STEM - Overview: Stemphyllium, IgE, Serum
Establishing a diagnosis of an allergy to Stemphyllium Defining the allergen responsible for eliciting signs and symptoms Identifying allergens: -Responsible for allergic response and/or anaphylactic episode -To confirm sensitization...
AMPHM - Overview: Amphetamine-Type Stimulants Confirmation, Meconium
Detecting in utero exposure to amphetamine-type stimulants up to 5 months before birth
SDLDL - Overview: Small Dense Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Serum
Aiding in risk management of lipoprotein disorders associated with cardiovascular disease when used in conjunction with other lipid measurements and clinical evaluation
HIPA - Overview: Hippuric Acid, Urine
Hippuric Acid, Urine
FCBDS - Overview: Cannabidiol, Serum
Cannabidiol, Serum
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...
LSD6W - Overview: Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Six-Enzyme Panel, Leukocytes
Diagnosis of the lysosomal storage disorders: Fabry (in male patients), Gaucher, Krabbe, mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I), acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (Niemann-Pick types A and B), and Pompe (glycogen storage disorder type II) This...
NSFIB - Overview: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)-FibroTest, Serum and Plasma
Diagnosis and the follow-up of liver fibrosis, steatosis, and inflammation Estimating hepatic fibrosis Assessing inflammation for metabolic diseases Assessing severity of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in patients with...
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...
CDHZ - Overview: Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Syndrome, CDH1, Full Gene Analysis, Varies
Evaluating patients with a personal or family history suggestive of hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) syndrome Establishing a diagnosis of HDGC syndrome allowing for targeted cancer surveillance based on associated risks...
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...
MCLNM - Overview: MayoComplete Lung Cancer Mutations, Next-Generation Sequencing, Tumor
Diagnosis and management of patients with lung cancer Assessing microsatellite instability
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)
Establishing a diagnosis of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (LPL/WM) Helping distinguish LPL/WM low-grade B-cell lymphoma from other subtypes Aiding in the prognosis and clinical management of lymphoplasmacytic...
LLTOT - Overview: Leukemia and Lymphoma Immunophenotyping, Technical Only, Tissue
Evaluation of tissues for potential involvement by: -Chronic lymphoproliferative disorders -Malignant lymphomas -Acute lymphoblastic leukemia -Acute myelogenous leukemia
TLTE4 - Overview: Leukotriene E4, 24 Hour, Urine
Aiding in the evaluation of patients at-risk for mast cell activation syndrome (eg, systemic mastocytosis, IgE-mediated allergies, or aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease) using 24-hour urine collections
AAQP - Overview: Amino Acids, Quantitative, Plasma
Evaluating patients with possible inborn errors of metabolism using plasma specimens May aid in evaluation of endocrine disorders, liver diseases, muscle diseases, neoplastic diseases, neurological disorders, nutritional disturbances,...
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
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...
CAH21 - Overview: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) Profile for 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency, Serum
Preferred screening test for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) caused by 21-hydroxylase deficiency Part of a battery of tests to evaluate women with hirsutism or infertility, which can result from adult-onset CAH
NGPCM - Overview: MayoComplete Plasma Cell Myeloma, Next-Generation Sequencing, Varies
Evaluating multiple myeloma at the time of diagnosis and at disease relapse or when changing clinical management to provide prognostic information and determine potential therapeutic implications
RPR3 - Overview: Respiratory Profile, Region 3, South Atlantic (GA, N.FA, SC), Serum
Assessing sensitization to various inhalant allergens commonly found in the South Atlantic region, including Georgia, Northern Florida, and South Carolina Defining the allergen responsible for eliciting signs and symptoms Identifying...
RPR13 - Overview: Respiratory Profile, Region 13, Southern Coastal California, Serum
Assessing sensitization to various inhalant allergens commonly found in the Southern Coastal California region Defining the allergen responsible for eliciting signs and symptoms Identifying allergens: -Responsible for allergic response...
RPR4 - Overview: Respiratory Profile, Region 4, Sub-tropic Florida (Florida S. of Orlando), Serum
Assessing sensitization to various inhalant allergens commonly found in sub-tropic Florida, which is south of Orlando Defining the allergen responsible for eliciting signs and symptoms Identifying allergens: -Responsible for allergic...
RPR19 - Overview: Respiratory Profile, Region 19, Puerto Rico, Serum
Assessing sensitization to various inhalant allergens commonly found in Puerto Rico Defining the allergen responsible for eliciting signs and symptoms Identifying allergens: -Responsible for allergic response and/or anaphylactic...
RPR9 - Overview: Respiratory Profile, Region 9, Great Plains (KS, ND, NE, SD), Serum
Assessing sensitization to various inhalant allergens commonly found in the Great Plains region including Kansas, North Dakota, Nebraska, and South Dakota Defining the allergen responsible for eliciting signs and symptoms Identifying...
Assessing sensitization to various inhalant allergens commonly found in the Pacific Northwest including the region of Northwestern California, Western Oregon and Washington Defining the allergen responsible for eliciting signs and...
HSMWB - Overview: Hepatosplenomegaly Panel, Blood
As a component of the initial evaluation of a patient presenting with hepatosplenomegaly This test is not useful for the identification of carriers. This test should not be used as a monitoring for patients with confirmed diagnoses.
8INHE - Overview: Factor VIII Inhibitor Evaluation, Plasma
Detecting the presence and titer of a specific factor inhibitor directed against coagulation factor VIII This test is not useful for the detection of a lupus-like circulating anticoagulant inhibitor, a nonspecific circulating...
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...
MP9W - Overview: Mucopolysaccharidoses, Nine-Enzyme Panel, Leukocytes
Supporting the biochemical diagnosis of mucopolysaccharidoses types II, IIIA, IIIB, IIIC, IIID, IVA, IVB, VI, and VII, and of multiple sulfatase deficiency This test is not useful for carrier detection.
TMSI - Overview: Microsatellite Instability, Tumor
Evaluation of tumor tissue to identify patients at high risk for having Lynch syndrome, also known as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer Evaluation of tumor tissue for clinical decision-making purposes given the prognostic and...
SP100 - Overview: SP100 Antibody, IgG, Serum
Evaluating the risk of primary biliary cholangitis in anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA) negative patients by identification of Sp100 antibodies Estimating risk in AMA-positive patients with incomplete feature of disease
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...
Detecting Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in non-US Food and Drug Administration-approved specimen types This test is not intended for use in medico-legal applications. This test is not useful for the detection of...
DENGM - Overview: Dengue Virus Antibody, IgG and IgM, Serum
Aiding in the diagnosis of dengue virus infection
EHBAP - Overview: Ehrlichia/Babesia Antibody Panel, Immunofluorescence, Serum
As an adjunct in the diagnosis of infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, or Babesia microti Seroepidemiological surveys of the prevalence of the infection in certain populations
FIBUP - Overview: Ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, Nuprin), serum
Ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, Nuprin), serum
LDAI - Overview: Progentec aiSLE DX Lupus Disease Activity Index, Plasma
Aiding in the assessment of current systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity when used in conjunction with standard clinical assessment
PKU - Overview: Phenylalanine and Tyrosine, Plasma
Monitoring effectiveness of dietary therapy in patients with hyperphenylalaninemia
RB24 - Overview: Retinol-Binding Protein, 24 Hour, Urine
Assessing renal tubular injury or dysfunction Screening for other tubular abnormalities Detecting chronic asymptomatic renal tubular dysfunction.(2)
HERGM - Overview: HER2, Gastric/Esophageal, Semi-Quantitative Immunohistochemistry, Manual
Determining overexpression of HER2 protein of gastric and esophageal adenocarcinoma in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections (with reflex to FISH testing)
HIBAG - Overview: Histoplasma and Blastomyces Antigen, Enzyme Immunoassay, Serum
Diagnosing Histoplasma capsulatum or Blastomyces dermatitidis infection without differentiation between the organisms Monitor antigen levels following initiation of antifungal treatment
GIAR - Overview: Giardia Antigen, Feces
Sensitive screening for the detection of Giardia antigens present in fecal specimens
LGBBS - Overview: Globotriaosylsphingosine, Blood Spot
Screening of patients with Fabry disease using dried blood spots when a serum specimen is not available This test should not be used for newborn screening followup.
LGB3S - Overview: Globotriaosylsphingosine, Serum
Diagnosis and monitoring of Fabry disease
APOAB - Overview: Apolipoprotein A1 and B, Serum
Assessment of cardiovascular risk Follow-up studies in individuals with basic lipid measures inconsistent with risk factors or clinical presentation Definitive studies of cardiac risk factors in individuals with significant family...
ALKP - Overview: Alkaline Phosphatase, Total and 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 ALP
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
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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....
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....
Week in Review: November 1 - Insights
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