Tests
As part of a regular checkup, to get a diagnosis, or perhaps to provide a benchmark, your doctor may request one or more laboratory tests. Here is a list of the most common tests ordered and their purposes. Except where noted, all tests are done using a blood sample.
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A-G Ratio A1AT A1c AAT ABGs ACA ACE Acetaminophen Acetoacetate Acetoacetic Acid Acetone Acetylcholine Receptor (AChR) Antibody Acetylcholine Receptor Binding Antibody Acetylcholine Receptor Blocking Antibody Acetylcholine Receptor Modulating Antibody Acetylsalicylic acid AChE AChR Antibody Acid-Fast Bacillus (AFB) cid-Fast Bacillus Smear and Culture and Sensitivity aCL Antibody ACPA ACR ACT ACTA ACTH ACTH challenge test ACTH stim test ACTH Stimulation Test Actin Antibody Activated Clotting Time (ACT) Activated Coagulation Time Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT) Activated Protein C Resistance Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Acute Viral Hepatitis Panel AD ADA ADB Adenosine Deaminase ADH ADN-B ADNase-B Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) stimulation test Aerobic Wound Culture AFB Smear and Culture AFP AFP Maternal AFP-L3% Agglutinins AGPA AIDS Screen AIDS Test ALA Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) Alanine Transaminase ALB Albumin Albumin (urine) Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio Albumin/Globulin Ratio Alcohol Aldolase Aldosterone and Plasma Renin Activity Aldosterone and Renin ALK Gene Fusion ALK Gene Rearrangement ALK Mutation (Gene Rearrangement) Alk Phos Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes Alkp Allergy Blood Testing Allergy Screen Alloantibody Identification ALP Alpha Tryptase Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) Tumor Marker Alpha-fetoprotein, Total ALT Alzheimer Biomarkers AMAS Amethopterin AMH AMH Hormone Test Aminoglycoside Antibiotics Aminophylline AML-M3 Ammonia Amnio Amniocentesis Amniotic Fluid Analysis Amy Amylase ANA Anaerobic Wound Culture ANCA Antibodies Androstenedione
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B Vitamins B-cell Gene Clonality Molecular Genetic Tests B-cell Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement B2M BAC Bacterial Culture, respiratory Bacterial Culture, stool Bacterial Sputum Culture Bacterial Wound Culture BAL Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP) BCGR BChE Oncogene BCR-ABL1 BCR/ABL Beta 2GP1 Ab Beta hCG Beta Tryptase Beta-2 Glycoprotein 1 Antibodies Beta-2 Microglobulin Kidney Disease Beta-2 Microglobulin Tumor Marker Beta-hemolytic Strep Culture Beta-hydroxybutyrate Beta-hydroxybutyric Acid Bicarb Bicarbonate (Total CO2) Bilirubin Bioavailable Testosterone biotin (B7) Bismuth subsalicylate BLL Blood Alcohol Content Blood Alcohol Level Blood Cholesterol
Blood Clotting Factors Blood Copper Blood Creatinine Blood Culture Blood Culture (bacterial, fungal and/or AFB) Blood Differential Blood Film Blood Gases Blood Glucose Blood Group Blood Ketones Blood Lead Level Blood Lead Test Blood Smear Blood Sugar Blood Typing Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) BMP BNP and NT-proBNP Body Fluid Testing Bone Formation Markers Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy Bone Marrow Examination Bone Resorption Markers Bone specific ALP Bone Turnover Tests Bone-specific Alkaline Phosphatase Brain Natriuretic Peptide BRCA BRCA Gene Mutation Testing Breast Cancer Gene 1 Breast Cancer Gene Expression Profiling Breast Cancer Gene Expression Tests Breast Cancer Multiparameter Gene Expression Tests Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes 1 and 2 BUN BUN to Creatinine Ratio
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D-dimer Darkfield Microscopy DAT DCP DD3 Delta-aminolevulinic Acid Dengue Antibodies (IgG, IgM) Dengue Fever Antibodies Dengue Fever Testing Dengue Fever Virus Deoxypyridinoline Des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin (DCP) Dexamethasone Suppression Test DGP DHEA Sulfate DHEA-SO4 DHEAS Diabetes Autoantibodies Diabetes Mellitus Autoantibody Panel Diff Differential Blood Count
Differential Display Code 3 Differential Slide Digoxin Dilute Russell Viper Venom Test Direct Anti-human Globulin Test Direct Antiglobulin Test Direct Bilirubin Direct Coombs Test Direct LDL Direct LDL Cholesterol Direct LDL-C Disaccharide Absorption Test DLDL Dopamine Double stranded DNA Antibody DPD Drug Abuse Testing Drug Resistance Testing Drug Screen Drug Test Drug Testing DRVVT DST
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E. coli E. coli non-O157 E. coli O157 EBV Ab to Early Antigen D, EA-D IgG Ab EBV Antibodies EBV Nuclear Antigen Antibody EBNA-IgG Ab EBV Viral Capsid Antigen Antibody (VCA) IgM, IgG Ab eGFR EGFR Mutation Testing Elastase, stool Electrolytes and Anion Gap Electrophoresis EMA Emergency and Overdose Drug Testing EML4-ALK Fusion Protein ENA Panel Endomysial Antibody Enteric Pathogen Panel Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation Analysis Epinephrine EPO Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Antibody Tests
ER and PR Status erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase erbB-1 ERBB2 Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) Erythrocyte Acetylcholinesterase Erythrocyte Count Erythrocyte Morphology Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) Erythropoietin Essential Minerals Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) Estradiol (E2) Estriol (E3) Estrogen Fractions/fractionated Estrogen Receptor, Progesterone Receptor Breast Cancer Testing Estrogen Receptors Estrogenic Hormones Estrogens Estrone (E1) Ethanol Ethyl Alcohol EtOH Extractable Nuclear Antigen Antibodies (ENA) Panel
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F-Actin Antibody Factor Assays Factor I Factor I Assay Factor II Factor II 20210 Factor II Mutation Factor IX Factor V Factor V Leiden Mutation and PT 20210 Mutation Factor V R506Q Factor VII Factor VIII Factor X Factor XI Factor XIII FANA Fasting Blood Glucose Fasting Blood Sugar Fasting Insulin Fasting Lipid Panel Fasting Plasma Glucose Fat Stain Oil Red O Fat, Fecal Qualitative or Quantitative Fat, Feces FBG FBS Fe Tests FE-1 Fecal Calprotectin Fecal Elastase-1 Fecal Fat Fecal Immunochemical Test Fecal Immunochemical Test and Fecal Occult Blood Test Fecal Lactoferrin Fecal Occult Blood Test Fecal Pancreatic Elastase Fecal WBC Non-microscopic Feces Culture FEP Ferritin Ferritin, serum Fetal Fibronectin (fFN) Fetal Lung Maturity Tests fFN Fibrin Degradation Fragment Fibrinogen Fibrinogen Activity (Functional) Fibrinogen Antigen
FIP1-like-1/platelet-derived growth factor alpha FIP1L1-PDGFRA FIP1L1-PDGFRA Fusion by FISH or RT-PCR First Trimester Screening FIT FK506 FLC Flu Test Fluorescent Antinuclear Antibody Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Absorption Test FOBT Folacin Folic Acid Follicle-stimulating Hormone (FSH) Follicle-stimulating Hormone, serum or urine Follitropin FPG Fractionated Catecholamines Fractionated Metanephrines Fractionated Plasma Free Metanephrines (Metanephrine and Normetanephrine) Fragment D-dimer Free Catecholamines, plasma and urine Free Copper Free Cortisol Free Erythrocyte Protoporphyrin Free Light Chains Free Metanephrines, urine Free PSA Free T3 Free T4 Free Testosterone Free Thyroxine Free Triiodothyronine; Total Triiodothyronine Free Valproic Acid Fructosamine FSH FT3 FT4 FTA-ABS Functional Antithrombin III Fungal Molecular Tests Fungal Smear, Culture, Antigen and Antibody Tests Fungal Tests
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G-6-PD G6PD Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase Gamma-GT Gastric Parietal Cell Antibody Gastrin Gastrointestinal Pathogens Panel GBS GC Test GDH Gel Electrophoresis Genetic Tests for Targeted Cancer Therapy Gentamicin German Measles gFOBT GFR GGTP GH GI Panel Globulin Glomerular Filtration Rate, Estimated
Glucose Tests Glutamate dehydrogenase test Glycated Hemoglobin Glycated Serum Protein Glycohemoglobin Glycosylated Hemoglobin Gonorrhea NAAT or NAT Gonorrhea Testing GOT GPT Gram Stain Gram’s Stain Group A streptococcus (GAS) Group B Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus Group B Strep Group B Streptococcus Growth Hormone Growth Hormone Stimulation Test Growth Hormone Suppression Test GSP GTP GTT Guaiac-based FOBT
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IAT IBC ICSH IF Antibody IF Antibody Type 1 or Type 2 IFE iFOBT IgA IGF-1 IgG IgM IGRA TB Test IL-6 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Immunoglobulin A Immunoglobulin A, Total Immunoglobulin G Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement Immunoglobulin M Immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, IgM) Immunophenotyping Immunoreactive Trypsin Immunoreactive Trypsinogen (IRT) Immunosubtraction Electrophoresis Indirect Anti-human Globulin Test Indirect Antiglobulin Test Indirect Bilirubin Indirect Coombs Test Influenza Rapid Antigen Test, Type A and B Antigen Detection Influenza Tests Influenza Viral Culture Influenza Virus by PCR INR
Insulin Insulin C-peptide Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) Intact hCG Intact PTH Interleukin-6 Intermittently Scanning CGM Interstitial Cell Stimulating Hormone Interstitial Glucose Monitoring Intrinsic Factor Antibody Intrinsic Factor Binding Antibody Intrinsic Factor Blocking Antibody Ionized Calcium Iontophoretic Sweat Test Iron Iron Binding Capacity Iron Indices Iron Tests IRT Islet Autoantibodies in Diabetes Islet Cell Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies (ICA)Insulin Autoantibodies (IAA) Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Autoantibodies (GADA) GAD65 Autoantibodies Insulinoma-Associated-2 Autoantibodies (IA-2A) Zinc Transporter-8 Autoantibodies (ZnT8A)
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Janus Kinase 2 Joint Fluid Analysis
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K K-Ras Kappa and Lambda Free Light Chains Karyotype Ketone Bodies
Kidney Function Panel Kidney Panel Kidney Stone Analysis Kidney Stone Risk Panel Kidney Stone Testing KOH Prep KRAS Mutation
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LA LA Sensitive PTT LAC Lactate Lactate Dehydrogenase (LD) Lactic Acid Lactoferrin Lactose Breath Test Lactose Intolerance Test Lactose Tolerance Tests Latent Tuberculosis Infection Test LDH LDL LDL Cholesterol LDL D LDL Particle Size or Number LDL Particle Testing (LDL-P) Subclasses LDL Subfractions LDL-C Lead Legionella pneumophila Legionella Testing Legionnaires Disease or Legionellosis Testing Leptin Leukocyte Count Leukocyte Differential Leukocyte Differential Count Levetiracetam LFTs LH Lipase Lipid Panel Lipid Profile
Lipid Test Lipoprotein (a) Lipoprotein little a Lipoprotein-associated Phospholipase A2 Liquid Biopsy Lithium Liver Function Tests Liver Kidney Microsomal Type 1 Antibodies Liver Kidney Microsome Type 1 Antibodies (Cytochrome P450 2D6 Antibodies) Liver Panel Liver Profile LKM1 Antibodies Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Low-Density Lipoprotein Subfraction Profile Lp-PLA2 Lp(a) LPS Lupus Anticoagulant Testing Lupus Inhibitor Luteinizing Hormone (LH) Luteinizing Hormone, serum or urine Lutropin Lyme Antibodies Detection Lyme Antibodies IgM/IgG by Western Blot Lyme Disease Tests Lytes
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Mag Magnesium Magnesium salicylate Mantoux Manual Differential Marijuana (THC) Testing Mast Cell Tryptase Maternal Serum AFP Maternal Serum Screen Maternal Serum Screening, Second Trimester Mature Tryptase Mean Platelet Volume Measles and Mumps Tests Measles Antibody IgM, IgG Measles Virus by RT-PCR Mercury Mercury, Urine and Blood Metanephrines Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Methotrexate Methyl salicylate Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Mutations, C677T and A1298C Methylmalonic Acid Mg MHA-TP Microalbumin Microhemagglutination Assay Microminerals Micronutrients MIF MIH MIS Mitochondrial Antibody MMA MMF Modified Russell Viper Venom Test Mononuclear Heterophile Test Mononucleosis (Mono) Test Mononucleosis Spot Test
Monospot MPA MPO MPO-ANCA MPV MRSA Screening MRVVT msAFP MSAFP MTHFR DNA Testing MTHFR Mutation MTX Müllerian Inhibiting Factor Müllerian-inhibiting Hormone Müllerian-Inhibiting Substance Multi-pathogen Molecular Assay Multiple Marker Test Multiplex Respiratory Panel Mumps Antibody IgM, IgG Mumps Virus by RT-PCR Muscle nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor (AChR) Binding Antibody Myasthenia Gravis Antibodies Mycobacteria Smear and Culture Mycobacterium tuberculosis Nucleic Acid Amplification Test Mycology Tests Mycophenolate Mofetil Mycophenolate Sodium Mycophenolic Acid Mycoplasma Mycoplasma by PCR Mycoplasma Culture Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgG and IgM Antibodies Mycoplasma pneumoniae Culture Mycoplasma Culture, genital source; Mycoplasma DNA Testing Myeloperoxidase Antibodies Myoglobin
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N-telopeptide Na Native double-stranded DNA Antibody Natriuretic Peptides Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Nucleic Acid Amplification Test, Culture, Gram Stain, DNA Probe Neonatal Bilirubin NH3 niacin (B3) Nicotine
Nicotine and Cotinine NIPS NMR Particle Test Non-fasting Lipid Panel Non-HDL Non-HDL-C Non-High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening Norepinephrine Normetanephrine NTx
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O&P Occult Blood Test, Fecal OGTT Opioid Testing Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
Oral Lactose Tolerance Osmolality (serum, plasma, urine, stool) Osmolality and Osmolal Gap Osmotic Gap Osteocalcin Ova and Parasite Exam
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QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) Quantitative hCG Quantitative IgE Quantitative Serum Free Light Chains with Ratio
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Rapamycin Rapid Antigen Detection Test (RADT) Rapid Flu Test Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Test Rapid Plasma Reagin Rapid Strep Test Rapid urease test (RUT) for H. pylori RBC Ab ID RBC Antibody Screen RBC Cholinesterase RBC Count RBC Folate RBC G6PD test RBC Morphology Real-time CGM Red Blood Cell (RBC) Antibody Identification Red Blood Cell (RBC) Antibody Screen Red Blood Cell Count (RBC) Red Blood Cell Indices Red Blood Cell Morphology Red Cell Cholinesterase Red Cell Indices Red Count Renal Calculus Analysis Renal Function Panel
Renal Function Test Renal Panel Renal Stone Risk Panel Respiratory Culture Respiratory Pathogens Panel Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Testing Respiratory Virus Profile Retic Count Reticulocyte Count Reticulocyte Index Reticulocyte Percent Reticulocyte Production Index Reticulocytes Retinol RF Rh Factor Rheumatoid Factor (RF) riboflavin (B2) Ristocetin Cofactor RP Panel RPI RPR RSV Rubella Antibodies, IgM and IgG Rubella Test Rubeola
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S182 Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies, IgG or IgA SACE Salicylates Salivary Cortisol Salsalate Scl-70 Scleroderma Antibodies sdLDL Sed Rate Sedimentation Rate Semen Analysis Seminal Fluid Analysis Sensitivity Testing Serine Protease 3 Serotonin Serotonin Metabolite Serum Albumin Serum Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Serum Creatinine Serum Fe Serum Ferritin Serum Free Light Chains Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase Serum Glutamic-Pyruvic Transaminase Serum Iron Serum Iron-Binding Capacity Serum Ketones Serum Myoglobin Serum Osmolality Serum Protein Electrophoresis Serum Transferrin Receptors Serum Trypsinogen Serum Urate Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) SFLC SGOT SGPT SHBG Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli Sickle Cell Screen Sickle Cell Tests Siderophilin
Sirolimus SMA SMA 12 SMA 20 SMA 7 SMAC (somewhat outdated terms) SMAC7 Smith Antibody Smooth Muscle Antibody (SMA) and F-actin Antibody SMRP Sodium Sodium salicylate Soluble Mesothelin-Related Peptides Soluble Transferrin Receptor Somatomedin C Somatotropin SPE SPEP Sperm Analysis Sperm Count Spinal Fluid Analysis Sports Doping Tests Sputum Culture, Bacterial SSA (Ro) SSB (La) STB STEC sTfR Stool Calprotectin Stool Chymotrypsin Stool Culture Stool Elastase Stool Lactoferrin Stool Lipids Stool Occult Blood Strep Group B Strep Throat Test Streptococcal Screen Streptococcus agalactiae Substance Abuse Testing Sweat Chloride Sweat Chloride Test Sweat Electrolytes Syndromic Multiplex Panel Synovial Fluid Analysis Syphilis Detection Tests Syphilis Tests
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UA UACR UIBC Unconjugated Bilirubin UPCR UPE UPEP Urea breath test Urea Nitrogen Ureaplasma Culture Uric Acid Urinalysis Urinary Cortisol Urinary Stone Analysis Urine Albumin and Albumin to Creatinine Ratio Urine Analysis Urine C and S Urine Calcium Urine Citric Acid (Citrate) Urine Copper
Urine Creatinine Urine Culture Urine Culture and Sensitivity Urine Drug Testing Urine Glucose Urine Homocysteine Urine Metanephrines Urine Metanephrines, Total and Fractionated Urine Myoglobin Urine Osmolality Urine Oxalate Urine Protein and Urine Protein to Creatinine Ratio Urine Protein Electrophoresis Urine Protein to Creatinine Ratio Urine Supersaturation Profile Urine Test Urine Total Protein Urine Uric Acid Uroporphyrin
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Valproate Valproic Acid Vancomycin Vanillylmandelic Acid (VMA) VAP Varicella Zoster Virus by Culture, PCR, or DFA Vasopressin VDRL Venereal Disease Research Laboratory Viral Hepatitis Panel Vitamin A Vitamin B complex Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 and Folate Vitamin B9 Vitamin D Tests Vitamin K VLDL VLDL Cholesterol VLDL-C VMAU von Willebrand Factor von Willebrand Panel VWF:Ag VWF:RCo VZV VZV Antibodies IgG and IgM
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Warfarin Sensitivity Genotyping Warfarin Sensitivity Testing WBC Count WBC Count Differential West Nile Virus Testing West Nile Virus, IgM and IgG Antibodies and Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests West Nile Virus, IgM and IgG Antibodies and Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests
Wet Prep White Blood Cell (WBC) Differential White Blood Cell Count (WBC) White Count Whooping Cough Tests Widal Test Wintrobe Sedimentation Rate WNV by NAAT WNV Tests
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Xa Inhibition Xylose Absorption Test
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Zika Antibody Test Zika PRNT Zika RT-PCR Test
Zika Virus Testing Zinc Protoporphyrin
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