Evaluation test requirements

My blood tests have been completed and I have sent them off for evaluation.

Below are the list of what the Xcell Center needs to preform the free evaluation in order to determine whether or not a patient is eligible for the treatment. All can be determined with a simple blood test:

CBC – must include the following items:

•         Hemoglobin/ Hematocrit

•         White Blood Count

•         Platelet Count

•         Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT)

•         International Normalized Ratio (INR) or “Quick” ( should be lower than 1.3)

•         Mean Corpuscular Value (MCV)

•         HbA1c

•         C-Peptide

•         Glucose

•         HDL

•         LDL

•         Triglycerides

•         TSH, T3, T4

And a “Chemistry Routine”  - must also include the following items:

•         Creatinine**

•         Electrolytes

•         Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)**

Infectious diseases– Should include the following items:

•         HIV

•         Hepatitis B and C

•         Treponema Pallidum Hemagglutination Assay (TPHA) – syphilis test

The antibody evaluations – must includes

•         ICA

•         IAA

•         GADA

•         IA-2

•         if possible the HLA DR3 and HLA DR4 genetic tests.

*** patients must have normal kidney function

So thats it. You just let your doctor know these are the labs they need to look at, your doctor can then order the tests, you have your blood drawn, wait for the results and then fax/email them off to the Xcell Center for evaluation... Easy.