Introduction of Serological Panel Test Serological Panel Test is the collection list of most commonly ordered tests by clinicians/doctors in the field of the clinical laboratory. This is not only beneficial for the public but also for medical and paramedical personnel. In each test, there is Introduction, Principle, Testing Procedure, Result Interpretation, Normal Range, Clinical Significance, and even keynotes to make the test easier to know. List of a common Serological Panel Test RF Test C-Reactive Protein...
Introduction of RF Test RF test uses to detect autoantibody of rheumatoid factor. RF stands for rheumatoid factor. Rheumatoid arthritis ( RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs like skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and muscles but particularly attacks joints, producing a suppurative proliferative and inflammatory synovitis that often progresses to destruction of the articular cartilage and ankylosing of joints. Rheumatoid factor (RF) is common in about 1% population. It...
Introduction of C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Test C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and it is a carbohydrate reactive protein. C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Test was so named because it was first identified as a substance in the serum of patients with acute inflammation that reacted with the somatic ‘C’ carbohydrate antigen of Pneumococcus. Discovered by Tillett and Francis in 1930. Synthesized by hepatocytes. CRP is an annular pentameric protein found in plasma, whose levels rise in response to inflammation. Molecular Weight 25,106 Dalton. An acute-phase protein of hepatic origin that increases...