife, who had breast cancer 10 years ago, recently had a general blood test and only area came back "flagged". She received a print out from her doctor weithout explanation and now, at home, we note an area athat causes us to wonder what it means. Under Lymph rel (whatever that means) there is the result of 0.117 and a flag of "L"  which we assume to mean low. What does lymph rel mean and could it have anything to do with lymph nodes that could popssibly require checking etc etc??
thanks for any information  

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I'm a Swede educated, trained and living in Sweden and English is not my first language - not even my second. So honestly I have no idea whatsoever what her lab. meant with this. I strongly suggest that you direct your question to an American expert here who is probably a much better choice for determining and explaining this than I am. Good luck!




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