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CRDPP - Overview: Creatine Disorders Panel, Plasma

Evaluating patients with a clinical suspicion of arginine:glycine amidinotransferase deficiency, guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency, and creatine transporter deficiency using plasma specimens

CRDPS - Overview: Creatine Disorders Panel, Serum

Evaluating patients with a clinical suspicion of arginine:glycine amidinotransferase deficiency,guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency, and creatine transporter deficiency using serum specimens

INTAD - Overview: Adalimumab Panel, Interpretation

Interpretation of therapeutic drug monitoring of adalimumab concentration and antibody levels

HITIG - Overview: Heparin-PF4 IgG Antibody, Serum

Detection of IgG antibodies directed against heparin/platelet factor 4 complexes that are implicated in the pathogenesis of immune-mediated type II heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, spontaneous heparin platelet-factor 4 IgG antibody, and...

TTFB - Overview: Testosterone, Total, Bioavailable, and Free, Serum

Second- or third-order test for evaluating testosterone status (eg, when abnormalities of sex hormone-binding globulin are present)

PLAFL - Overview: Platelet Surface Glycoprotein by Flow Cytometry, Blood

Identification of markedly decreased CD41 (GPIIb) and CD61 (GPIIIa) expression levels, which are diagnostic for Glanzmann thrombasthenia Identification of markedly decreased CD42a (GPIX) and CD42b (GPIb-alpha) expression levels, which are...

IEHCG - Overview: Interference Evaluation Heterophile, Beta-Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, Serum

Evaluating suspected interference from heterophile antibodies causing a falsely elevated human chorionic gonadotropin result This test is not to be used for pregnancy testing.

LCAF - Overview: Lung Cancer, ALK (2p23) Rearrangement, FISH, Tissue

Identifying patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma who may benefit from treatment with directed tyrosine kinase inhibitors

CAI - Overview: Calcium, Ionized, Serum

Assessing calcium states during liver transplantation surgery, cardiopulmonary bypass, or any procedure requiring rapid transfusion of whole blood in neonates and critically ill patients Second-order test in the evaluation of patients with...

EXHD - Overview: Hematologic Disorders, DNA Extract and Hold, Varies

Reserving DNA on any specimen for which molecular analysis requiring DNA may be necessary at a future date, ensuring that adequate material for testing is available

METAF - Overview: Metanephrines, Fractionated, 24 Hour, Urine

A first- and second-order screening test for the presumptive diagnosis of catecholamine-secreting pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas Confirming positive plasma metanephrine results

BHCG - Overview: Beta-Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, Quantitative, Serum

Monitoring patients for retained products of conception Aiding in the diagnosis of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD), testicular tumors, ovarian germ cell tumors, teratomas, and, rarely, other human chorionic gonadotropin...

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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....