Evidence-based laboratory medicine insights, reference range interpretations, and clinical diagnostic articles authored and reviewed by consultant pathologists and clinical biochemists at QXL Diagnostics.
Plain-language guides explaining sample preparation, reference intervals, and diagnostic terminology.
Deeper clinical notes on how pathologists evaluate complex blood, liver, kidney, and thyroid results.
PCOS hormone panels, AMH fertility markers, thyroid screening, and bone density markers.
ANA by IFA patterns, ENA 12-antibody profiles, Anti-CCP, and vasculitis markers.
Lipid risk stratification, hs-CRP, Homocysteine, Troponin-I, and NT-proBNP.
HbA1c HPLC technology, eAG calculation, Fasting Insulin, HOMA-IR, and C-Peptide.
Tumor marker panels (PSA, CA-125, CEA, CA-19.9, AFP) and clinical histopathology.
First & second trimester prenatal screening (Double, Triple, Quadruple marker) and NIPT.
Dengue NS1/IgM serology, Typhoid, Hepatitis viral loads, and TB-PCR molecular assays.
Reference laboratory protocols, critical values policy, sample stability, and B2B hospital referrals.
How consultant haematopathologists evaluate red cell indices (MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW), differential white counts, and platelet trends to differentiate iron deficiency from thalassemia trait.
Why ion-exchange HPLC is the gold standard for HbA1c testing, how estimated Average Glucose (eAG) is derived, and addressing interference from South Indian hemoglobin variants.
A practical clinical guide for rheumatologists and physicians on interpreting nuclear staining patterns (homogeneous, speckled, nucleolar, centromere) on HEp-2 substrate.
Evaluating TSH elevations above 4.5 mIU/L, the role of Anti-TPO autoantibodies in predicting progression to overt disease, and pregnancy trimester-specific TSH targets.
From formalin fixation to paraffin embedding, immunohistochemistry (IHC), and frozen sections — how surgical tissue samples are processed at QXL Diagnostics.
Understanding the diagnostic window of NS1 antigen (days 1–5) versus IgM/IgG antibodies, and establishing daily platelet monitoring protocols in Bengaluru monsoon fever cases.
Evaluating low-titer (1:40/1:80) versus high-titer (≥1:160) ANA patterns, physiological positive ANAs in healthy adults, and when to order extended ENA 12-antigen antibody blots.
How densitometric agarose gel electrophoresis quantifies albumin and globulin fractions, identifying monoclonal M-bands, and reflex immunofixation for Multiple Myeloma and MGUS.
Ferritin as an acute-phase reactant vs iron overload indicator — differentiating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), metabolic syndrome, and inflammatory states from hereditary hemochromatosis.
