Leukocyte Alkaline Phosphatase Stain (LAP)
Optimizing Laboratory Testing for Hematologic
Disorders Series
LAP Discontinued at Mayo Clinic
September 2010
The LAP was discontinued here at Mayo Clinic in 2007 after it was reviewed with multiple clinical groups and was decided that it had no current clinical value. Mayo Medical Laboratories will be discontinuing the availability of this test to clients beginning September 2010.
LAP Discontinued at Mayo Clinic |
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- Introduction
- Optimizing Laboratory Testing for Hematologic Disorders Series
- The Big Picture: We Need to Focus On...
- LAP: A Test That Time Has Passed By
- Abbreviations
- LAP: Assay History
- LAP: Original Clinical Utility
- LAP Procedure—an Inexact Science!
- Typical Staining Type Reaction
- Subjective Nature of the Scoring Process
- LAP Scoring Example
- LAP Discontinued at Mayo Clinic
- Low LAP Scores* Not Specific for CML: A Mayo 1-Year Experience
- Low LAP Scores* Do Not Indicate Myeloid Malignancy: A Mayo 1-Year Experience
- High LAP Scores* Not Specific for PV: A Mayo 1-Year Experience
- High LAP Scores* Do Not Indicate Myeloid Malignancy: A Mayo 1-Year Experience
- LAP: A Test Whose Time Has Passed
- Consequences of an Abnormal LAP
- Alternatives to LAP
- Alternatives to LAP: BCR/ABL
- Alternatives to LAP: JAK2
- Conclusions
- Questions?
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