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  1,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D 11-Deoxycortisol 17-Hydroxyprogesterone 5 Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody ACTH Acyl-carnitine profile (plasma) Adenovirus ADH (Antidiuretic hormone, AVP, Vasopressin) Adrenal Cortex Antibody Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) Albumin Albumin (24 hour urine) Alcohol Alcohol (Urine) Aldosterone Aldosterone:Plasma Renin Activity Ratio Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Isoenzymes Alpha Fetoprotein (AFP-tumour marker) Alpha subunit (Pituitary polypeptide) Alpha-1 Acid Glycoprotein (Orosomucoid) Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (A1AT) Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (A1AT) Faecal Alphavirus Aluminium Amikacin Level Amino Acids (CSF) Amino Acids (plasma) Amino Acids (urine) Amiodarone Ammonia Amoebic Serology Amylase Amylase (Fluid) Amylase (urine) Amylase Isoenzymes / Macroamylase Androgen profile (females) - Includes testosterone, SHBG, DHA sulphate and FAI Androstenedione Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) (CSF) Antenatal Screens (Syphilis, Rubella, HIV, Hepatitis B surface antigen) Anti HBs Anti Staph Anti Strep (DNAase) Anti Xa Anti-Mitochondrial Antibodies (AMA) Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA) Anti-Nuclear Antibodies (ANA) AP50 Apolipoprotein A1 (Apo A1) Apolipoprotein B (Apo B) Apolipoprotein E genotype Apolipoprotein E genotyping APTT Arbovirus Array CGH Arsenic Arsenic (24hour urine) Arsenic (random urine) Arthropod Borne Viruses Ascites Fluid ASO Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) Avian Precipitins Bacterial Conjunctivitis (Not Chlamydia) BAL and bronchial trap Bartonella (Cat Scratch) BCL1 and BCL2 translocation Beta Hydroxybutyrate Beta-2 microglobulin (B2M) Bicarbonate Bilary stent culture Bile Acids Bile Pigments (Urine) Bilharzia Bilirubin (conjugated) Bilirubin (CSF) - Xanthochromia Bilirubin (total) Bilirubin (urine) Biogenic Amines (HVA and VMA (HMMA)) - paediatric Biotinidase Blood Culture (Adult) Blood Culture (Paediatric) Blood Film Bordetella Pertussis Serology Borrelia IgM/IgG BRAF analysis Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Brucella Buprenorphine (Subutex) (urine) C. Difficile Toxin C1 Esterase Inhibitor (C1EI) (Antigenic) C1 Esterase Inhibitor (C1EI) (Functional) C3 Nephritic Factor CA125 CA153 CA199 Cadmium Caeruloplasmin Caffeine Calcitonin Calcium (adjusted) Calcium (urine) Calcium Creatinine Ratio (Urine) Camplylobacter Serology Cannabis Carbamazepine (Tegretol) Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT) Carboxyhaemoglobin Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) Cardiac Muscle Antibody Cardiolipin Antibodies (ACA) / Phospholipid Antibodies (APL) Catecholamines (Plasma) CD4 Panel CD4/CD8 CDT - See C. Difficile Toxin Cervical swab CH100 Chikungunya Chlamydia Eyes Chlamydia Female Screening Programme Chlamydia Female Symptomatic Chlamydia First Catch Urine Chlamydia Serology Chloride Chloride (sweat) Cholesterol (total) Cholesterol (total):HDL Cholesterol ratio Cholinesterase (for phenotyping) Cholinesterase (for poisoning - RBC Cholinesterase) Chromogranin A and/or B Chromosome Studies (Karyotype) Citrate (urine) CJD (CSF) CJD (CSF) Clauss Fibrinogen Clobazam Clozapine CMV IgG CMV IgM CMV PCR CMV Serology Coagulation Screen Coeliac DQ2/DQ8 analysis Complement C3 and C4 Conductivity (Sweat test) Contact Laboratory Copper Copper (tissue) Copper (urine) Cortisol Cortisol (urine) Cotinine (urine) Coxiella Coxsackie (Enterovirus) Detection C-Peptide C-peptide (Urine) C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Creatine kinase (CK) Creatinine Creatinine (urine) Creatinine Clearance Crosslaps (Beta-Crosslaps) Crossmatch Cryoglobulins Cryptococcal Ag CSF CSF Glucose Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide (CCP) Antibodies Cyclosporin Cystine (urine, quantitative) Cystine / Homocystine (urine screen) Cytogenetics D-Dimer Dengue Fever DHA Sulphate Digoxin Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) Direct Antiglobulin Test (DAT) DNA (Genetic) analysis Down's Screen - Combined Test (1st trimester) Down's screen - Quadruple Test (2nd trimester) Drain Fluid - See Pus (Culture and Gram Stain) Drugs of abuse screen (urine) dsDNA Antibody Ear effusion culture Ear Swab EBV EBNA EBV VCA IgG/IgM Ecstasy eGFR (Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate) EGFR analysis Elastase EMU for TB ENA (Extractable Nuclear Antigen) Antibodies (Ro, La, Sm, RNP, Scl-70, Jo-1) Endomysial Antibodies (EMA) Enterovirus Detection Epstein Barr Virus IgM Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) Erythropoietin Ethylene Glycol Eye Swab - See Bacterial Conjunctivitis Factor Assays Factor V Leiden mutation Faecal calprotectin Faecal Elastase Faeces - See Stool culture/ova/cysts/parasites Familial Hypercholesterolaemia testing – under development Fasciola Ferritin Filaria Flavivirus Flecainide Folate (red cell) Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Free (non-esterified) Fatty Acid (NEFA) Free and Acyl-carnitine profile (Blood Spot) Free Androgen Index (FAI) Free catecholamines (Biogenic Amines) Free T3 (FT3) Free T4 (FT4) Free Testosterone Fructosamine Full Blood count (FBC) Fungal Precipitins (Aspergillus, Micropolyspora, Candida) G6PD Screen Gabapentin Galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (GalPUT) Gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) Gastric Parietal Cell (GPC) Antibodies Gastrin Genital swab Gentamicin Glandular Fever Screen Gliadin Antibodies (IgG and IgA) Glomerular Basement Membrane (GBM) Antibodies Glucose Glucose (CSF) Glucose (urine) Glucose Tolerance Test Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase (GAD) Antibodies Glycosaminoglycans (mucopolysaccharides) (Urine) Gonococcal culture Group and Save (Adult) Group and Save (Baby) Group and Save Antenatal Group B Strep Culture Growth hormone (GH) Gut hormone profile H.pylori IgG Haemochromatosis (HFE) genotyping Haemochromatosis Gene (HFE) Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Haemoglobinopathy Screen (HPLC) Haemophilus Influenzae B Antibodies (Specific Functional Antimicrobial Antibodies) Haptoglobin Hb H Inclusion Bodies HBcore HBsAg HDL Cholesterol (HDLC) HDL Cholesterol (HDLC) Heinz Bodies Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) Hepatitis A IgG Hepatitis A IgM Hepatitis C antibodies Her2 (SISH) Heterophillic Antibodies (thyroid interference) Histone Antibodies HIV Ag/Ab combo HIV Viral Loads HLA B27 genotyping Homocysteine Homocystine (urine) Homovanillic Acid (HVA) HPV genotyping - now performed by VIROLOGY Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) HVS for vaginal discharge IgA Antibodies IGF Binding Protein 3 (IGFBP3) IgG Subclasses IGH, IGL & T-cell clonality Immunofixation Immunoglobulins (IgG, IgA and IgM) Immunoreactive Trypsin (IRT) (blood spot) Influenza A Influenza B Inhibin A Inhibin B Inner Ear Protein (68kD) Insects for Identification Insulin Insulin Antibodies Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1) Insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP1) Insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP2) Insulin-like Growth Factor II (IGF-II) Intrinsic Factor Antibodies Iron Iron (liver tissue) Iron (urine) Iron Saturation (%) Islet Cell Antibodies IUCD culture Jak2 activating mutation Joint Fluid Ketones (urine) (qualitative) K-RAS mutation testing Lactate Lactate (CSF) Lactate / pyruvate ratio Lactate dehydrogenase (LD, LDH) Lamotrigine Laxative abuse screen (urine) LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) (calculated) Lead Lead (urine) Levetiracetam (Keppra) Line culture Lipase Lipoprotein (a) Lithium Liver Kidney Microsomal (LKM) Antibodies Lupus anticoagulant screen Luteinising hormone (LH) LVS Lymphocyte Function Lymphocyte Phenotype Macroprolactin (Confirmation) Magnesium Magnesium (24 hour urine) Malarial Screen Manganese Measles IgG Meningococcal PCR Mercury (24 hour urine) Mercury (blood) Mercury (urine) Metadrenalines (Metanephrines) (Plasma) Metadrenalines (Metanephrines, biogenic amines) Metal work culture Metanephrines Methotrexate Methylmalonic acid Microsatellite Instability testing – under development Microscopy and Fungal culture of skin/nails/hair Molar HCG Molecular Genetics MRSA screen MTHFR (5,10-methyleneterahydrofolate reductase) variant Mumps IgG MuSK (Muscle Specific Kinase) Antibodies Mycoplasma Mycoplasma GAT Myelin Associated Glycoprotein (MAG) Antibody Myeloperoxidase/MPO Antibodies Myoglobin (Urine) N-Acetyl-Beta-Glucosaminidase (NAG) Nephrostomy Neuronal Antibodies Neurone Specific Enolase (NSE) Neurotransmitters (CSF) (Monoamine metabolites) Neutrophil Function Norovirus and Rotavirus NPA (Nasopharyngeal aspirate) N-Telopeptide (Collagen Crosslinks) Occult Blood (faecal) Oestradiol Oligoclonal Bands (CSF) Oral Anticoagulant Therapy Monitoring Organic Acids (urine) Osmolality Osmolality (urine) Osteocalcin Ovarian Antibodies Oxalate (urine) Oxidative Burst or NBT (NitroBlue Tetrazolium) P1NP (Procollagen Extension Peptide) Paracetamol Paraprotein Quantitation Paraquat (urine) Parasites for Idenification Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) Paroxysmal Nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) Parvovirus IgG Parvovirus IgM Penile swab Peripheral Nerve (Ganglioside) Antibodies (GM1, GQ1b) Perl's stain for Iron pH (Faecal) pH (Urine, CSF, Fluid) Phenobarbitone Phenylalanine Phenytoin (Epanutin) Phosphate Phosphate (24 hour urine) Phytanic acid Placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) Plasma Viscosity Pleural Fluid Pneumococcal Antibodies (Specific/Functional Antimicrobial Antibodies) Porphyrin screen (24h. urine) Porphyrin screen (blood) Porphyrin screen (faeces) Potassium Potassium (urine) Primidone (mysoline) Procalcitonin Procollagen peptide type III (PIIINP) Progesterone Proinsulin Prolactin Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Protein (ascitic fluid) Protein (CSF) Protein (total protein) Protein (urine) 24h collection no longer required - see below Protein Electrophoresis Protein:creatinine ratio (TPCR) Prothrombin mutation PSA (Free) Psittacosis PTH-related peptide (PTH-RP) Purine Pyrimidine screen (blood) Purine Pyrimidine screen (urine) Purkinje Cell Antibodies (Hu, Ri, Yo) also known as Neuronal Antibodies Pus (Culture and Gram Stain) Pus for Mycobacterial Culture Pus Swab Q Fever Quantiferon RBC Folate Level Reducing substances (faecal) (Sugar Chromatography) Reducing substances (urine) Renin Reticulocytes Retinol Binding Protein Rheumatoid Factor RSV Rubella IgG Rubella IgM Salicylate Salivary Gland Antibodies Schistosomes Selenium Semen culture Serum Amyloid A Serum Electrophoresis Serum Folate Serum Free Light Chains Sirolimus Skeletal Muscle Antibodies Skin (Epidermal) Antibodies Smooth Muscle Antibodies Sodium Sodium (sweat) Sodium (urine) Soluble Transferrin Receptor (STfR) Specific Immunoglobulin E (IgE) (Previously known as RAST Test) Sperm Antibodies Sputum (Tb) Sputum for Mycobacterial culture Sputum routine culture Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) Antigen Steroid Profile Stone (Calculus) analysis Stool culture Stool for ova/cysts/parasites Striated Muscle Antibodies also known as Skeletal Muscle Antibodies Sugar Chromatography (faeces or urine) Sulphonylurea Screen (serum) Sulphonylurea Screen (urine) Supra pubic aspirate and nephrostomy specimens for microscopy and culture Syphilis Tacrolimus (FK506) Tau Protein (Beta-2-transferrin, asialotransferrin) Testosterone Tetanus Toxoid Antibodies (Specific/Functional Antimicrobial Antibodies) Theophylline Thiamine (Vitamin B1) Thiopurine metabolites (6-Thioguanine nucleotide and 6-Methylmercaptopurine) (Nucleotides) Thiopurine Methyltransferase (TPMT) (Azathioprine sensitvity) Thrombin Time Thrombophilia Screen Thyroglobulin Thyroglobulin Antibodies Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) Receptor Antibodies Ticks for Identification Tip culture Tissue ( routine Culture and Gram stain ) Tissue Transglutaminase Antibodies Tobramycin Antibiotic level Total human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG) Total Immunoglobulin E (IgE) Toxo IgG Transferrin Transferrin Glycoforms (Paediatrics) Trichomonas Triglycerides Trimethylamine Troponin I (FPH) Troponin I (RSCH) Troponin T (FPH) Tryptase TSH (Blood Spot) T-Spot Ultrasensitive C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Urate Urate (urine) Urea Urea (urine) Urea, creatinine and Electrolytes (urine) Urinary Electrophoresis for Bence-Jones Protein Urine Urine for Mycobacteria Urine for TB culture Urine Haemosiderin Urine Microalbumin:Creatinine Ratio (Albumin:Creatinine Ratio) Urobilinogen Urostomy Vacuolated Lymphocytes Valproate (sodium) (Epilim) Vancomycin Vanillylmandelic acid (VMA, HMMA) Very Long Chain Fatty Acids Vigabatrin Vitamin A Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) Vitamin B12 Level Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxal phosphate) Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) Vitamin D (25-Hydroxyvitamin D) Vitamin E (vitamin E:cholesterol ratio) Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibodies Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels Von Willibrand Factor VZIgG White Cell Enzymes (Lysosomal Enzymes) Whooping Cough Worms for Identification Wound Culture Y Microdeletions Zinc Zinc (urine)
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