FSERT - Overview: Sertraline (Zoloft) and Desmethylsertraline
Sertraline (Zoloft) and Desmethylsertraline
FHCCF - Overview: THC Confirmation, MS, SP
THC Confirmation, MS, SP
FVZGC - Overview: Varicella-Zoster Virus Antibody, IgG, CSF
Varicella-Zoster Virus Antibody, IgG, CSF
FRISP - Overview: Risperidone (Risperdal) and 9-Hydroxyrisperidone
Risperidone (Risperdal) and 9-Hydroxyrisperidone
Providing a genetic evaluation for patients with a personal or family history suggestive of hereditary aortic disease Establishing a diagnosis for a variety of hereditary conditions involving aortic disease or overlapping clinical...
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...
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...
C5AG - Overview: C5 Complement, Antigen, Serum
Diagnosis of C5 deficiency Investigation of a patient with an absent total complement (CH50) level
CEAPT - Overview: Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA), Peritoneal Fluid
An adjunct to cytology to differentiate between malignancy-related and benign causes of ascites formation
CRSY - Overview: Chromium, Synovial Fluid
Monitoring metallic prosthetic implant wear and local tissue destruction in failed hip arthroplasty constructs This test is not useful for assessment of potential chromium toxicity.
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....