84275 Assay of sialic acid
Pathology & Lab
Also known as: sialic acid, serum sialic acid, glycoprotein marker
Quantitative assay of serum sialic acid concentration, measuring this component of glycoproteins and lipoproteins.
Clinical Context
Used as a tumor marker in some cancers; elevated in inflammation and malignancy; less specific than modern tumor markers.
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