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Test ID: PMLR
PML/RARA Quantitative, PCR

Secondary ID A test code used for billing and in test definitions created prior to November 2011

84114

Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful

Diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL)

 

Detection of residual or recurrent APL

 

Monitoring the level of promyelocytic leukemia/retinoic acid receptor alpha (PML/RARA) in APL patients

Additional Tests Lists test(s) that are always performed, at an additional charge, with the initial test(s)

Test IDTest NumberReporting NameAvailable SeparatelyAlways Performed
ITRPR81481Interpretation and ReportNoYes

Testing Algorithm Delineates situation(s) when tests are added to the initial order. This includes reflex and additional tests.

When this test is ordered, an interpretation and report will always be performed at an additional charge.

Method Name A short description of the method used to perform the test

Quantitative, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
(PCR is utilized pursuant to a license agreement with Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.)         

Reporting Name A shorter/abbreviated version of the Published Name for a test; an abbreviated test name

PML/RARA Quantitative, PCR

Aliases Lists additional common names for a test, as an aid in searching

(15;17)(q22;q12)
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL)
AML (acute myeloid leukemia)
AMPL
APL
APL (acute promyelocytic leukemia)
APL minimum residual disease
PCR
PML/RARA