SSH24 - Overview: Supersaturation Profile, Self-Collect, 24 Hour, Urine
Diagnosis and management of patients with renal lithiasis: -Predicting the likely composition of the stone, in patients who have a radiopaque stone, for whom stone analysis is not available -May aid in designing a treatment program Aiding...
ASYNC - Overview: Alpha-Synuclein Protein Aggregates, Spinal Fluid
Detection of pathogenic alpha-synuclein (alpha-synuclein aggregates) in adult patients being assessed for clinically uncertain cognitive decline or clinically uncertain parkinsonian syndromes
ACHE_ - Overview: Acetylcholinesterase, Amniotic Fluid
Diagnosing open neural tube defects and, to a lesser degree, ventral wall defects
ADMA - Overview: Asymmetric Dimethylarginine, Plasma
Assessing the likelihood of future coronary events in patients with coronary heart disease, type II diabetes mellitus, or kidney disease Prompting intervention and assessing improvements among subjects with elevated ADMA and...
ALPI - Overview: Alkaline Phosphatase Isoenzymes, Serum
Aid in the diagnosis and treatment of liver, bone, intestinal, and parathyroid diseases Determining the tissue source of increased alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity in serum Differentiating between liver and bone sources of elevated...
AATRP - Overview: Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Immunostain, Technical Component Only
Identification of abnormal accumulation of alpha-1-antitrypsin
ALKD5 - Overview: Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK[D5F3]) Immunostain, Technical Component Only
Identification of anaplastic lymphoma kinase overexpression Diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma and inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
ABIDR - Overview: Antibody Identification, Blood and Serum
Assessing positive pretransfusion antibody screens, transfusion reactions, hemolytic disease of the newborn, and autoimmune hemolytic anemias This test is not useful for monitoring the efficacy of Rh-immune globulin administration. This...
AFSH - Overview: Alpha Follicle Stimulating Hormone Immunostain, Technical Component Only
May aid in the classification of pituitary adenomas
SMACN - Overview: Actin, Smooth Muscle (SMActin) Immunostain, Technical Component Only
Identification of cells expressing the alpha-smooth muscle isoform of actin
Category A - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
How do I determine if my specimen is a Category A infectious substance affecting humans? See Category A Infectious Substances. By law, an......
Guidance on subtyping of influenza A test results - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ guidance for subtyping influenza A in response to a CDC advisory for hospitalized patients...
Category A Infectious Substances - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
Category A Infectious Substances The Dangerous Goods section of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) website provides a "Classification of Infectious Substances" document (pdf)...
Testing for Antibodies to SS-A/Ro in Autoimmune Diseases - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Anne Tebo, Ph.D., discusses recent updates in the testing for anti-SS-A/Ro antibodies in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases....
A recent Mayo Clinic study has found that many U.S. health care providers are habitually ordering a mostly unnecessary, and quite expensive, genetic test to identify a patient’s hereditary risk of venous...