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My dad had blood tests and his doctor rung him asking him to go in, could it be something to worry about?
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Follow-up: Typically if the lab test is abnormal or even critically abnormal, patients are called for follow up. However, it is impossible to know without knowing which labs were done, why and what the results showed.
Answered 10/6/2016
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