TERTD - Overview: TERT Promoter Mutation Analysis, Droplet Digital PCR, Tumor
Identifying specific mutations within the TERT promoter that assist in tumor diagnosis/classification
SZDIA - Overview: Sezary Diagnostic Flow Cytometry, Blood
Identifying immunophenotypically aberrant T-cell populations with restricted expression of T-cell receptor beta-chain constant in peripheral blood, to roughly assess the circulating tumor burden in cutaneous T-cell lymphomas
PNTO - Overview: Streptococcus pneumoniae IgG Antibodies, Total, Serum
Assessing the IgG antibody response to active immunization with nonconjugated 23-valent pneumococcal vaccines Assessing the IgG antibody response to active immunization with conjugated 13-valent, 15-valent and 20-valent pneumococcal...
UNIPD - Overview: Uniparental Disomy, Varies
Evaluation of patients presenting with mosaicism, confined placental mosaicism, or Robertsonian translocations Evaluation of patients presenting with features of disorders known to be associated with uniparental disomy (eg, Russell-Silver...
FALBU - Overview: Albuterol, Serum/Plasma
Albuterol, Serum/Plasma
ADULT - Overview: Adulterants Survey, Random, Urine
Assessment of possible adulteration of a urine specimen submitted for drug of abuse testing Providing the creatinine concentration for normalization purposes
ALKLC - Overview: Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase for Lung Cancer, Immunohistochemistry
Identification of anaplastic lymphoma kinase overexpression Diagnosis of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, and for targeted therapy of lung adenocarcinoma
HCO3 - Overview: Bicarbonate, Serum
Diagnosis and treatment of acid-base imbalance in respiratory and metabolic systems
CITR2 - Overview: Citrate Concentration, Random, Urine
Diagnosing risk factors for patients with calcium kidney stones Monitoring results of therapy in patients with calcium stones or renal tubular acidosis
FXIII - Overview: Factor XIII (13), Screen, Plasma
Screening for factor XIII deficiency
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....