LabCorp's allergy program More than 50 million Americans suffer from allergic disease and you see patients with allergy symptoms every day. LabCorp’s allergy program includes ultrasensitive, allergen-specific IgE tests that identify patients with atopic allergy at low-level sensitivities to specific allergens. The results can help assist you in determining an optimal therapeutic approach for your patients.

Clinical Application

• Helps differentiate IgE-mediated allergy from other disorders that may produce similar symptoms.
• Enables monitoring of patient’s response over time with quantitative results that support immunotherapy.
• Aids in disease detection in pediatric patients; young children with untreated allergies are at increased risk for developing asthma. ^1,2
• Requires a single blood sample; patient-friendly specimen collection.

Scientific Leadership

• Provides a direct measurement of IgE circulating in the blood, yielding a quantitative result for each allergen tested.
• Allergen-specific methodology that identifies patients with low-level sensitivities, ie, quantitative IgE levels less than 0.35 IU/mL. ³
• Test results are traceable to World Health Organization International Reference Preparation standards. ³

Confidence

LabCorp offers one of the most extensive test menus, including:

• Individual allergens
• Regional geographic panels
• Seasonal panels
• Pediatric panels for ages birth to three years, three to six years, and six plus years
• Dedicated allergy customer service, with an experienced allergy nurse on staff, is available Monday – Friday, 8 AM – 5 PM Eastern, at 888-200-5439.
• Nationwide network of more than 1200 patient service centers provides convenient access to specimen collection services.
• Flexible options for test ordering and result reporting, including Web-based services such as eLabCorp to provide convenient and timely access to results.

References

1. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. The Allergy Report . Milwaukee, Wis: AAAAI; 2000.
2. US Department of Health and Human Services. Expert Panel Report 2. Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma . Bethesda, Md: National Institutes of Health; 1997. NIH Publication 97-4051.
3. Hycor Biomedical. Turbo-MP RIA™ Specific IgE Isotope Kit . Garden Grove, Calif: Hycor Biomedical; 2001. [Hycor package insert: P/N 940058-03].