ASMW - Overview: Acid Sphingomyelinase, Leukocytes
Investigation of possible diagnosis of Niemann-Pick disease types A and B This test is not recommended for carrier detection because of the wide range of enzymatic activities observed in carriers and noncarriers.
GAAW - Overview: Acid Alpha-Glucosidase, Leukocytes
Diagnosis of Pompe disease
WAGDR - Overview: Alpha Globin Cluster Locus Deletion/Duplication, Blood
Diagnosis of alpha-thalassemia Carrier screening for individuals from high-risk populations for alpha-thalassemia This test is not useful for diagnosis or confirmation of beta-thalassemia or hemoglobinopathies.
AN2TC - Overview: Antineuronal Nuclear Antibody Type 2 (ANNA-2) Titer, Spinal Fluid
Investigating middle-aged or older patients who present with unexplainable signs of midbrain/cerebellar/brain stem disorder and/or myelopathy, especially women with a previous history of breast cancer, and both sexes if there is a history...
AN2TS - Overview: Antineuronal Nuclear Antibody Type 2 (ANNA-2) Titer, Serum
Investigating middle-aged or older patients who present with unexplainable signs of midbrain/cerebellar/brain stem disorder and/or myelopathy, especially women with a previous history of breast cancer, and both sexes if there is a history...
AN1TS - Overview: Antineuronal Nuclear Antibody-Type 1 (ANNA-1) Titer, Serum
Diagnosis of paraneoplastic autoimmune neuropathies, encephalomyeloradiculopathies, related neurologic disorders, and intestinal pseudo-obstruction/dysmotility associated with small-cell lung carcinoma Reporting an end titer result from...
A1AFS - Overview: Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Clearance, Feces and Serum
Diagnosing protein-losing enteropathies
BA48F - Overview: Bile Acids, Bowel Dysfunction, 48 Hour, Feces
Aids in evaluation of patients suspected of having irritable bowel syndrome-diarrhea symptoms due to bile acid malabsorption
PBKQN - Overview: BK Virus DNA Detection and Quantification, Plasma
Detection and serial monitoring of BK virus-associated nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients using plasma specimens Detection and serial monitoring of BK virus-associated hemorrhagic cystitis in organ transplant recipients
CFRC - Overview: Bacterial Culture, Cystic Fibrosis, Respiratory
Detecting disease-causing aerobic bacteria in specimens from patients with cystic fibrosis
February 2020 - Laboratory Genetics & Genomics - Insights
A 71 yr old female with a history of a central nervous system lymphoma, an allogenic stem cell transplant and graft versus host disease was tested for...
inflammatory-bowel-disease-diagnostic-testing-algorithm.pdf
YES <50 mcg/g <50 mcg/g Abnormal >50 mcg/g Normal ANCA present ASCA IgG and IgA absent ANCA absent ASCA IgG or IgA present ANCA absent ASCA IgG or IgA absent >120 mcg/g50-120 mcg/g NO Assessing a patient...
Find out how our sarcoma panel assesses gene mutations and fusions described in more than 50 types of soft tissue, bone, and other mesenchymal tumors....
July 2019 — Cardiovascular - Insights
A 50-year-old man who was known to have systemic hypertension developed sudden onset of severe back pain with associated diaphoresis. He lost...
Mayo Clinic’s Neuro-Oncology practice, the Division of Laboratory Genetics and Genomics tests about 50 brain tumors a week, and upwards of 1,500 brain tumors a year from all over the world....