Laboratory Procedures

High Density Lipoprotein is an important tool used to assess an individual's risk of developing coronary heart disease.

Cardiac Troponin I is the preferred biomarker for the detection of myocardial injury based on improved sensitivity and superior tissue specificity compared to other available biomarkers of necrosis.

Homocysteine is a thiol-containing amino acid produced by the intracellular demethylation of methionine. Homocysteine is metabolized to either cysteine or methionine. The majority of elevatedhomocy...

HE4 aids in the monitoring of ovarian cancer patients in post-therapy. Patients with treated epthelial ovarian cancer are also checked for recurrence or progression.

IgA serum levels aids in the detection or monitoring of IgA monoclonal gammopathies and IgA-related immune deficiencies. Elevated IgA levels are associated with chronic liver disease, chronic infe...

IgG is the major immunoglobulin in the blood and is produced in copious amounts during secondary immune responses. IgG molecules are the only antibodies that can pass from mother to fetus. Quantifi...

IgM is the first immunoglobulin class produced during an initial immune response and antigen-IgM complexes actively fix complement. The presence of IgM is useful in assessing whether a particular i...