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2. Alcohol Blood Tests: Types, Uses, and Results - Healthline

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   Comparing Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) with Timeline Follow Back (TLFB), DSM-5 and phosphatidylethanol (PEth) for the assessment of alcohol misuse among young people in ...

3. How Does Screening for Substance Use Disorders Work? - WebMD

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   The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), a written questionnaire that takes just 2 minutes for you to do and 15 seconds for your doctor to score. CAGE, a simple test with only four ...

4. Antinuclear Antibody Panel (ANA Test) - Healthline

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   An ANA test is a blood test used to help determine whether someone has an autoimmune disorder, such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis. Learn about the procedure, its risks, and what the results mean.

5. Presumptive and confirmatory tests - Wikipedia

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   Further chemical tests are needed to prove that the substance is blood. Confirmatory tests are the tests required to confirm the analysis. Confirmatory tests cost more than simpler presumptive tests so presumptive tests are often done to see if confirmatory tests are necessary. Similarly, in medicine, a presumptive diagnosis identifies the ...

6. Antibody Titer Test: Purpose, Procedure, and Preparation

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   The antibody titer test detects the presence and measures the amount of antibodies within the blood. It's an indicator of the strength of the body's immune response.

7. HIV Testing: Types, Procedure, Results, Timing - WebMD

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   An antibody/antigen test that uses blood taken from a vein can find HIV 18-45 days after you’re exposed to the virus. Newer antigen/antibody combination tests (you might hear them called ...

8. Diagnosis of malaria - Wikipedia

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   The mainstay of malaria diagnosis has been the microscopic examination of blood, utilizing blood films. [1] Although blood is the sample most frequently used to make a diagnosis, both saliva and urine have been investigated as alternative, less invasive specimens. [2] More recently, modern techniques utilizing antigen tests or polymerase chain ...

9. The Facts on Fasting for Blood Tests - WebMD

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   Fasting blood glucose measures the amount of glucose ( sugar) in your blood to test for diabetes or prediabetes. Typical fasting time: At least 8 hours. Lipid profile checks the level of ...