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LOINC 2.82

Acid glycerol lysis [Time] in Red Blood Cells

Acid glycerol lysis Time RBC

Definition

  • The acid glycerol lysis test (AGLT), a screening test for hereditary spherocytosis, measures the time required for the optical density to fall to half of the initial value.

Component

  • Acid glycerol lysis

Specimen / system

  • RBC

Class

  • HEM/BC

Property

  • Time

Scale

  • Qn

Related names

  • Acd; Acids; AGLT; Erythrocytes; HEMATOLOGY/CELL COUNTS; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Red blood cells; Red blood corpusles

Index terms

  • Acd
  • Acids
  • AGLT
  • Erythrocytes
  • HEMATOLOGY/CELL COUNTS
  • Point in time
  • QNT
  • Quan
  • Quant
  • Quantitative
  • Random
  • Red blood cells
  • Red blood corpusles