AMLAF - Overview: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), FISH, Adult, Varies
This test should not be used to screen for residual acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Useful at diagnosis for detecting recurrent common chromosome abnormalities in adult patients with AML An adjunct to chromosome studies in patients with...
GNBLC - Overview: Bleeding Disorders, Comprehensive Gene Panel, Next-Generation Sequencing, Varies
Evaluating hereditary bleeding in patients with a personal or family history suggestive of a hereditary bleeding disorder Confirming a hereditary bleeding disorder diagnosis with the identification of a known or suspected disease-causing...
CHBVS - Overview: Chronic Hepatitis B Screen, Serum
Diagnosis and evaluation of patients at risk for or suspected of having chronic hepatitis B This test is not offered as a screening or confirmatory test for blood donor specimens. This test is not useful during the "window period" of...
CHSBP - Overview: Chronic Hepatitis B Monitoring Profile, Serum
Evaluating and monitoring individuals with known chronic hepatitis B Monitoring hepatitis B viral infectivity after resolution of acute hepatitis B
ISNP - Overview: Inherited Sensory Neuropathy Gene Panel, Varies
Establishing a molecular diagnosis for patients with hereditary sensory (HSN) and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN) Identifying variants within genes known to be associated with HSN and HSAN, allowing for predictive testing of at-risk family...
Aiding in the diagnosis of neuroinvasive Lyme disease or neuroborreliosis due to Borrelia species associated with Lyme disease (eg, Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia garinii, Borrelia afzelli)
Diagnosing specific soft tissue and bone tumors (sarcoma) based on the observed gene fusions (eg, PAX3/FOXO1 gene fusion observed in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, EWSR1-FLI1 gene fusion for Ewing sarcoma, SS18-SSX1/2 gene fusion for synovial...
AHUSD - Overview: Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Complement Panel, Serum and Plasma
Detecting deficiencies in the alternative pathway that can cause atypical-hemolytic uremic syndrome, dense deposit disease, and C3 glomerulonephritis A second-tier test that aids in the differential diagnosis of thrombotic...
CMAMT - Overview: Chromosomal Microarray, Autopsy/Products of Conception/Stillbirth, Tissue
Diagnosis of congenital copy number changes in products of conception, including aneuploidy (ie, trisomy or monosomy) and structural abnormalities Diagnosing chromosomal causes for fetal death Determining recurrence risk of future...
CIB - Overview: Cutaneous Direct Immunofluorescence Assay, Varies
Confirming a diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid, cicatricial pemphigoid, pemphigoid gestationis and other variants of pemphigoid, all types of pemphigus, including paraneoplastic pemphigus (paraneoplastic multiorgan syndrome), dermatitis...
Mayo Clinic Ranked No. 1 Hospital Nationwide by U.S. News & World Report - Insights
Report’s 29th annual "Best Hospitals Honor Roll" published online on August 14. Mayo Clinic also ranked No. 1 in more specialties than any other hospital in the country....
NELL-1 [Test in Focus] - Insights
D., discusses how Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ new immunohistochemistry test for the detection of NELL-1 antigen, a biomarker for membranous nephropathy found in 10% to 15% of patients, provides diagnostic...
Looking Back on Clinical Chemistry 1 - Insights
in the Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science program, takes a look back on her Clinical Chemistry 1 course....
Detection of (1→3)-𝝱-D-glucan as a Marker of Invasive Fungal Disease - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Elitza Theel, Ph.D., will discuss the detection of (1→3)-β-D-glucan (BDG) in serum as a biomarker for the presence of invasive fungal infections....
Orexin-A/Hypocretin-1 for the Diagnosis of Type 1 Narcolepsy [Test in Focus] - Insights
test to perform as well as to interpret. The orexin-A/hypocretin-1 test is a sensitive and specific alternative to the MSLT to diagnose type 1 narcolepsy....