PRA - Overview: Renin Activity, Plasma

Investigation of primary aldosteronism (eg, adrenal adenoma/carcinoma and adrenal cortical hyperplasia) and secondary aldosteronism (renovascular disease, salt depletion, potassium loading, cardiac failure with ascites, pregnancy, Bartter...

DYS2 - Overview: Dysautonomia, Autoimmune/Paraneoplastic Evaluation, Serum

Investigating idiopathic dysautonomic symptoms Directing a focused search for cancer in patients with idiopathic dysautonomia Investigating autonomic symptoms that appear in the course or wake of cancer therapy and are not explainable by...

MTBRP - Overview: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex, Molecular Detection, PCR, Varies

Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA (preferred method) Detection of M tuberculosis, when used in conjunction with mycobacterial culture This test does not assess M tuberculosis rifampin resistance. This test...

TIKLB - Overview: Tick-Borne Panel, Molecular Detection, PCR, Blood

Evaluating patients with suspected human monocytic ehrlichiosis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, babesiosis, or Borrelia miyamotoi infection Evaluating patients with a history of, or suspected, tick exposure who are presenting with...

APOEG - Overview: Apolipoprotein E Genotyping, Blood

Determining the specific apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotypes in individuals with type III hyperlipoproteinemia Determining the specific apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotypes that may increase risk for amyloid related imaging abnormalities in...

DHVD - Overview: 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D, Serum

As a second-order test in the assessment of vitamin D status, especially in patients with renal disease Investigation of some patients with clinical evidence of vitamin D deficiency (eg, vitamin D-dependent rickets due to hereditary...

PAC1 - Overview: Paraneoplastic, Autoantibody Evaluation, Spinal Fluid

Aiding in the diagnosis of paraneoplastic neurological autoimmune disorders related to carcinoma of lung, breast, ovary, thymoma, or Hodgkin lymphoma using spinal fluid specimens

STSH - Overview: Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone-Sensitive (s-TSH), Serum

Screening for thyroid dysfunction and detecting mild (subclinical), as well as overt, primary hypo- or hyperthyroidism in ambulatory patients Monitoring patients on thyroid replacement therapy Confirmation of thyrotropin (TSH, formerly...