This is a Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) code, meaning that the code applies to only one unique lab test made by a specific manufacturer or performed by a specific lab. Report code 0058U for the Merkel SmT Oncoprotein Antibody Titer by the University of Washington’s Department of Laboratory Medicine, which detects and quantifies antibodies to the Merkel cell (MC) polyomavirus small T (sT) antigen/oncoprotein, one of the two major causative agents for tumorigenesis and tumor maintenance in Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), a highly aggressive and potentially fatal neuroendocrine skin cancer.
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