TLB - Overview: Thallium, Blood

Detecting toxic exposure in whole blood specimens

FLUC - Overview: 5-Flucytosine, Serum

Monitoring serum concentration during therapy Evaluating potential toxicity May aid in evaluating patient compliance

VLTU - Overview: Volatile Screen, Random, Urine

Detecting the presence of acetone, methanol, isopropanol, or ethanol in urine with subsequent quantitation

VITE - Overview: Vitamin E, Serum

Monitoring of Vitamin E supplementation/treatment Potentially detecting Vitamin E overdoses

DBMD - Overview: Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy, DMD Gene, Large Deletion/Duplication Analysis, Varies

Confirmation of a clinical diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) or Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) Distinguishing DMD from BMD in some cases, based on the type of deletion detected (allows for better prediction of...

CRCL - Overview: Creatinine Clearance, Serum and 24-Hour Urine

Estimation of glomerular filtration rate

NAGR - Overview: Hexosaminidase A and Total, Leukocytes/Molecular Reflex, Whole Blood

Carrier detection and diagnosis of Tay-Sachs disease Carrier detection and diagnosis of Sandhoff disease

HVDSP - Overview: HIV-1 and HIV-2 Antibody Confirmation and Differentiation, Prenatal, Plasma

Confirmation and differentiation of HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies in plasma specimens from prenatal patients who show reactive results with 3rd- (HIV-1/-2 antibody only) and 4th-generation (HIV antigen and antibody) HIV serologic assays This...

SRYF - Overview: Sex-Determining Region Y, Yp11.3 Deletion, FISH

Detecting the deletion or addition of the SRY gene in conjunction with conventional chromosome studies

TYRGP - Overview: Tyrosine Disorders Gene Panel, Varies

Follow up for abnormal biochemical results suggestive of a tyrosine disorder Establishing a molecular diagnosis for patients with tyrosine disorders Identifying variants within genes known to be associated with tyrosine disorders,...