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Diagnostic tests

The OUH Oxford Immunology Laboratory is a leading provider of diagnostic immunology services in the UK.

We offer a comprehensive service including:

Our tests are listed in alphabetical order. Click on the A-Z links to find out more or search for a test.

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A-Z

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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
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T
U
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A

AAT - see Alpha-1-Antitrypsin
AAT PI - see Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Phenotype
Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies
Adalimumab Levels and Anti-Adalimumab Antibody Levels
AChR - see Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies
ACHR - see Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies
ACR - see Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies
Adrenal Antibodies
Allergen Testing - see Allergy: Specific IgE antibodies
Allergy: Specific IgE antibodies
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Phenotype
Alpha3 - see Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies
AMPA1/AMPA2 Receptor Antibodies - GABA Receptor and AMPA 1/2 Receptor Antibodies
ANA - see Centromere Antibodies and Nuclear Antibodies
ANCA - see Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies
Anti-Adalimumab Antibody Levels - see Adalimumab Levels and Anti-Adalimumab Antibody Levels
Anti-Infiximab Antibody Levels - see Infliximab Levels and Anti-Infiximab Antibody Levels
Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies
AP50 - see Complement Activity - Classical and Alternative Pathways
AP100 - see Complement Activity - Classical and Alternative Pathways
Apergillus IgG - see Fungal Precipitins
AqP4 - see Neuromyelitis Optica Antibodies
Aquaporin 4 - see Neuromyelitis Optica Antibodies
Autoantibody screen

B

B2-Microglobulin
B2 Glycoprotein - see Phospholipid Antibodies
B cell count - see Lymphocyte surface marker analysis
Basal Ganglia Antibodies
Beta Interferon Neutralising antibodies
BMG - see B2-Microglobulin

C

C1 Esterase Inhibitor - see C1 Inhibitor
C1 Inhibitor
C1EQ - see C1 Inhibitor
C1q Antibody and Levels
C3 - see Complement Levels
C3 Nephritic Factor
C3NEF - see C3 Nephritic Factor
C4 - see Complement Levels
c-ANCA - see Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies
Caeruloplasmin
Calcium Channel Antibodies
Cardiac Muscle Antibodies
Cardiolipin - See Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies
CCP Antibodies
CD4 count - see Lymphocyte surface marker analysis
CD4/CD8 count - see Lymphocyte surface marker analysis
CD18 - see Leukocyte adhesion deficiency
CD19 count - see Lymphocyte surface marker analysis
CD20 count - see Lymphocyte surface marker analysis
CD40L assay
CD62L - see CD62L shedding assay
CD62L shedding assay
CENP - see Centromere Antibodies
CENPB - see Centromere Antibodies
Centromere Antibodies
CER - see Caeruloplasmin
Cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal banding & IgG/Albumin
Ceruloplasmin - see Caeruloplasmin
CH50 - see Complement Activity - Classical and Alternative Pathways
CH100 - see Complement Activity - Classical and Alternative Pathways
Clustered AchR and MuSK - see High Sensitivity Myasthenia Gravis Screen (Clustered ACHR antibodies/MuSK antibodies/LRP4 antibodies)
Coeliac Antibodies
Comp - see Complement Levels
Complement Activity - Classical and Alternative Pathways
Complement Levels
Crithidia - see DNA Antibodies
CRYO - see Cryoglobulins
Cryoglobulins
CSF Oligoclonal Bands - see Cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal banding & IgG/Albumin

D

E

ELES - see Serum Electrophoresis
ENA Screen
Endomysial Antibodies - see Coeliac Antibodies
Endomysium Antibodies - see Coeliac Antibodies
Epidermal Antibodies
Exemptia - see Adalimumab Levels and Anti-Adalimumab Antibody Levels
Extended T cell phenotyping

F

F-Actin - see Smooth Muscle Antibodies
Fix - see Immunofixation
FLITE - see Free Immunoglobulin Light Chains
Free Immunoglobulin Light Chains
FreeLITE - see Free Immunoglobulin Light Chains
Fungal Precipitins

G

GABA B Receptor and AMPA 1/2 Receptor Antibodies
GAD Antibodies
GAD65 - see GAD Antibodies
Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies
Ganglioside Antibodies
Gastric Parietal Cell Antibody
GBM - see Glomerular Basement Membrane Antibodies
Glomerular Basement Membrane Antibodies
Glutamate Receptor Antibodies - see GABA Receptor and AMPA 1/2 Receptor Antibodies
Glycine Receptor Antibodies
GM1 - see Ganglioside Antibodies
Goodpastures - see Glomerular Basement Membrane Antibodies
GPC - see Gastric Parietal Cell Antibody
GQ1b - see Ganglioside Antibodies
Gsub - see IgG Subclasses

H

HevyLITE
HIB - see Specific antibodies to Haemophilus influenza type B, Pneumococcal Polysaccharide and Tetanus Toxoid and Pneumococcal Serotype Specific Antibodies
High Sensitivity Myasthenia Gravis Screen (Clustered ACHR antibodies/MuSK antibodies/LRP4 antibodies)
HIGM XIGM - see CD40L assay
HMG - see HMGCR Autoantibodies
HMGCR Autoantibodies
Humira - see Adalimumab Levels and Anti-Adalimumab Antibody Levels
Hyper IgM - see CD40L assay

I

IA2 Antibodies
ICA - see Pancreatic Islet Cell Antibodies
IFAb - see Intrinsic Factor Antibodies
IFN-β - see Beta Interferon Neutralising antibodies
IgA - see Immunoglobulins
IgA Endomysial Antibodies - see Coeliac Antibodies
IgG - see Immunoglobulins
IgG4 - see IgG Subclasses
IgD Level
IgG Cardiolipin antibody - see Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies
IgG Subclasses
IgG subsets - see IgG Subclasses
IgLON5 antibodies
IgM - see Immunoglobulins
Igs - see Immunoglobulins
IMAG - see Myelin Associated Glycoprotein Antibodies
Immunofixation
Immunoglobulins; also see Serum Electrophoresis
Inflectra - see Infliximab Levels and Anti-Infiximab Antibody Levels
Infliximab Levels and Anti-Infiximab Antibody Levels
Insulin Antibodies
Intrinsic Factor Antibodies
IRAK4 - see CD62L shedding assay

L

LAD - see Leukocyte adhesion deficiency
LEMS - see Calcium Channel Antibodies
Leukocyte adhesion deficiency
LGI1 and CASPR2 Antibodies
Liver Blot - see Liver Immunoblot
Liver Immunoblot
Liver Kidney Microsomal Antibodies
LKM - see Liver Kidney Microsomal Antibodies
LKM-1 - see Liver Kidney Microsomal Antibodies
LRP4 Antibodies - see High Sensitivity Myasthenia Gravis Screen (Clustered ACHR antibodies/MuSK antibodies/LRP4 antibodies)
Lymphocyte Function Assay
Lymphocyte subsets - see Lymphocyte surface marker analysis
Lymphocyte surface marker analysis: CD4 count; TBNK

M

M2 - see Mitochondrial Antibodies
MAG - see Myelin Associated Glycoprotein Antibodies
Mannose Binding Lectin
Mast Cell Tryptase - see Tryptase
MBL - see Mannose Binding Lectin
MG antibody - see Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies
Mito - see Mitochondrial Antibodies
Mitochondrial Antibodies
MOG - see Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies
Motor end plate antibody - see Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies
MPO/PR3 - see Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies
MTA - see - see Mitochondrial Antibodies
Muscle specific tyrosine kinase - see MuSK Antibodies
MuSK Antibodies
Myasthenia antibody - see Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies
Myelin Associated Glycoprotein Antibodies
Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies
Myeloma screen - see Immunofixation and Immunoglobulins
Myositis Immunoblot

N

NBT - see Neutrophil function assay
Necrotising myopathy - see HMGCR Autoantibodies
Neuromyelitis Optica Antibodies
Neuronal Antibodies
Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies
Neutrophil function assay
NMDA Antibodies
NMDAR - see NMDA Antibodies
NMO - see Neuromyelitis Optica Antibodies
Nuclear Antibodies

O

Oligoclonal Bands - see Cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal banding & IgG/Albumin
Orexin
Ovarian Antibodies

P

p-ANCA - see Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies
Pancreatic Islet Cell Antibodies
Paraneoplastic Antibody - see Neuronal Antibodies
Paraprotein identification - see Immunofixation
Pemphigoid - see Epidermal Antibodies
Pemphigus - see Epidermal Antibodies
PHA stimulation assay - see Lymphocyte Function Assay
Phospholipase A2 Receptor
PICA - see Pancreatic Islet Cell Antibodies
Pneumococcal Serotype Specific Antibodies
Pneumococcal serotypes - see Pneumococcal Serotype Specific Antibodies
Potassium Channel Antibodies

Q

Quantiferon-TB Gold

R

RAST - see Allergy: Specific IgE antibodies
Remicade - see Infliximab Levels and Anti-Infiximab Antibody Levels
Remsima - see Infliximab Levels and Anti-Infiximab Antibody Levels
Retinal Antibodies
Rheumatoid factor
RhF - see Rheumatoid factor

S

SCID Panel - see Extended T cell phenotyping
Serum Electrophoresis
Serum Fix - see Immunofixation
Serum IgD Level - see IgD Level
Serum Tryptase - see Tryptase
SIgE - see Allergy: Specific IgE antibodies
Skin - see Epidermal Antibodies
SMA - see Smooth Muscle Antibodies
Smooth Muscle Antibodies
Specific antibodies to Haemophilus influenza type B, Pneumococcal Polysaccharide and Tetanus Toxoid
Statin associated myopathy - see HMGCR Autoantibodies
Striated Muscle Antibodies
STRM - see Striated Muscle Antibodies
Subclasses - see IgG Subclasses

T

T-Spot.TB
TB ELISpot - see T-Spot.TB
TBNK - see Lymphocyte surface marker analysis
T cell count - see Lymphocyte surface marker analysis
T cell proliferation assay - see Lymphocyte Function Assay
T cell proliferation by CFSE staining - see Lymphocyte Function Assay
Tetanus - see Specific antibodies to Haemophilus influenza type B, Pneumococcal Polysaccharide and Tetanus Toxoid and Pneumococcal Serotype Specific Antibodies
THSD7A Antibodies
Thyroid Antibodies
Thyroid Stimulatory Receptor Antibodies
Tissue Trans Glutaminase Antibodies (TTGA) - see Coeliac Antibodies
TLRs - see CD62L shedding assay
Total IgE
TPO - see Thyroid Antibodies
Tryptase
TSH Receptor Ab - see Thyroid Stimulatory Receptor Antibodies
Tyrosine phosphatase-related islet antigen 2 - see IA2 Antibodies

U

UN93b - see CD62L shedding assay
Urine Electrophoresis

V

Voltage gated Ca²⁺ Antibodies - see Calcium Channel Antibodies
Voltage gated K⁺ antibodies NM - see Potassium Channel Antibodies
Voltage gated K⁺ channel complex antibodies - see Potassium Channel Antibodies

Z

ZnT8 Antibodies

Last reviewed:19 August 2024