Analysis (Α)

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Acetylcholine Receptor Abs

Acetylcholine receptor antibody is a protein found in the blood of most people with myasthenia gravis. The antibody affects a chemical that sends signals from nerves to muscles and between nerves in the brain.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values:

Negative: <0.1 nmole/L
Equivocal: 0.2-0.5 nmole/L
Positive: >0.6 nmole/L

Method: RID

Loinc: 20427-1

 

Acid Phosphatase

Acid phosphatase is a phosphatase, a type of enzyme, used to free attached phosphate groups from other molecules during digestion. It is basically a phosphomonoesterase. It is stored in lysosomes and functions when these fuse with endosomes, which are acidified while they function

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values: <10 U/l

Method:

Loinc: 1715-2

 

ACTH (Adenocorticotropic Hormone)

ACTH, the primary stimulator of adrenal cortisol production, is synthesized by the pituitary in response to corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), which is released by the hypothalamus.

Specimen: EDTA Plasma Frozen

Reference Values: <60pg/ml

Method: CLIA

Loinc: 2141-0

 

Activated Protein C Resistance

Activated protein C resistance (APCR) is a hemostatic disorder characterized by a poor anticoagulant response to activated protein C (APC). This results in an increased risk of venous thrombosis, which can cause problems with circulation, such as pulmonary embolism.

Specimen:

Reference Values:

Normal:0.80-1.60
Intermediate: 0.70-0.80
Protein C System Deficiency: <0.70

Method:

Loinc: 13590-5

 

Adenovirus IgG

Adenoviruses are a group of viruses that can infect the membranes of the respiratory tract, eyes, intestines, and urinary tract. They account for about 10% of acute respiratory infections in kids and are a frequent cause of diarrhea.

Specimen:

Reference Values: Positive: Past Infection

Method: IFA

Loinc: 21053-4

 

Adenovirus IgM

Adenoviruses are a group of viruses that can infect the membranes of the respiratory tract, eyes, intestines, and urinary tract. They account for about 10% of acute respiratory infections in kids and are a frequent cause of diarrhea.

Specimen:

Reference Values: Negative

Method: IFA

Loinc: 13915-4

 

Albumin

Albumin is a protein. It maintains the plasma oncotic pressure and the transport of many substances.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values: 3.5-5.0 g/dl

Method: Colorimetric

Loinc: 1751-7

 

Albumin (Urine)

Microalbuminuria is a term to describe a moderate increase in the level of urine albumin. It occurs when the kidney leaks small amounts of albumin into the urine, in other words, when there is an abnormally high permeability for albumin in the renal glomerulus.

Specimen: Urine

Reference Values:

Normal: <25 mg/24 hours
Suspicious: 25-65 mg/24 hours
Elevated: >65 mg/24 hours

Normal: <20 mg/L
Suspicious: 20-52 mg/L
Elevated: >52 mg/L

 

Method:Colorimetric

Loinc: 61151-7

 

Aldolase

Aldolase is a protein (called an enzyme) that helps break down certain sugars to produce energy. It is found in high amount in muscle tissue.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values: Up to 10 U/L

Method: Enzymatic

Loinc: 1761-6

 

Aldosterone

Aldosterone is a steroid hormone produced by the outer section of the adrenal cortex in the adrenal gland.It plays a central role in the regulation of blood pressure mainly by acting on the distal tubules and collecting ducts of the nephron, increasing reabsorption of ions and water in the kidney, to cause the conservation of sodium, secretion of potassium, increase in water retention, and increase in blood pressure and blood volume.

Specimen:Serum Frozen (Rest for 30 minutes-Laying)

Reference Values:

Standing: 4-31 ng/dl
Recumbent Adults: 1-16 ng/dl
Recumbent 13-16 Years: 1-18 ng/dl
Recumbent 9-12 Years: 3-28 ng/dl
Recumbent 5-8 Years: 4-76 ng/dl
Recumbent 1-4 Years: 5-60 ng/dl
Recumbent <1 Year: 5-132 ng/dl

Method:RIA

Loinc: 1763-2

 

Alkaline Phosphatase

Alkaline phosphatase is a hydrolase enzyme responsible for removing phosphate groups from many types of molecules, including nucleotides, proteins, and alkaloids. The process of removing the phosphate group is called dephosphorylation. As the name suggests, alkaline phosphatases are most effective in an alkaline environment.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values:

Adults: 38-126 U/L
Up to 1 Year Old: 55-425 U/L
1-9 Years Old: 129-386 U/L
10-13 Years Old: 93-515 U/L
14-15 Years Old: 62-483 U/L
16-18 Years Old: 47-171 U/L

Method:Colorimetric/Enzymatic

Loinc: 6768-6

 

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin is a protease inhibitor belonging to the serpin superfamily. It is generally known as serum trypsin inhibitor. Alpha 1-antitrypsin is also referred to as alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor because it inhibits a wide variety of proteases.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values:

90-200 mg/dl

Method:

Loinc: 6771-0

 

Alpha Fetoprotein (AFP)

AFP is an albumin-like glycoprotein which performs similar functions to albumin in foetal circulation

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values:

Non Pregnant Females: <5.8 IU/ml
Males: <3.2 IU/ml
25-27 Weeks: 46-140 IU/ml
28-30 Weeks: 65-163 IU/ml

Method: CLIA

Loinc: 19176-7

 

Ammonia

On the degradation of amino acids, the amine group is released as highly toxic ammonia. Normally this is swiftly removed by the liver where it is converted into urea by means of the urea cycle

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values: 16-60 umol/l

Method:

Loinc: 22763-7

 

Amoeba histolytica IgG

Entamoeba histolytica is an anaerobic parasitic protozoan, part of the genus Entamoeba.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values:

Positive: >1:16
(Positive result indicates past infection)

Method: IFA

Loinc: 22288-5

 

Amoeba histolytica IgM

Entamoeba histolytica is an anaerobic parasitic protozoan, part of the genus Entamoeba.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values: Negative

Method: IFA

Loinc: 22289-3

 

Amylase

Amylase is an enzyme that helps digest carbohydrates. It is produced mainly in the pancreas and the glands that make saliva.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values:

30-110 U/L
1 Month – 6 Months old: 1-17 U/L
6 Months – 12 Months old: 6-44 U/L

Method:Colorimetric/Enzymatic

Loinc: 1805-1

 

Amylase (Urine)

This is a test that measures the amount of amylase in urine. Amylase is an enzyme that helps digest carbohydrates. It is produced mainly in the pancreas and the glands that make saliva.

Specimen: Urine

Reference Values: 32-641 U/l

Method:Colorimetric/Enzymatic

Loinc: 22749-6

 

ANCA - C

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) are a group of autoantibodies, mainly of the IgG type, against antigens in the cytoplasm of neutrophil granulocytes (the most common type of white blood cell) and monocytes. They are detected as a blood test in a number of autoimmune disorders, but are particularly associated with systemic vasculitis, so called ANCA-associated vasculitides.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values:Negative

Method: IFA

Loinc: 14277-8

 

ANCA - P

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) are a group of autoantibodies, mainly of the IgG type, against antigens in the cytoplasm of neutrophil granulocytes (the most common type of white blood cell) and monocytes. They are detected as a blood test in a number of autoimmune disorders, but are particularly associated with systemic vasculitis, so called ANCA-associated vasculitides.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values: Negative

Method: IFA

Loinc: 14287-6

 

Anti-ccp Abs (Citrullin)

Anti–citrullinated protein antibodies are autoantibodies that are directed against peptides and proteins that are citrullinated. They are present in the majority of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values:

<20: Negative Units
20-39: Weakly Positive Units
40-59: Moderate Positive Units
>60: Strongly Positive Units

Method: ELISA

Loinc: 32218-0

 

Antidiuretic Hormone

Vasopressin, also known as arginine vasopressin (AVP), antidiuretic hormone (ADH). Its two primary functions are to retain water in the body and to constrict blood vessels. Vasopressin regulates the body’s retention of water by acting to increase water reabsorption in the collecting ducts of the kidney nephron.

Specimen: EDTA Plasma Frozen

Reference Values:

Method:

Loinc: 14949-2

 

Anti-DNA

They are highly diagnostic of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and are implicated in the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis.

Specimen:Serum

Reference Values: Negative

Method: IFA

Loinc: 11013-0

 

Anti-GAD(Glutamic Decarboxylase)

Anti-GAD antibodies target an enzyme called Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase. This enzyme is responsible for converting glutamic acid to GABA .

Specimen: Serum

Reference Values:

Negative: <1.0 U/ml
Equivocal: 1.0 – 1.05 U/ml
Positive: >1.05 U/ml

Method: ELISA

Loinc: 13926-1

 

Anti-GBM IgG Antibodies

Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody (anti-GBM Ab) is an antibody which is found in Goodpasture’s syndrome but not found in microscopic polyangiitis.

Specimen: Serum

Reference Values:

Negative: <20 U/ml
Equivocal: 21-30 U/ml
Positive: >30 U/ml

Method:

Loinc: 53259-8

 

Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH)

Anti-Mullerian hormone also known as AMH is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the AMH gene.It inhibits the development of the Müllerian ducts (paramesonephric ducts) in the male embryo.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values:

<15 Years Old: <8.9 pmol/l
>16 Years Ols: 0.8-14.8 pmol/l
Post Menopausal: <0.2 pmol/l

Fertility:
Very Low Fertility: <0.3 pmol/l
Low Fertility: 0.3-2.2 pmol/l
Satisfactory: 2.3-4.1 pmol/l
Optimal: 4.2-6.9 pmol/l

 

Method:

Loinc: 38476-8

 

Anti LKM

Anti LKM autoantibodies are differentiated from anti-mitochondrial antibodies using indirect immunofluorescence on stomach, kidney and liver tissue.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values: Negative

Method: IFA

Loinc: 57434-3

 

Anti-MuSK Antibodies

Myasthenia gravis is either an autoimmune or congenital neuromuscular disease that leads to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatigue. In the most common cases, muscle weakness is caused by circulating antibodies that block acetylcholine receptors at the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values:

Negative: <0.015 nmole/L
Equivocal: 0.015-0.03 nmole/L
Positive: >0.03 nmole/L

Method: RIA

Loinc: 51716-9

 

Antinuclear antibody (ANA)

The antinuclear antibody (ANA) test is used as a primary test to help evaluate a person for autoimmune disorders that affect many tissues and organs throughout the body (systemic) and is most often used as one of the tests to help diagnose systemic lupus erythematosus

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values: Negative

Method: IFA

Loinc: 33253-6

 

Anti SS-A/Ro Antibody

Anti-SSA autoantibodiesare anti-nuclear autoantibodies that are associated with many autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), SS/SLE overlap syndrome, subacute cutaneous LE (SCLE), neonatal lupus and primary biliary cirrhosis.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values: <20 IU/ml

Method: ELISA

Loinc: 5351-2

 

Anti SS-B La Antibody

Anti-La antibodies usually occur in sera with anti-Ro antibodies and represent important serologic markers of Sjögren’s syndrome and neonatal lupus erythematosus

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values: <20 IU/ml

Method: ELISA

Loinc: 5353-8

 

Antithrombin III

Antithrombin (AT) is a small protein molecule that inactivates several enzymes of the coagulation system

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values: 260-447 mg/L

Method:RID

Loinc: 1868-9

 

Anti-Thyroglobulin (TG)

Anti thyroglobulin antibody is a test to measure antibodies to a protein called thyroglobulin, which is found in thyroid cells.

Specimen:Serum

Reference Values: <40 IU/ml

Method: CLIA

Loinc: 8098-6

 

Anti-Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO)

Thyroid peroxidase (TPO), an enzyme normally found in the thyroid gland, plays an important role in the production of thyroid hormones. A TPO test detects antibodies against TPO in the blood.

Specimen: Serum

Reference Values: <35 IU/ml

Method: CLIA

Loinc: 8099-4

 

APTT- Ac. Part. Thromboblastin

The partial thromboplastin time or activated partial thromboplastin time is a medical test that characterizes blood coagulation. Apart from detecting abnormalities in blood clotting , it is also used to monitor the treatment effects with heparin, a major anticoagulant.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Sodium Citrate

Reference Values: 23.9-34.9 Seconds

Method: Clotting

Loinc: 5946-9

 

Arsenic (Blood)

Arsenic (As) exists in a number of toxic and nontoxic forms. The toxic forms are the inorganic species As(+5), also denoted as As(V), the more toxic As(+3), also known as As(III), and their partially detoxified metabolites, monomethylarsine (MMA) and dimethylarsine (DMA). Detoxification occurs in the liver as As(+3) is oxidized to As(+5) and then methylated to MMA and DMA. As a result of these detoxification steps, As(+3) and As(+5) are found in the urine shortly after ingestion, whereas MMA and DMA are the species that predominate more than 24 hours after ingestion.

Specimen: Serum

Reference Values: <0.13 umol/l

Method: Photometric

Loinc: 5585-5

 

ASO (AntiStreptolysin O Titer)

Anti-streptolysin O (ASO or ASLO) is the antibody made against streptolysin O, an immunogenic, oxygen-labile hemolytic toxin produced by most strains of group A and many strains of groups C and G streptococci. The O in the name stands for oxygen-labile , the other related toxin being oxygen-stable streptolysin-S. The main function of streptolysin O is to cause hemolysis (the breaking open of red blood cells) in particular, beta-hemolysis.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values: <200 IU/ml

Method: Agglutimation React.

Loinc: 25788-1

 

Aspergillus IgE

Aspergillus is a genus consisting of a few hundred mold species found in various climates worldwide.

Specimen: 0.2 ml Serum

Reference Values:

Absent: 0-0.5 IU/ml
Low Level IgE: 0.51-1 IU/ml
Moderate Level IgE: 1.01-5 IU/ml
High Level IgE: 5.01-25 IU/ml
Very High Level IgE: 25.01-75 IU/ml
Extremely High Lev. IgE:75.01-200 IU/ml

Method:

Loinc: 15549-9