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Case study—lab tests that slip below the radar
Medicolegal Adviser, Medical Protection Society, London
E-mail: stella.zegge@mps.org.uk
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Mr B, a 42-year-old salesman attended his GP surgery in early May 2005 with feelings of fatigue and malaise. Clinical examination was unremarkable and a variety of blood tests were ordered including full blood count, urea and electrolytes and