amyloid typing
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Indications
- evaluation of amyloidosis
Procedure
- protein sequencing of amyloid obtained on biopsy
- immunofluoresence or immunohistochemistry of biopsy material
- laser microdissection & mass-spectroscopy-based proteomic analysis[2]
Notes
there is no corresponding Loinc for this test
More general terms
References
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vrana JA, Gamez JD, Madden BJ et al Classification of amyloidosis by laser microdissection and mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis in clinical biopsy specimens. Blood. 2009 Dec 3;114(24):4957-9. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19797517