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SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter                                                                                                 Sections

1.   Musculoskeletal Tests                                                                    1.0 - 1.27

2.   Special Senses and Speech                                                            2.1 - 2.34

3.   Respiratory System Tests                                                               3.1 - 3.28

4.   Cardiovascular Tests                                                                      4.1 - 4.58

5.   Digestive System and Abdominal Tests                                             5.1 - 5.49

6.   Genito-Urinary Tests                                                                       6.1 - 6.26

7.   Hemic and Lymphatic Tests                                                             7.1 - 7.37

8.   Skin Tests                                                                                     8.1 - 8.16

9.   Endocrine and Obesity Tests                                                           9.0 - 9.50

10. Obstetrics and Gynecology Tests                                                     10.1 - 10.15

11. Neurological Tests                                                                         11.1 - 11.36

12. Immune System, Serology and Related Tests                                   12.1 - 12.56

13. Cancer and Related Tests                                                               13.1 - 13.22

Appendices

Appendix 1 - Test Normal Values

Appendix 2 - Medical Abbreviations

Appendix 3 - Treadmill Stress Test Protocols

Appendix 4 - SSA’s Listing of Impairments

Index

EXPANDED TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume I

Introduction

Chapter 1  Musculoskeletal Tests

                1.0           Apley Grinding Test

                1.1           Arthrocentesis

                1.2           Arthrography

                1.3           Bone Age

                1.4           Bone Biopsy (Needle)

                1.5           Bone Densitometry

                1.6           Bone Scan

                1.6.1        Calcaneal Ultrasound

                1.7           Cervical Spine (Plain X-ray)

                1.7.1        Computerized Craniofacial Anthropometry

                1.8           Computerized Tomographic (CT) Scanning of Spine

                1.8.1        Cross-Body Adduction Test

                1.9           Dejerine’s Sign

                1.10         Drawer Sign (Anterior and Posterior)

                1.10.1      Elbow Extension Test

                1.11         Extremity Ultrasound

                1.12         Facial Bones (X-ray)

                1.13         Finkelstein Test

                1.14         Flêch Sign

                1.15         Gaenslen’s Test (Sign)

                1.15.1      Kellgren-Lawrence Score

                1.15.2      Ludington’s Test

                1.16         Lumbosacral Spine (Plain X-ray)

                1.17         Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Bone

                1.18         McMurray’s Test

                1.18.1      Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

                1.19         Patrick’s Test (Fabere Test)

                1.20         Phalen’s Sign

                1.20.1      Piriformis Compression Test

                1.21         Range of Motion (ROM) Tests

                1.22         Schoeber Sign

                1.23         Simmonds’ Test

                1.24         Skeletal Survey

                1.24.1      Spurling’s Test

                1.25         Synovial Membrane Biopsy

                1.25.1      Thomas Test

                1.26         Tinel’s Sign

                1.27         Trendelenburg’s Sign

Chapter 2  Special Senses and Speech

                2.1           Acoustic Immittance Testing

                2.2           Békésy Audiometry

                2.3           Caloric Testing

                2.4           Color Vision Testing

                2.5           Electrocochleography (ECochG)

                2.6           Electronystagmography (ENG)

                2.7           Electrooculography (EOG)

                2.8           Electroretinography (ERG)

                2.9           Endothelial Photography

                2.10         Exophthalmometry

                2.11         Falling and Past-Pointing

                2.12         Fluorescein Angiography (Angioscopy)

                2.13         Keratometry and Keratoscopy

                2.14         Laryngoscopy

                2.15         Ocular Ultrasound

                2.16         Ophthalmoscopy

                2.17         Otoscopy

                2.18         Perimetry

                2.19         Positional Vertigo Test

                2.20         Posturography

                2.21         Pupillometry

                2.22         Pure Tone Audiometry

                2.23         Refraction

                2.24         Rinne Tuning Fork Test

                2.25         Shirmer’s Test

                2.26         Slit Lamp Examination

                2.27         Speech Audiometry

                2.28         Strabismus Tests

                2.29         Swinging Flashlight Test

                2.30         Tonography

                2.31         Tonometry

                2.32         Transcorneal Transillumination

                2.33         Visual Acuity Tests

                2.34         Weber Tuning Fork Test

Chapter 3  Respiratory System Tests

                3.1           Arterial Blood Gas Study (ABGS), Exercise

                3.2           Arterial Blood Gas Study (ABGS), Resting

                3.2.1        BODE Index

                3.3           Bronchial Challenge Test

                3.4           Bronchography

                3.5           Bronchoscopy

                3.6           Carbon Dioxide Challenge Test

                3.7           Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity (DLCO)

                3.8           Cardiopulmonary Sleep Study

                3.9           Chest X-ray (CXR)

                3.10         Computerized Tomographic (CT) Scanning of the Chest

                3.10.1      Exhaled Nitric Oxide

                3.11         Fluoroscopy

                3.12         Functional Residual Capacity (FRC)

                3.13         Lung Subdivisions

                3.14         Mediastinoscopy

                3.15         Mycobacterial (TB) Tests, Body Fluids

                3.16         Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF)

                3.17         Percutaneous Pleural Biopsy

                3.18         Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Aspiration

                3.19         Pulmonary Angiography

                3.20         Pulmonary Ultrasonography

                3.21         Pulse Oximetry

                3.21.1      Serum Surfactant Protein A

                3.22         Spirometry

                3.23         Sputum Collection

                3.23.1      TREM-1

                3.24         Thoracentesis

                3.25         Thoracic Gas Volume (TGV)

                3.26         Thoracoscopy

                3.27         Thoracotomy

                3.28         Ventilation-Perfusion (V-P) Lung Scans

Chapter 4  Cardiovascular Tests

                4.1           Abdominal Diameter Index (ADI)

                4.1.1        Adenosine Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Adenosine MRI)

                4.2           Adenosine Stress Radionuclide Imaging

                4.2.1        Adrenomedullin (ADM)

                4.2.2        Albumin Cobalt Binding (ACB) Test

                4.3           Allen Test

                4.3.1        Ambulatory Blood Pressure (ABP)

                4.3.2        Allomap® Heart Transplant Rejection Test

                4.4           Aortic Ultrasound

                4.5           Aortofemoral Contrast Angiography

                4.5.1        Amyloid Alpha

                4.6           Apex Cardiography (ACG, APC)

                4.7           Arm Ergometry Stress Testing

                4.7.1        Asymmetric Dimethylarginine (ADMA)

                4.8           Baroreflex Sensitivity (BRS)

                4.8.1        Basic Metabolic Profile (BMP)

                4.9           Bicycle Ergometry/Supine Ergometry

                4.10         Blood Lipids

                4.11         Blood Pressure Measurement (Arm Cuff Method)

                4.11.1      C3/C4 Complement Ratio

                4.12         Cardiac Blood Pool Scan

                4.13         Cardiac Catheterization

                4.14         Cardiac Enzymes

                4.15         Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography (Cardiac PET)

                4.15.1      Cholesterol Skin Test

                4.15.2      Complete Blood Count Risk Score

                4.16         Cold Pressor Test, Cardiac Stress

                4.17         Cold Stimulation Test for Raynaud’s Syndrome

                4.17.1      Coronary Flow Reserve (by Doppler)

                4.17.2      Computed Tomography Angiography for Peripheral Arterial Disease

                4.18         Dipyridamole Stress Echocardiography

                4.19         Dipyridamole Stress Radionuclide Imaging

                4.20         Dobutamine Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Dobutamine MRI)

                4.21         Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography (DSE)

                4.22         Dobutamine Stress Radionuclide Imaging

                4.22.1      Duke Treadmill Score (DTS)

                4.23         Echocardiography

                4.24         Electrocardiography (EKG, ECG), Resting

                4.25         Electron Beam Computed Tomography (EBCT)

                4.26         Electrophysiologic Studies (EPS)

                4.27         Emotional Stress Testing

                4.28         Endomyocardial Biopsy

                4.29         Exercise Echocardiography

                4.30         Head-Up Tilt-Table Testing (HUTTT)

                4.30.1      Heart Transplant Breath Test

                4.30.2      Heart Fatty Acid Binding Protein (H-FABP)

                4.31         Holter Monitoring

                4.31.1      Homocysteine

                4.32         Impedance Plethysmography

                4.32.1      Laser Doppler Flowmetry (LDF)

                4.32.2      Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2

                4.33         Magnetic Resonance Cardiac Scan

                4.34         Magnetic Resonance Coronary Angiography

                4.34.1      Magnetic Resonance Treadmill Stress Testing (Treadmill MRI)

                4.35         Magnetic Resonance Vascular Scan

                4.35.1      Metabonomic Screening for Coronary Artery Disease

                4.35.1.1   Matrix Metalloproteinase-9

                4.35.2      Myeloperoxidase (MPO)

                4.36         Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography (MCE)

                4.37         Myocardial Infarction Scan, Technetium

                4.38         Myocardial Perfusion Stress Imaging

                4.38.1      Neopterin Levels

                4.38.2      Osteopontin

                4.38.3      Osteoprotegerin (OPG)

                4.39         Pacemaker Check

                4.40         Pericardiocentesis

                4.41         Peripheral Vascular Arterial Dopplers

                4.42         Peripheral Vascular B-Mode Ultrasound

                4.43         Peripheral Vascular Duplex Ultrasound

                4.44         Peripheral Vascular Venous Dopplers

                4.45         Perthes’ Test

                4.46         Phonocardiography (PCG) and Pulse Tracings

                4.46.1      Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein A (PAPP-A)

                4.47         Radionuclide Angiography (RNA)

                4.47.1      Reactive Hyperemia-Peripheral Arterial Tonometry (RH-PAT)

                4.47.2      Regodenoson Stress Radionuclide Imaging

                4.48         Seismocardiography (SCG), Exercise

                4.48.1      Spiral Computerized Tomographic (CT) Scanning (Heart & Aorta)

                4.49         ST Segment Depression/Heart Rate (ST/HR) Hysteresis

                4.50         Systolic Time Intervals (STI)

                4.51         Treadmill Stress Testing (TST, TMST)

                4.52         Trendelenburg’s Test

                4.52.1      Urine Proteome Analysis for Coronary Artery Disease

                4.53         Vectorcardiography (VCG)

                4.54         Venography (Phlebography), Contrast

                4.54.1      Venography (Phlebography), Computed Tomographic (CTV)

                4.55         Venography (Phlebography), 125I Fibrinogen Scanning

                4.56         Venography (Phlebography), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

                4.57         Venography (Phlebography), Radionuclide Imaging

                4.58         Waist/Hip Ratio (WHR)

                4.59         YKL-40 Inflammatory Marker

Chapter 5  Digestive System and Abdominal Tests

                5.1           Abdominal Ultrasound (Sonogram)

                5.2           Anorectal Manometry (ARM)

                5.3           Anoscopy

                5.4           Barium Enema

                5.5           Bernstein Test

                5.6           Biliary Scan

                5.7           Breath Hydrogen Analysis

                5.8           Colonoscopy

                5.9           Computerized Tomographic (CT) Scanning of Abdomen

                5.10         D-Xylose Absorption Test

                5.11         Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

                5.12         Enteroclysis

                5.13         Esophageal Manometry

                5.14         Esophagography

                5.15         Esophagus Acid Reflux Test, Prolonged Recording

                5.16         Fecal Fat (Lipids)

                5.17         Gastric Acid Stimulation Test

                5.18         Gastric Emptying Scan

                5.19         Gastric Saline Load Test

                5.20         Gastroesophageal Reflux Scan

                5.21         Gastrointestinal Bleed Localization Study

                5.21.1      Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Ultrasonography (GEUS)

                5.22         Gastrointestinal Series

                5.23         Hollander Test

                5.24         IV Secretin Gastrin Levels

                5.25         Liver Biopsy

                5.26         Liver and Spleen Scan

                5.27         Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Abdomen

                5.28         Meckel’s Diverticulum Scan

                5.28.1      Murphy’s Sign for Cholecystitis

                5.29         Obturator Sign

                5.30         Occult Blood Test, Stool

                5.31         Oral Cholecystography

                5.32         Paracentesis

                5.33         Percutaneous Splenoportography

                5.34         Percutaneous Transhepatic Portal Venography

                5.35         Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography (PTC)

                5.36         Peritoneal Lavage

                5.37         Plain X-ray of Abdomen

                5.38         Psoas Sign

                5.39         Rovsing’s Sign

                5.40         Salivary Gland Scan

                5.41         Schilling Test

                5.42         Sialography

                5.43         Sigmoidoscopy

                5.44         Small Bowel Biopsy (SBB)

                5.45         Standard Acid Reflux Test (SART)

                5.46         Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

                5.47         Urea Breath Test (UBT)

                5.48         Urinary Trypsinogen-2

                5.49         Ultrasound Elastography of Liver

Chapter 6  Genito-Urinary Tests

                6.1           Acid Load Test

                6.2           Bladder Ultrasound

                6.3           Contrast Cystourethrography

                6.4           Creatinine Clearance

                6.4.1        Cystatin C

                6.5           Cystometry

                6.6           Cystourethroscopy

                6.6.1        Haufen Urine Test

                6.7           Kidney Biopsy

                6.7.1        Microalbuminuria

                6.8           Nocturnal Penile Tumescence (NPT) Test

                6.9           Papaverine Test

                6.10         Penile Blood Flow

                6.11         Percutaneous Antegrade Nephrostomography

                6.12         Radionuclide Cystourethrography

                6.13         Renal Arteriography

                6.14         Renal Computed Tomography

                6.15         Renal Scan

                6.16         Renal Ultrasound

                6.17         Renal Venography

                6.18         Semen Analysis

                6.19         Testicular Ultrasound

                6.20         Urethral Sphincter Electromyography

                6.21         Urinalysis (UA)

                6.22         Urine Concentration and Dilution Tests

                6.23         Urine Culture

                6.24         Uroflowmetry

                6.25         Urography

                6.26         Whitaker Test

Chapter 7  Hemic and Lymphatic Tests

                7.1           Activated Coagulation Time (ACT)

                7.2           Antithrombin III Assay

                7.3           Apt Test

                7.4           Aspirin Tolerance Test

                7.5           Bleeding Time

                7.6           Blood Viscosity

                7.7           Blood Volume

                7.8           Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy

                7.9           Bone Marrow Scan

                7.10         Buffy Coat Smear

                7.11         Capillary Fragility Test

                7.12         Chromium51 Red Cell Survival Test

                7.13         Coagulation Factor Assay

                7.14         Complete Blood Count (CBC)

                7.15         Diluted Whole Blood Clot Lysis Time

                7.16         Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)

                7.17         Fibrin Breakdown Products (FBP)

                7.18         Ham Test

                7.19         Hematocrit (Hct)

                7.20         Hemoglobin Electrophoresis

                7.21         Lymphangiography

                7.22         Lymphoscintigraphy

                7.23         Osmotic Fragility

                7.24         Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)

                7.25         Plasma Hemoglobin

                7.26         Platelet Adhesion Test

                7.27         Platelet Aggregation Test

                7.28         Platelet Count

                7.29         Prothrombin Time (PT)

                7.30         Red Cell Indices

                7.31         Reticulocyte Count

                7.32         Serum/Plasma Viscosity

                7.33         Sickle Cell Test

                7.34         Sugar Water Test

                7.35         Thrombin Time (TT)

                7.36         Total Hemoglobin (Hb, Hgb)

                7.36.1      Verigene® F5/F2/MTHFR Nucleic Acid Tests

                7.37         White Cell Count

Volume II

Chapter 8  Skin Tests

                8.1           Acetowhitening

                8.2           Auspitz’s Sign

                8.2.1        Confocal Laser Microscopy (CLSM)

                8.3           Darier’s Sign

                8.4           Dark-Field Examination

                8.4.1        Dermoscopy

                8.5           Diascopy

                8.6           Fungal Skin Test

                8.7           Intradermal Allergy Test

                8.8           KOH Preparation

                8.9           Nailfold Capillaroscopy

                8.10         Patch Testing

                8.11         Percutaneous Allergy Test

                8.11.1      Skin Autofluorescence

                8.12         Skin Biopsy Immunofluorescence

                8.13         Sweat Chloride Test

                8.14         Tuberculosis Skin Test

                8.15         Tzanck Smear

                8.16         Wood’s Light Examination

Chapter 9  Endocrine and Obesity Tests

                9.0           Adiponectin

                9.1           Aldosterone

                9.2           Androstenedione

                9.3           Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP)

                9.4           Body Mass Index (BMI)

            9.4.1        B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP)

                9.5           Calcitonin (CT)

                9.6           Catecholamines

                9.7           Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Stimulation Test

                9.8           Cortisol

                9.9           Cosyntropin Test

                9.10         C-Peptide

                9.11         Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate (DHEAS)

                9.12         Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST)

                9.12.1      Endothelin-1 (ET-1)

                9.13         Erythropoietin (EPO)

                9.14         Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG)

                9.14.1      Galectin-3 Thyroid Cancer Test

                9.14.2      Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 (FGF-23)

                9.15         Glucagon

                9.16         Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT)

                9.17         Glycated Hemoglobin (GHB)

                9.18         Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Stimulation Test

                9.19         Growth Hormone Stimulation Tests

                9.20         Growth Hormone Suppression Test

                9.21         17-Hydroxycorticosteroids (17-OHCS)

                9.22         17-Hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP)

                9.23         Insulin

                9.24         Insulin Antibodies

                9.25         Insulin Tolerance Test (ITT)

                9.26         Islet Cell Antibodies

                9.27         17-Ketosteroids (17-KS)

                9.28         Metyrapone Test

                9.29         Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)

                9.30         Pregnanetriol

                9.31         Prolactin Stimulation Tests

                9.32         Random Blood Glucose (RBG)

                9.33         Renin

                9.33.1      Serotonin

                9.33.2      Resistin

                9.34         Somatomedin-C (Sm-C)

                9.35         Testosterone

                9.36         Thyroglobulin (TG)

                9.37         Thyroid Antibodies

                9.38         Thyroid Metastatic Survey

                9.39         Thyroid Scan

                9.40         Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)

                9.41         Thyroid Ultrasound

                9.42         Thyroid Uptake

                9.43         Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone Test

                9.44         Thyroxine (T4)

                9.45         Thyroxine Binding Globulin (TBG)

                9.46         Triiodothyronine (T3)

                9.47         T3 Uptake

                9.48         Two-Hour Postprandial Blood Glucose

                9.49         Water Deprivation Test

                9.50         Water Loading Test

Chapter 10  Obstetrics and Gynecology Tests

                10.1         Amniocentesis

                10.2         Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)

                10.3         Clomiphene Stimulation Test

                10.4         Colposcopy

                10.4.1      Endoglin

                10.5         Estrogens

                10.6         Fetal Monitoring

                10.7         Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG)

                10.8         Human Placental Lactogen (hPL)

                10.9         Hysterosalpingography

                10.10       Pelvic Ultrasound

                10.11       Pelvimetry

                10.12       Peritoneoscopy

                10.13       Progesterone

                10.14       Transvaginal Ultrasound

                10.15       Vaginal Smear

Chapter 11  Neurological Tests

                11.1         Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)

                11.2         Blood Pressure Response to Standing

                11.3         Brain Scan

                11.4         Carotid Duplex Ultrasound

                11.5         Cerebral Angiography

                11.6         Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)

                11.7         Cold Pressor Test, Neurological

                11.8         Computerized Tomographic (CT) Scanning of Central Nervous System

                11.9         Deep Tendon Reflexes (DTRs)

                11.10       Echoencephalography

                11.11       Edrophonium Test

                11.12       Electroencephalography (EEG)

                11.13       Electromyography (EMG), General

                11.14       Electromyography, Single Fiber (EMG-SF)

                11.15       Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Monitoring

                11.16       Isometric Hand Grip

                11.17       Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Brain

                11.18       Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Spinal Cord and Spine

                11.18.1    Magnetic Resonance Neurography

                11.19       Magnetoencephalography (MEG)

                11.20       Moro Reflex

                11.21       Motor Evoked Potentials (MEPs)

                11.22       Myelography

                11.23       Narcolepsy Sleep Study

                11.24       Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS)

                11.25       Neuromuscular Junction (NMJ) Testing

                11.26       Oculocephalic Reflex

                11.27       Oculoplethysmography (OPG)

                11.28       Ophthalmodynamometry

                11.29       Parachute Reflex

                11.30       Periorbital Doppler

                11.31       Positron Emission Tomography (PET) of Brain

                11.31.1    P-Tau Protein

                11.32       Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SEPs)

                11.33       Straight Leg Raising (SLR) Test

                11.34       Transcranial Doppler (TCD)

                11.35       Valsalva Maneuver

                11.36       Visual Evoked Responses (VER)

Chapter 12  Immune System, Serology and     Related Tests

                12.1         ABO Blood Typing

                12.2         Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies (AChR-Ab)

                12.3         Adrenal Antibodies

                12.4         Allergen Specific IgE Antibodies

                12.5         Anticardiolipin Antibodies (ACA)

                12.6         Antideoxyribonuclease B (Anti-DNase B) Test

                12.7         Antiglobulin Tests

                12.8         Antimitochondrial Antibodies (AMA)

                12.9         Antineutrophil Antibodies

                12.10       Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)

                12.11       Antismooth Muscle Antibodies

                12.12       Antistreptolysin O Test (ASO Test)

                12.13       Antistriated Muscle Antibodies

                12.13.1    Binax Now® Malaria Test

                12.13.2    BD GeneOhm MRSA Test

                12.14       Cold Agglutinins

                12.15       Complement Components

                12.16       C-Reactive Protein (CRP)

                12.17       Crossmatching

                12.18       Cryoglobulins

                12.19       Cysticercosis Antibodies

                12.20       Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Antibodies

                12.20.1    ELISPOT T.B. Test

                12.21       Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Antibodies

                12.22       Fungal Antibodies

                12.22.1    Fungal Galactomannan Antigen

                12.23       Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) Antibodies

                12.24       Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Antibodies

                12.25       Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Antigens

                12.26       Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Antibodies

                12.27       Hepatitis D Virus (HDV) Antibodies

                12.28       Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Antibodies

                12.29       Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Antigen

                12.30       Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Tests

                12.31       Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA)

                12.32       Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Types I and II (HTLV-I/II) Antibodies

                12.33       Immunoglobulins

                12.34       Infectious Mononucleosis Screening Test

                12.35       Influenza A and B Antibodies

                12.36       Intrinsic Factor Antibodies

                12.37       LE Cell Test

                12.38       Lyme Disease Antibodies

                12.38.1    MicroPhage MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test

                12.39       Mumps Antibodies

                12.40       Parietal Cell Antibodies

                12.41       Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

                12.41.1    Proteasome Assay

                12.41.2    P53 Antibodies

                12.41.3    QuantiFERON-T.B. Gold® (QFT-G) Test

                12.42       Red Cell Antibody Identification

                12.43       Respiratory Syncytial Virus Antibodies

                12.44       Rheumatoid Factor (RF)

                12.45       Rh Blood Typing

                12.46       Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) Antibodies

                12.47       Serum Immunoelectrophoresis (Serum IEF)

                12.48       Serum Immunofixation Electrophoresis (Serum IFE)

                12.49       Serum Protein Electrophoresis (SPE)

                12.50       Syphilis Tests

                12.51       Urine Immunoelectrophoresis (Urine IEP)

                12.52       Urine Immunofixation Electrophoresis (Urine IFE)

                12.53       Urine Protein Electrophoresis (UPE)

                12.54       Weil-Felix Agglutinins

                12.55       White Blood Cell Scan (WBC Scan)

                12.56       Xpert EV Test for Viral Meningitis

Chapter 13  Cancer and Related Tests

                13.1         Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP)

                13.2         Biopsy

                13.2.1      Breath Tests for Lung Cancer

                13.3         Cancer Antigens

                13.3.1      Cancer Gene NQO1

                13.4         Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA)

                13.5         Digital Rectal Examination (DRE)

                13.5.1      Electropotential Measurements for Breast Cancer

                13.5.2      Early Prostate Cancer Antigen-2 (EPCA-2)

                13.5.3      Electromagnetic Anisotropy for Prostate Cancer

                13.6         Estrogen Receptor (ER) Assay

                13.6.1      Hair Analysis for Breast Cancer

                13.6.1.1   Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Testing

                13.6.2      Fecal DNA

                13.6.2.1   Fecal Immunochemistry Test (FIT)

                13.6.3      Fluorescence Cystoscopy

                13.6.4      Genomic Microarray Test for ER and HER-2

                13.6.5      Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISA) for HER-2

                13.7         5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid (5-HIAA)

                13.7.1      Immunohistochemistry for HER-2

                13.8         Leukocyte Alkaline Phosphatase (LAP)

                13.8.1      MR Elastography for Breast Cancer

                13.8.2      MR Elastography for Prostate Cancer

                13.9         Mammography

                13.9.1      Markers for GI vs. Breast Cancer

                13.9.2      Multigene Assay for Breast Cancer

                13.9.3      Multigene Assay for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

                13.9.4      DNA Methylation Markers for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

                13.10       Neuron Specific Enolase (NSE)

                13.10.1    P150 Biologic Marker for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

                13.10.2    Oral Rinse Test for Head and Neck Cancer

                13.10.3    Ovarian Cancer Markers

                13.11       Papanicolaou (PAP) Test

                13.11.1    Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for Cancer

                13.11.2    Photoacoustic Test for Metastasizing Melanoma

                13.12       Progesterone Receptor (PR, PgR) Assay

                13.12.1    Prostate Capromab Immunoscintigraphy

                13.13       Prostate Acid Phosphatase (PAP)

                13.13.1    Prostate Cancer PCA3 Assay

                13.14       Prostate Color Doppler

                13.15       Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging

                13.16       Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)

                13.16.1    Rectal Cancer MRI

                13.16.2    SPOT-Light Test

                13.16.3    TOP2A FISH pharmDx Assay

                13.17       Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase (TdT)

                13.17.1    Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-Beta-1 Levels

                13.18       Transrectal Ultrasound (TRUS)

                13.19       PAI-1 and uPA Cancer Markers

                13.20       HAAH Cancer Marker

                13.21       Tissue of Origin Test

                13.22       Ultrasound Elastography for Prostate Cancer

Appendices

                Appendix 1 - Test Normal Values

                Appendix 2 - Medical Abbreviations

                Appendix 3 - Treadmill Stress Test Protocols

                Appendix 4 - SSA’s Listing of Impairments

Index

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