SEWB - Overview: Selenium, Blood
Assessment of tissue stores of selenium
FSCPR - Overview: Scleroderma Comprehensive Profile
Scleroderma Comprehensive Profile
MPNML - Overview: MPL Exon 10 Sequencing, Reflex, Varies
Aiding in the distinction between a reactive cytosis and a myeloproliferative neoplasm when JAK2 V617F testing result is negative Evaluates for variants in MPL in an algorithmic process for MPNCM / Myeloproliferative Neoplasm, CALR with...
RT3 - Overview: T3 (Triiodothyronine), Reverse, Serum
Aiding in the diagnosis of the sick euthyroid syndrome
WBGDD - Overview: Beta-Globin Gene Cluster, Deletion/Duplication, Varies
Determining the etiology of hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH), delta-beta thalassemia, or other large deletions involving the beta-globin gene cluster Diagnosing less common causes of beta thalassemia; these large...
CINP - Overview: Cortisol, Mass Spectrometry, Serum
Second-order testing when cortisol measurement by immunoassay (eg, CORT / Cortisol, Serum) gives results that are not consistent with clinical symptoms, or if patients are known to, or suspected of, taking exogenous synthetic steroids...
ADNA1 - Overview: Double-Stranded DNA (dsDNA) Antibodies, IgG, Serum
Evaluating patients with clinical features or at-risk for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) Monitoring disease activity, as an adjunct test, in patients with SLE previously positive for double-stranded DNA IgG antibodies
LYWB - Overview: Lyme Disease Antibody, Immunoblot, Serum
Aiding in the diagnosis of systemic Lyme disease This test should not be used as a screening assay.
ABYSR - Overview: Antibody Screen with Reflexed Antibody Identification, Blood
Detection of allo- or autoantibodies directed against red blood cell antigens in the settings of pretransfusion testing Evaluation of transfusion reactions Evaluation of hemolytic anemia
CRP - Overview: C-Reactive Protein (CRP), Serum
Detecting systemic inflammatory processes Detecting infection and assessing response to antibiotic treatment of bacterial infections Differentiating between active and inactive disease forms with concurrent infection
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....
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
Top highlights include: Facebook launches into the digital space of healthcare, medical breakthrough for Ebola, and how the brain makes memories.