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Don't know if this will help. Got from labcorp.com. sm

Posted By: Txczech on 2006-08-21
In Reply to: lysozymes - paula

Subject: Don't know if this will help. Got from labcorp.com. sm

Lysozyme, an hydrolytic enzyme - a bacteriolytic glycosidase, when present in large amounts may appear as a far cathodal migrating ("cationic") band on serum or urine protein electrophoresis. Lysozyme has been found in all three human neutrophil granules (azurophil, specific, and gelatinase types).3 It is elevated in some cases of myelogenous, and most cases of myelomonocytic and monocytic leukemia. The elevation is proportional to the degree of monocytic differentiation and to tumor cell burden and if marked, can result in potassium wasting and hypokalemia.4 Lysozyme has been found within the granules of normal and leukemic eosinophils by immunoelectron microscopic study. Elevated serum lysozyme may not establish presence of monocytic differentiation in cases of acute myelogenous leukemia with eosinophilia. 5 The level of serum lysozyme has been used as a predictor of CNS involvement in these leukemias.6 Serum lysozyme has been shown to be elevated in a number of conditions, including tuberculosis and sarcoidosis as well as leukemia.1 Sensitivity for prediction of sarcoidosis was 79% in a recent study (c.f. that of serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) at 59% in the same study). 1 The serum lysozyme level increased with the number of organs involved. Serum lysozyme, however, is less specific for sarcoidosis than serum ACE. Utilizing a turbidimetric method for measurement of serum lysozyme activity, there was evidence that such an assay was useful in differentiating infection from rejection in transplant recipients. 7

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You can go to labcorp.com and sm
Subject: You can go to labcorp.com and sm

type "rheumatoid arthritis" or arthritis in the search box and it will pull up the tests they use for these diseases. Great tool. You can then click on the tests and it will give you alternate names etc. Good luck. E mail me if you need any more refs and I will try to give you a good list etc.
See what I found on labcorp.com. sm
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Catecholamines, Fractionated, Urinary Free and Vanillylmandelic Acid (VMA), 24-Hour Urine
    
Number
286161
CPT
82384; 84585
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  • Catecholamines, Fractionated, Urinary Free, 24-Hour Urine
  • Catecholamines, Fractionated, Urinary Free, Random Urine
  • Urine Testing: Preservative Quick Reference Chart
  • Vanillylmandelic Acid (VMA), 24-Hour Urine
    • Synonyms
    Catecholamines and VMA; Vanillylmandelic Acid (VMA) and Catecholamines, Fractionated, Urinary Free; VMA and Catecholamines
    Test Includes
    Total free catecholamines (norepinephrine plus epinephrine, urine); vanillylmandelic acid (VMA), urine; urinary epinephrine, urinary norepinephrine, urinary dopamine

    Went to labcorp.com and found this. sm
    Subject: Went to labcorp.com and found this. sm








     


    Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA) Profile


    Test Includes

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    Here is a list of Hep C tests from LabCorp. sm
    Subject: Here is a list of Hep C tests from LabCorp. sm

  • 1: Hepatitis C Virus Antibody
  • 2: Hepatitis C Virus Antibody with Reflex to RIBA
  • 3: Immunoblot Assay (RIBA), HCV Antibody
  • 4: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) FibroSURE
  • 5: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Genotyping
  • 6: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), RNA, Quantitative With Reflex to Genotyping, by PCR (Nongraphing)
  • 7: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), RNA by PCR, Qualitative, With Reflex to Quantitative
  • 8: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), NGI SuperQuantÛ
  • 9: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), NGI UltraQualÛ
  • 10: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), RNA, Quantitative With Reflex to Genotyping, by PCR
  • 11: Alanine Aminotransferase
  • 12: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), RNA, Qualitative, by PCR
  • 13: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), RNA by PCR, Qualitative With Reflex to Genotype
  • 14: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), QuantaSureÛ Plus, Quantitative, by TaqManÛ PCR (Serial Monitor)
  • 15: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), QuantaSureÛ Plus, Quantitative, by TaqManÛ PCR
  • 16: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), NGI QuantaSureÛ, Quantitative, by PCR
  • 17: Protein, Total, Quantitative, 24-Hour Urine
  • 18: Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR), Quantitation
  • 19: Hepatitis Panel, Acute

    • I pasted this info from labcorp.com. sm
    Subject: I pasted this info from labcorp.com. sm

    Your S/L may be in here. Is it promyelocytes? See below.


     









    Additional Information
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    According to labcorp.com, Sted's and me, T-cell. nm
    Subject: According to labcorp.com, Sted's and me, T-cell. nm

    Stool for O&P? Here is a list of studiesfrom labcorp.com. sm
    Subject: Stool for O&P? Here is a list of studiesfrom labcorp.com. sm

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  • 3: Ova and Parasite Examination
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  • 9: pH, Stool
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  • 11: Helicobacter pylori Stool Antigen
  • 12: Acid-Fast (Mycobacteria) Broth-Based Culture and Smear
  • 13: Acid-Fast (Mycobacteria) Broth-Based Culture and Smear and Susceptibility
  • 14: Fungus (Mycology) Culture
  • 15: Fecal Fat, Quantitative
  • 16: Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) Shiga Toxin, EIA
  • 17: Giardia lamblia, EIA and Ova and Parasite Examination
  • 18: Cyclospora Smear, Stool
  • 19: Osmolality, Fecal
  • 20: BAT-26, Microsatellite Instability (MSI) for Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC)

    • karotype. go to labcorp.com and it will give you more info. nm
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    Labcorp.com lists a Basic Metabolic Panel (8) sm
    Subject: Labcorp.com lists a Basic Metabolic Panel (8) sm

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    Subject: Try going to labcorp.com typing in anemia profile in search. May get you started. nm

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    Acid-Fast (Mycobacteria) Broth-Based Culture and Smear and Susceptibility
        
    Number
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    CPT
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  • Acid-Fast (Mycobacteria) Antibiotic Susceptibilities
  • Default Test Order for Ambiguous Orders
  • Organism Identification, Mycobacteria
    • Synonyms
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    Test Includes
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