Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1473 page)

polycythemia vera

primary myelofibrosis

thrombocythemia

WHO classification

Myocardial bridges, nonatherosclerotic ischemia

Myocardial infarction

clinical classification

clinical setting

Kawasaki syndrome

neutrophilia

NSTEMI diagnosis

Myocarditis

Chagas disease

CK-MB

CMV

coxsackie

CRP

denovirus

dyspnea

ESR

HIV

Lyme arditis

parvovirus B19

toxoplasmosis

trichinellosis

Myoglobin

polymyositis and dermatomyositis

Myotonic dystrophy (DM1)

Myxedema, basophilia

MZL.
See
Marginal zone lymphoma (MZL)

N

Na.
See
Sodium (Na)

NAATs.
See
Amplified nucleic acid techniques (NAATs)

N
-Acetylglucosaminyl phosphotransferase deficiency.
See
Mucolipidosis III

N
-Acetyl-
p
-Aminophenol; APAP.
See
Acetaminophen

NAP (
p
-nitro-acetylamino-hydroxypropiophenone) test.
See also
Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP)

CML

mycobacteria culture

Natalizumab (Tysabri), multiple sclerosis

NCLs.
See
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs)

Necrosis, protein C

Negative predictive value (NPV)

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

amplified nucleic acid detection

epididymitis

genital culture

molecular diagnosis

NAAT, pelvic inflammatory disease

pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)

routine throat culture

urethritis

Neisseria meningitidis

adrenal insufficiency

bacterial antigen detection

DIC

Gram stain

meningitis

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT)

Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.
See also
Jaundice

Neonatal period

hypocalcemia

hypoglycemia

respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)

Neonatal transient familial hyperbilirubinemia.
See
Lucey-Driscoll syndrome

Neoplasms

basophilia

bone marrow analysis

CML

colon

liver

small intestine

Neoplastic diseases

bladder cancer

prostate cancer

renal pelvis and ureter carcinoma

renal pelvis leukoplakia

Neoplastic disorders, CNS

brain tumors

glomus jugulare tumor

leukemic involvement

lymphomatous involvement

spinal cord tumors

Nephritic syndrome

ASO

glomerulonephritis

Henoch-Schönlein purpura

MPGN

Nephritis, poststreptococcal GN.
See also
Glomerulonephritis (GN)

Nephronophthisis

medullary cystic kidney disease

Nephropathy

diabetic nephropathy

poststreptococcal GN

Nephrotic syndrome

albumin

amyloidosis-associated kidney disease

ANA testing

antithrombin III

atherogenic dyslipidemia

calcium

ceruloplasmin

cholesterol

chronic kidney disease

focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

glomerulonephritis

immunofixation

lupus nephritis

minimal change disease

pleural effusion

protein C

renal vein thrombosis

total protein

triglycerides

Neural tube defects (NTD)

alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)

prenatal screening

Neuroblastoma

Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1)

Neurologic disorders

Alzheimer disease

Angelman syndrome

familial dysautonomia

fragile X syndrome

Huntington disease

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

Menkes syndrome

Parkinson disease

Prader-Willi syndrome

Rett syndrome

spinocerebellar ataxias

Wilson disease

Neuromuscular disorders

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Becker muscular dystrophy

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Friedreich ataxia

myotonic dystrophy

spinal muscular atrophy

Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs).
See also
Batten disease

Neuron-specific enolase (NSE)

Neutropenia

aplastic anemia

autoimmune

causes

folic acid

hypersplenism

lymphocytosis

myelodysplastic syndromes

psittacosis

vitamin B
¹²
deficiency

Neutrophil alkaline phosphatase (NAP).
See
Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP)

Neutrophil tests for dysfunction

Neutrophilia

absolute

causes

hemolysis

hemorrhage

leukemia

myocardial infarction

primary neutrophilia

relative

rheumatic fever

secondary neutrophilia

vasculitis

Newborn screening, metabolic diseases

NF1.
See
Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1)

Nicotine/cotinine

Niemann-Pick disease (NPD)

types A and B

type C

NIPS/T.
See
Non-invasive prenatal screening/testing (NIPS/T)

Nocardia

acid-fast bacillus (AFB) smear

acid-fast stain, modified

N. asteroides

N. brasiliensis

Non-A hepatitis.
See
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection

Nonalbicans
Candida
species

blood culture, fungal

Nonatherosclerotic ischemia

clinical presentation

congenital coronary anomalies

coronary aneurysm

coronary artery spam

embolism

hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

myocardial bridges

spontaneous coronary artery dissection

INR

Nonatrophic (type B gastritis)

chronic antral gastritis

Crohn disease

eosinophilic gastroenteritis

gastric acid studies

Helicobacter pylori
infection

hypogastrinemia

lymphocytic gastritis

Ménétrier disease

NSAIDs

radiation

sarcoidosis

Non-B hepatitis.
See
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection

Non-Hodgkin lymphomas

Noninfectious respiratory diseases

dyspnea

aspiration pneumonia

asthma

cardiac heart failure

chemical pneumonitis

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

cystic fibrosis

drug-induced pulmonary disease

lung cancer

pleural effusion

pulmonary embolism

rhinitis/pharyngitis

acid-base disorders

allergic rhinitis

sarcoidosis

upper airway cough syndrome

Noninflammatory diarrhea

enterotoxigenic
E. coli

Vibrio cholerae

Non-invasive prenatal screening/testing (NIPS/T).
See also
Prenatal screening, invasive

Nonischemic priapism

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)

diagnosis

percutaneous coronary intervention

Nonsyndromic hearing loss and deafness (NSHL)

Nontropical sprue.
See
Celiac disease