• 11-dehydrothromboxane B2 test, spot urine
• A-ANCA test, blood
• ACE test, blood
• acid hemolysis (RBCs) test (of Ham), blood (flow cytometry is best test for PNH)
• acid phosphatase, prostatic, test, blood (no longer used)
• acute intermittent porphyria test, blood & urine
• AFP test, blood
• A/G ratio test, blood
• AIP test, urine
• albumin, urine
• albumin, blood
• alcohol, blood
• alcohol abuse, blood tests
• aldolase test, blood
• alk phos test, blood
• alkaline phosphatase test, blood
• alpha-fetoprotein test, blood
• ALT test, blood 
• AMA test, blood
• amebae vs. histiocytes by H&E on biopsies
• AMI Redefined, NewsPath May 2001
• AMI Redefined (update), NewsPath April 2002
• AmniSure vaginal pool fluid test for amniotic fluid
• ANCA test, blood
• ANA tests, an information table
• ANA test, blood
• anemia (as a topic), lead link
• angiotensin converting enzyme test, blood
• anthrax
• anti-ACCA antibody test, blood
• anti-actin antibody test, blood
• anti-ADAMTS-13 antibody test, blood (presumed in acquired TTP)
• anti-ALCA antibody test, blood
• anti-AT1 test, serum IgG concentrate (a research culture test)
• anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody test, serum  (positive in cases of myasthenia gravis)
• anti-BP 180 test, blood
• anti-BP 230 test, blood
• anti-brush border antibody test, blood
• anti-canalicular antibody test, blood
• anti-cardiolipin antibody test, blood
• anti-CBir1 test, blood
• anti-CCP antibody test, blood
• anti-centriolar antibody test, blood
• anti-centromere antibody test, blood
• anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody test, blood
• anti-collagen II antibody test, blood
• anti-collagen IV antibody test, blood
• anti-desmocolin 1 antibody test, blood
• anti-desmoglein 1 antibody test, blood
• anti-desmoglein 3 antibody test, blood
• anti-desmoplakin I & II antibody tests, blood
• anti-DNA antibody test, blood
• anti-DNP antibody test, blood
• anti-EBA antibody test, blood
• anti-EJ antibody test, blood
• anti-endomysial antibody test, blood
• anti-endothelial cell antibody test, blood
• anti-enterocyte antibody test, blood
• anti-EMA antibody test, blood
• anti-ENA antibody tests, blood
• anti-filaggrin antibody test, blood
• anti-GALOP antibody test, blood
• anti-ganglionic neuronal acetylcholine receptor antibody blood test
• anti-gliadin antibody test, blood
• anti-glycan (ALCA & ACCA) antibody test, blood
• anti-GM1 antibody test, blood
• anti-Golgi antibody test, blood
• anti-Ha antibody test, blood
• anti-heterophile antibody, blood test interferences
• anti-HG factor antibody test, blood
• anti-histone antibody test, blood
• anti-HIT antibody test, blood
• anti-HIV I (AIDS virus) antibody (blood test) & anti-HTLV III are the same
• anti-h/pf4 antibody test, blood
• anti-HTLV I & II antibody test, blood
• anti-HTLV III antibody (blood test) and anti-HIV I (AIDS virus) are the same
• anti-I-2 (or anti-I2) antibody test, blood
• anti-intrinsic factor antibody test, blood
• anti-Jo-1 antibody test, blood...and Table of ANA Staining Patterns
• anti-Ku antibody test, blood...and Table of ANA Staining Patterns
• anti-La antibody (anti SS-B) test, blood
• anti-LATS antibody test, blood
• anti-liver cell membrane antibody test, blood
• anti-liver kidney microsomal antibody test, blood
• anti-liver pancreas antibody test, blood
• anti-long-acting thyroid stimulator antibody test, blood
• anti-lysosomal antibody test, blood
• anti-M-1 antibody test, blood
• anti-M-2 antibody test, blood
• anti-MA-1 antibody test, blood
• anti-MAG antibody test, blood
• anti-MI-1 antibody test, blood
• anti-mitochondrial antibody test, blood
• anti-MSA antibody test, blood
• anti-muscle associated antibody tests, blood
• anti-N-type voltage-gated calcium channel antibody test, blood
• anti-nRNP antibody test, blood
• anti-nuclear antibody test, blood
• anti-nuclear matrix antibody test, blood
• anti-nucleolar antibody test, blood
• anti-OmpC (outer membrane of porin C) test, blood
• anti-OJ antibody test, blood
• anti-oxidized LDL antibody test, blood
• anti-parietal cell antibody test, blood
• anti-PCNA test, blood
• anti-pf4 antibody test, blood
• anti-platelet glycoprotein antibody test, blood
• anti-platelet factor 4 antibody test, blood
• anti-phosphatidic acid antibody test, blood
• anti-phosphatidylcholine antibody test, blood
• anti-phosphatidylethanolamine antibody test, blood
• anti-phosphatidylserine antibody test, blood
• anti-phospholipid syndrome auto-antibody panel & tests, blood
• anti-PL-7 antibody test, blood
• anti-PL-12 antibody test, blood
• anti-PM-1 antibody test, blood
• anti-RANA antibody test, blood
• anti-reticulin antibody test, blood
• anti-ribosomal antibody test, blood...and Table of ANA Staining Patterns
• anti-RNA antibody test, blood
• anti-nRNP antibody test, blood
• anti-Ro antibody (anti SS-A) test, blood
• anti-SCA test, blood
• anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody test, blood
• anti-Scl-70 antibody (anti topoisomerase I) test, blood
• anti-signal recognition particle (anti-SRP) test, blood
• anti-skin antibody test, blood
• anti-SL antibody test, blood
• anti-Sm antibody test, blood
• anti-Smith antibody test, blood
• anti-smooth muscle antibody test, blood
• anti-SRP antibody test, blood
• anti-striated muscle antibody test, blood  (diagnose myopathy, especially in myasthenia gravis)
• anti-SS-A antibody (anti-Ro) test, blood
• anti-SS-B antibody (anti-La) test, blood
• anti-Sulfatide antibody test, blood
• anti-systems A, B, C antibody test, blood
• anti-thyroglobulin antibody test, blood
• anti-thyroid microsomal antibody test, blood
• anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody test, blood
• anti-thyroid receptor antibody test, blood
• anti-thyrotropin receptor antibody test, blood
• anti-thyrotropin receptor inhibitor antibody test, blood
• anti-thyrotropin receptor stimulating antibody test, blood
• anti-TSH-binding inhibitor immunoglobulin test, blood
• anti-TSH receptor antibody test, blood
• anti-TSH receptor inhibitor antibody test, blood
• anti-TSH receptor stimulating antibody test, blood
• anti-U2 SnRNP antibody test, blood
• anti-vimentin antibody test, blood
• anti-Yo test, blood (Purkinje Cell Antibodies, type 1 or PCA-1 Antibody)
• anthrax CAP & CDC links from this page
• AP test, blood
• ASCA test, blood
• ASMA test, blood
• AST test, blood
• atypical pneumonia serologic profile, blood
• autoimmune peripheral neuropathy antibodies, link
• AutoCyte Pap smear
  B
• B1 test, blood
• B12 test, blood
• back pain & problems, treatment...especially vertebroplasty
• bacterial nomenclature
• beta 2 microglobulin, urine or blood test
• bilirubin test, blood
• birth defects (as a topic), lead link
• blood bank issues and info, link to CBBS
• blood sugar test, blood
• blood type (ABO & Rh) test, did my type change?
• bones, thin [osteoporosis] (as a topic), lead link
• BNP test, blood
• breast cancer (as a topic), "contents" page with  links
• breast cancer "pearls" collection
• breast carcinoma associated antigen test, blood
• breast, microglandular adenosis (MGA)
  C
• carcinoembryonic antigen test, blood
• C. difficile toxin test, stool...feces; a 2003 discussion.
• CA 125 test, blood
• CA15.3 or CA15-3 test, blood    
• CA 19-9 test, blood
• CA27.29 test, blood
• CA549 test, blood
• CA M26 test, blood
• CA M29 test, blood
• C-ANCA test, blood
• C-ANCA, atypical test, blood
• Carbohydrate deficient transferrin test, blood
• cardiac risk lab tests
• cardio risk CRP test, blood
• cartilage oligomeric matrix protein test, blood
• catecholamine testing, (rule out pheochromocytoma)
• CDT test, blood
• CEA test, blood
• celiac disease, small bowel histopathology
• celiac disease test(s), blood & genetics (and about the biopsy-correlated profile)
• celiac disease, do I have it?
• celiac disease histology, IELs and villous tip score (VTS)
• celiac sprue test(s), blood
• cerebrospinal fluid "leak" testing, fluid from nose
• ceruloplasmin test, blood
• chemotherapy & cancer treatment modalities outline
• chicken pox test, blood
• chlamydia (pneumonia, pneumonitis) serologic profile, blood.
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• ciliary dyskinesia test, nasal, tracheal, bronchial brushings
• CK test, blood (see CPK)
• Clostridium difficile toxin test, stool...feces
• CMV, blood test
• colitides, a linking classification outline
• colonic epithelial "injury effect"...what is it?
• COMP (cartilage oligomeric matrix protein) test, blood
• copper test, blood or tissue checking for or monitoring Wilson's disease
• coproporphyrin test, urine
• cough, chronic, causes
• CPK test, blood
• CPK-MB test, blood
• creatine test, blood
• creatine kinase test, blood (see CK, CPK)
• creatine phosphokinase test, blood
• CRP test, blood e-Medicine webfile
• CRP cardio-risk test, blood
• Cryptosporidium spp. antigen test, stool/feces
• Cryptosporidium screen test, stool/feces
• CSF "leak" testing, fluid from nose or seroma vs. pseudomeningocele
• Cushing syndrome, serum screening test
• Cysticercosis, EITB serum test...100% specific for neurocysticercosis when positive (details at e-Medicine webfile)
  D
• d-dimer test, blood
• delta-ALA test, urine
• diabetic-control test, blood
• disaccharidases test, duodenal or jejunal mucosal
• disease transmission, vectors
• DLIS, blood
• digoxin, blood test
• Du weak Rh red cell blood-type, blood test
  E
• E1, blood test
• E1, stool test
• early prostate cancer antigen-2, blood test
• EBV, blood test
• elastase, pancreatic, blood test
• elastase, pancreatic, stool test
• electron microscopy indications and provider sources
• electrophoresis, serum protein...notes
• electrophoresis, urine protein...notes
• endomysial antibody test, blood
• enteritides, a linking classification outline
• EPCA-2 antigen, blood test
• erythema infectiosum, blood test
• erythrocyte sedimentation rate, blood
• esophago-gastro-intestinal diseases (as a topic), lead link
• ESR test, blood
  F
• FANA test, blood
• fatigue, chronic...syndrome
• ferning vaginal pool fluid low power microscopy test for amniotic fluid
• Fe...ferritin test, blood
• FetalDex test, baby's cord blood
• fetal fibronectin test, cervico-vaginal fluid
• fFN test, cervico-vaginal fluid
• fibronectin, fetal, test, cervico-vaginal fluid
• fifth disease, blood test
• fine-needle aspiration cytology, key reminders
• five...5-HIAA test, on 24-hour urine collection
• flu tests, rapid (on nasal washings)
• flushing, causes
• folate test, blood
• FNA cytology notes
• fructosamine blood test
• FSH, blood test
• fungal nomenclature
  G
• gastritides, a linking classification outline
• gastro-intestinal diseases (as a topic), key link
• GFR, estimated, calculated off of routine chemistry profile
• ghrelin, blood test
• Giardia lamblia antigen test, stool/feces
• Giardia screen test, stool/feces
• GLCS immuno. O&P screen (G. lamblia & Cryptosporidium antigens only), feces
• gliadin antibody test, blood
• glucose test, serum
• gluten sensitivity disease, duodenal & small bowel histopathology
• glycated hemoglobin test, blood
• glycosylated hemoglobin test, blood
• gout diagnosis, on surgical tissue specimen
  H
• HAMA, about
• Ham's acid-hemolysis test, blood
• HBLV test, blood
• HCG test, blood
• HCV tests, blood
• headache of unknown cause, categories
• helicobacter screening test, blood
• helicobacter antigen test, stool
• hematopathology (as a division of surgical pathology), lead link
• hemochromatosis (as a topic), lead link
• hemosiderin, urine sediment, stain for
• hemoglobinuria
• hemoglobin, urine
• heparin induced thrombocytopenia antibody test, blood  (HIT, HITT, HITTS)
• hepatic & gastro-intestinal diseases (as a topic), lead link
• hepatitis viral serology patterns
• hepatitis B immune status note
• hepatitis C virus tests, blood...and discordant results
• Hereditary Non-polyposis Colon Cancer (HNPCC) test, on polyp tissue from the patient
• HER-2/neu test, blood or tissue
• Herpes simplex virus I test, blood (acute systemic infection)
• Herpes simplex virus II test, blood (acute systemic infection)
• Herpes simplex virus I or II specification status, blood
• Herpesvirus varicellae test, blood
• Herpes zoster test, blood
• heterophile antibodies, about
• HHV-1
• HHV-2
• HHV-3
• HHV-4 (EBV)
• HHV-5 (CMV)
• HHV-6 test, blood
• HHV-7 test, blood
• HHV-8 test, blood
• HIV tests, blood
• HIT antibody test, blood
• HLA B27 leukocyte antigen, blood
• hot flashes, causes
• HPV test on Pap smear or biopsy
• HSV I vs. II chronic exposure status (which one do they have?), blood
• HSV I antibody test, blood (acute systemic infection test)
• HSV I antigen test, lesion smear
• HSV II antibody test, blood (acute systemic infection test)
• HSV II antigen test, lesion smear
• HTLV I & II test, blood
• Human B-lymphotropic virus test, blood
• Human Herpesvirus 6 test, blood
• Human Herpesvirus 7 test, blood
• Human Herpesvirus 8 test, blood
• Human papilloma virus, test on Pap or biopsy
• Hypoglycemia work up
  I
• IBD serology tests, blood
• IHC, various uses of the tissue marker stains technique
• IMA test, blood
• immunohistochemistry, diagnostic uses in various organ systems
• inflammatory bowel disease serology tests, blood
• infectious disease resource, via link
• infectious mono test, blood
• influenza virus tests , blood & nasal washings tests
• intestinal diseases (as a topic), lead link
• iron test, blood; & in liver for hemochromatosis, siderosis
  J
• jaundice
  K
• kidney tumors (as a topic), lead link
• Kleihauer Betke test, baby's cord blood
  L
• lactate dehydrogenase test, blood
• LAP score, blood smear granulocytes
• LATS antibody test, blood
• leukocyte alkaline phosphatase score, blood smear granulocytes
• LDH test, blood
• Legionaire's (Legionella) disease serologic test, blood
• LFT tests, blood and urine
• liver disease, lead link
• liver function tests
• lymph node dissection, about & case collection
• lymphocytosis, intraepithelial, colonic, normal range & differential diagnosis
• lymphocytosis, intraepithelial, small bowel, normal range
• lymphocytosis, intraepithelial, small bowel, differential diagnosis
• lysozyme test, blood
  M
• MAM6 test, blood
• MCA test, blood
• MGUS serum test marker
• melanoma, prognostic parameters & measures
• metanephrine, plasma free test, blood (rule out pheochromocytoma)
• methotrexate, grading liver biopsies
• methylmalonic acid test, blood or urine
• microalbumin quantitative test, urine [as low as 30-300 mcg/mg creatinine]
• microalbumin "dipstick" screening test, urine
• microbiology resources, via links
• microsomal antibody, anti-liver kidney test, blood
• microsomal antibody, anti-thyroid test, blood
• milk mucin antigen test, blood
• monocytes, peripheral blood, information
• monospot test, blood
• mononucleosis tests, blood [screen] [EBV panel] [CMV panel]
• MPO test, blood
• MSAFP test, blood
• Mumps: do serology & note that viral parotitis can also be caused by EBV, coxsackie virus and other enteroviruses, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus & influenza A & parainfluenza viruses. Acute suppurative parotitis can
  be caused by Staph. aureus, Strep. species, anaerobes & gram negative rods.
• muscle/myopathy testing link
• mycoplasma (pneumonia, pneumonitis) serology test, blood
• myeloma serum marker
• myoglobin test, serum
• myoglobin test, urine
• myoglobinuria
• myositis autoantibody panel, blood...and here.
  N
• nasal fluid vs. CSF "leak" testing, fluid from nose
• neuropathy, autoimmune peripheral, blood tests
• nitrazine paper strip vaginal pool fluid pH test for amniotic fluid
• Norwalk virus testing
• nutritional status testing
  O
• O&P (immuno screen), stool/feces
• O&P (microscopic exam), stool/feces
• osteoporosis (as a topic), lead link
  P
• p24 antigen, blood test
• Paget's disease, stain table
• P-ANCA test, blood (and, here as to IBD)
• pancreas (as a topic), "contents" page with  link to pancreatic
• pancreatic cancer antigen test, blood
• pancreatic function tests, duodenal juice
• Pap smear (as a topic), lead link
• parasite nomenclature
• paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria test, blood (flow cytometry)
• parvovirus B19 test, blood
• pathology topics list, lead link
• peripheral neuropathy, autoimmune
• PBG test, urine
• PCT test, blood
• peroxidase antibody, anti-thyroid test, blood
• pernicious anemia test, blood
• pheochromocytoma, blood screening test
• phosphatase, alkaline, test, blood
• phosphatase, prostatic acid, test, blood (no longer used)
• PI-linked antigen test, blood
• placental pathology (as a topic), lead link
• PNH test, blood (flow cytometry is best)
• porphobilinogen, urine
• porphyria cutanea tarda test, blood...or via 24 hour urine porphyrins.
• PR3 test, blood
• prealbumin, serum
• pregnancy test, urine (old timey live-frog test)
• prostate cancer (as a topic), lead link
• prostatic acid phosphatase, test, blood (no longer used)
• protein, urinary 
  R
• renal tumors (as a topic), lead link
• respiratory ciliary dyskinesia test, brushing
• Rh Du test, red blood cell typing test, blood
• Rh D status, "my blood type changed!"
• rocky mountain spotted fever test, blood
• rubella (German measles) test, blood
• rubeola (red measles) test, blood
  S
• sarcoidosis test, blood
• SARS test, blood
• Schilling test
• Schlicter test
• secretin stimulation test, blood, to DX gastrinoma (has been replaced by nuclear medicine Octreascan).
• sed rate, blood
• serum protein electrophoresis, notes
• SGOT test, blood
• SGPT test, blood
• "shingles" (Varicella Zoster Virus) test, blood
• signs, symptoms, and syndrome lists and notes (as a topic), lead link
• skeletal muscle antibodies test, blood
• skin cancer and skin diseases (as a topic), lead link
• sodium, blood test
• SPE, blood test
• sperm morphology information
• sprue (noninfectious) test, blood
• sucrose lysis test, blood
• SUDS test, blood
• sugar-water test, blood
• symptoms, signs,  and syndrome lists and notes (as a topic), lead link
• syndrome, signs, and symptoms lists and notes (as a topic), lead link
• syndrome, chronic fatigue
  T
• TBII antibody test, blood
• thiamine test,  blood
• ThinPrep Pap smear
• thyroglobulin test, blood
• thyroid disease (as a topic), lead link
• thyroid cancer MACIS prognostic scoring
• thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin test, blood
• TPO antibody test, blood
• TRab antibody test, blood
• transfusion issues and info, link to CBBS
• triple test, maternal, blood
• troponin-I test, blood
• tryptase, blood (elevated in mastocytosis cases)
• TSI test, blood
• tTG test, blood
  U
• UC-ANCA test, blood
• UPE
• uric acid or urate test, blood (also how to see in histology)
• urobilinogen test, blood
  V
• Varicella Zoster Virus ("shingles") test, blood
• vasculitides (as a topic), lead link
• villous tip score (VTS), duodenal...normals & technique (rule out celiac cases) 
• viral testing by clinical categories (via HAPS file)
• vitamin B1 test, blood
• vitamin B6 test, blood
• vitamin B12 test, blood
• VMA testing, (rule out pheochromocytoma)
• VZV test, blood
  W
• weight loss of undetermined cause, an outline
• West Nile virus testing, blood
• Wilson's disease
  X
• x-ANCA test, blood

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