Archives mensuelles: October 2016
Antigen CA 19.9
Indications:
CA 19.9 is a circulating antigen associated with gastrointestinal cancer, especially the pancreas and colon.
Principle:
This is detected in the serum antigen not normally present...
Antigen CA 15.3
Indications:
The blood test CA 15.3 is useful in the effective control of an antitumor treatment.
Principle:
Circulating antigen, CA 15-3 is associated with breast cancer: it...
Antithyroid Antibodies
Indications:
if the review is essentially practical suspected thyroid autoimmune diseases (such as Hashimoto thyroiditis, for example), but When it evoked the diagnosis of neonatal...
Anti-Sperm Antibodies
Indications:
The examination allows to find an immunological cause infertility: the presence of iso-antibodies in women and autoantibodies in humans.
Principle:
The antibodies cause infertility with sperm...
Gliadin Antibodies
Indications:
The dosage of anti-gliadin antibodies provides help diagnose celiac disease (gluten intolerance) in children.
Principle:
A blood test can detect the presence of blood antibodies against...
Anti-dsDNA Antibodies. Farr Assay
Indications:
The presence of anti-dsDNA antibodies is observed that in case of lupus.
In contrast, anti-DNA antibodies denatured, less specific, are found in several autoimmune diseases,...
Antibiotics (plasma assay)
Indication:
The examination adjusts the optimal dose of antibiotics in case of under-dosing (treatment failure) but also of an overdose, then with its risk of...
Antibiogram
Indications:
This test assesses the antibiotic susceptibility of a bacterial strain believed to be responsible for infection.
Principle:
The antibiotic tested, if effective, to inhibit microbial growth...
Amylase
Indications:
The measurement of plasma amylase evidence to suggest or confirm the diagnosis of pancreatitis in acute attack
These enzymes, which cleave the starch, are secreted...
Ammonemia
Indications:
Ammonia is a product of degradation of proteins, it is converted into urea in the liver.
In cases of liver failure, and therefore metabolic transformation,...
