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10875 Plano Rd.
Suite 123
Dallas, TX 75238
PH: 972-686-6869
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Pricing and Information About Tests
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Information About Tests Performed by EnteroLab
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Advantages of EnteroLab Testing
- All analyses performed or supervised by a Ph.D. of more than 35 years, ensuring
test precision and accuracy
- All results and reports analyzed by an M.D. Gastroenterologist with over 25 years
clinical experience
- More sensitive than blood and saliva tests, or biopsies
- No need to reintroduce gluten into the diet if already gluten-free
- Accuracy proven in children and adults
- Simple non-invasive collection methods
- No needles for any tests
- Performed from the privacy of your home
- No doctors order or prescription necessary
- Free professional email guidance provided
- Results and interpretation sent to you directly
- Costs of tests commonly reimbursed by insurance
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Test Panels
Panel A + C: Comprehensive Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel
Panel A: Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel Limited
Panel B: Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool/Gene Panel
Panel C: Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel
Panel D: Digestive Health Panel
Panel E: Gluten Sensitivity Stool Panel
Individual Tests Not Offered in the Panels
Yeast Sensitivity Stool Test (Anti-Sacharromyces cerevisiae
IgA)
Acute/Chronic Colitis Stool Test (Fecal Lactoferrin)
What Happens After Tests Are Ordered
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Individual Tests Also Contained in the Panels
Gluten Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal Anti-Gliadin
IgA)
Milk Protein Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal Anti-Casein
IgA)
Fat Malabsorption Stool Test (Quantitative
Fecal Fat Microscopy)
Egg Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal Anti-Ovalbumin IgA)
Soy Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal Anti-soy protein IgA)
Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase IgA Stool Test
Pancreatic Elastase Stool Test (Fecal Elastase)
Triple Parasite Stool Test (Enzyme Immunochromatography Test for Giardia,
Amoeba, Cryptosporidium)
Gluten Sensitivity Gene Test (Molecular HLA-DQB1 analysis)
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Test Panels
(See sections below on "Individual Tests" for a description of each test. A $29
charge for kit materials and shipping (first class mail out, UPS overnight back
for domestic orders and $20 for first class mail out only for international
orders) will be added to the cost of your order prior to submission.)
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Panel A + C: Comprehensive Gluten/Antigenic Food
Sensitivity Stool Panel - $539
Combines Panels A and C at a discounted price. Tests for immunologic reaction to the four primary individual food antigens and four additional antigenic food categories:
Tests for Gluten, Milk, Egg, Soy, Other Grains (corn, rice, oats), Meats (beef, chicken, pork, tuna), Nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts), and Nightshades (white potato)
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Fecal IgA antibody against: Gluten (gliadin), Milk (casein), Egg (ovalbumin), Soy, Corn, Oats, Rice, Beef, Chicken, Pork, Tuna, Almond, Walnut, Cashew, White Potato
(soy protein)
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Why order Panel A+C? This panel is designed to test for the main food sensitivities
while keeping the price down. Gluten, cow's milk, chicken eggs, soy, other grains, meats, nuts, and white potatoes are the most immune-stimulating (antigenic) foods consumed in large quantities. Testing for many food sensitivities at one time lowers the charge per food tested
to about half the price, because the bulk of the work of any fecal test is in the
processing of the specimen (which takes several days). Thus, this test is an excellent
value for the information obtained.
Many foods besides gluten, cow's
milk, eggs, and soy are antigenic in their own right; other grains, meats, nuts,
and nightshades (potatoes being the primary food eaten from this latter class) being
among the main food classes to be so. Minimizing exposure to antigenic foods is
an important component of an anti-inflammatory lifestyle to optimize immune system
health.
Food sensitivity is now a very common entity because heightened activity of our
immune systems [caused by a) immune-stimulating hormones and toxins in food, water,
and, air, b) genetic modification of our main foodstuffs (extensive hybridization
of wheat, laboratory genetic modification of soy beans, corn, and other foods),
c) altered intestinal florae from extensive use of antibiotics by humans, in agriculture,
and chlorine in water, d) overuse of drugs inhibiting secretion of digestive acid
in the stomach, and e) for the past 50-100 years, overly sanitized conditions when
infants and children are developing proper immune tolerances] has rendered most
of our main protein-rich foodstuffs highly antigenic. Stool testing is the most
sensitive measure of these types of reactions (much more accurate than blood, skin,
or saliva testing). The combination of tests when ordered in this panel saves you greatly over ordering the panels and tests individually. Top
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Panel A: Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity
Stool Panel Limited - $269
Tests for immunologic reaction to the four
primary individual food antigens:
Gluten, Milk, Egg, Soy
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Fecal IgA antibody against: Gluten (gliadin), Milk (casein), Egg (ovalbumin), Soy
(soy protein)
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Why order Panel A? This panel is designed to test for the main food sensitivities
while keeping the price down. Gluten, cow's milk, chicken eggs, and
soy are the most immune-stimulating (antigenic) foods consumed in large quantities.
Food sensitivity is now a very common entity because heightened activity of our
immune systems [caused by a) immune-stimulating hormones and toxins in food, water,
and, air, b) genetic modification of our main foodstuffs (extensive hybridization
of wheat, laboratory genetic modification of soy beans, corn, and other foods),
c) altered intestinal florae from extensive use of antibiotics by humans, in agriculture,
and chlorine in water, d) overuse of drugs inhibiting secretion of digestive acid
in the stomach, and e) for the past 50-100 years, overly sanitized conditions when
infants and children are developing proper immune tolerances] has rendered most
of our main protein-rich foodstuffs highly antigenic. Stool testing is the most
sensitive measure of these types of reactions (much more accurate than blood, skin,
or saliva testing). The combination of tests when ordered in this panel saves you
greatly over ordering the tests individually. Top
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Panel B: Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity
Stool/Gene Panel - $369
Tests for immunologic reaction to the four
primary individual food antigens
(Gluten, Milk, Egg, Soy) and includes a discounted gene test for understanding
genetic
predisposition to gluten sensitivity and celiac disease
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Fecal IgA antibody against: Gluten (gliadin), Milk (casein), Egg (ovalbumin), Soy
(soy protein)
HLA-DQB1 molecular gene analysis
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Why order Panel B? Despite its higher price, this panel is the best value for the
money and really, the overall best panel to order. We are offering four stool tests
and a gene test for the price many labs charge for the gene test alone.
Gluten, cow's milk, chicken eggs, and soy are the most immune-stimulating (antigenic)
foods consumed in large quantities. Food sensitivity is now a very common entity
because heightened activity of our immune systems [caused by a) immune-stimulating
hormones and toxins in food, water, and, air, b) genetic modification of our main
foodstuffs (extensive hybridization of wheat, laboratory genetic modification of
soy beans, corn, and other foods), c) altered intestinal florae from extensive use
of antibiotics by humans, in agriculture, and chlorine in water, d) overuse of drugs
inhibiting secretion of digestive acid in the stomach, and e) for the past 50-100
years, overly sanitized conditions when infants and children are developing proper
immune tolerances] has rendered most of our main protein-rich foodstuffs highly
antigenic. Stool testing is the most sensitive measure of these types of reactions
(much more accurate than blood, skin, or saliva testing).
Why identify the genes controlling gluten/food sensitivity? Adding a gene
test helps in the assessment of the genetic predisposition of these immune reactions,
that not only can help gauge severity in the individual being tested (having two
such genes rather than one, rather than none), but also the probability of these
reactions being present in parents, siblings, and children. Also, the probability
of having celiac disease vs. non-celiac gluten sensitivity in each of these three
generations can also be determined, and the absence of a celiac gene all but rules
out having celiac disease in the individual tested. Top
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Panel C: Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel
$369 and for a limited time Free Shipping
Tests for immunologic reaction to 11 antigens within four antigenic food categories: Non-Gluten Grains (corn, rice, oats), Meats (beef, chicken, pork, tuna), Nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts), and Nightshades (white potato)
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Fecal IgA antibody against: Corn, Oats, Rice, Beef, Chicken, Pork, Tuna, Almond, Walnut, Cashew, White Potato
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Why order Panel C? This is another panel offering much testing for a value price.
Testing for many food sensitivities at one time lowers the charge per food tested
to about half the price, because the bulk of the work of any fecal test is in the
processing of the specimen (which takes several days). Thus, this test is an excellent
value for the information obtained. Many foods besides gluten, cow's
milk, eggs, and soy are antigenic in their own right; other grains, meats, nuts,
and nightshades (potatoes being the primary food eaten from this latter class) being
among the main food classes to be so. Minimizing exposure to antigenic foods is
an important component of an anti-inflammatory lifestyle to optimize immune system
health. This is especially important for those with chronic abdominal symptoms and/or
chronic immune/autoimmune syndromes, or for those who want to prevent them. This
test panel was designed to guide your choices when building a new more healthful,
less antigenic dietary plan. The results are delivered in such a way that you are
not left with "nothing to eat", but instead they guide you in avoiding the foods
in each group that are most stimulating to your immune system. We discourage dietary
changes that involve removing too many foods at once. This can lead you to feel
too hungry too often, especially if adequate healthful replacement foods are not
readily available. Dietary elimination (beyond gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free)
is best approached over a period of weeks to months and sometimes years, removing
one or two additional foods at a time, rather than removing many foods at once.
For immunologic food sensitivity testing, the actual numeric value (in Units) for
any given test or for the overall average of a group of foods is important mainly
for determining: 1) if the immune reaction is present or absent, and 2) in relative
terms of the immune reaction to different foods tested in a given individual at
a given point in time. It is not a score per se to be interpreted as a measure of
clinical or immunological severity for that individual or between individuals. This
is because the amount of antibody made by a given person is particular for the immune
function of that person. Furthermore, sometimes a person can display what can be
viewed as immunological and nutritional "exhaustion", whereby a more significant
and symptomatic immunologic food sensitivity is accompanied by a lower positive
measured anti-food antibody value (rather than a higher positive); as such, following
clinical improvement and improved nutritional status (while the suspect antigenic
foods are withdrawn), values can actually be higher for a time before finally falling
into the negative range after several years.
Thus, the overall average food sensitivity antibody value for this panel is an assessment
of your overall humoral immunologic food reactivity, which can help determine if
dietary elimination trials may help you. If the mean value is less than 10 Units,
the humoral immune reactions can be considered absent (negative); if greater than
or equal to 10 Units, they can be considered present. Rather than the absolute value
of a positive value being considered as an assessment of severity, it is most useful
in serving as a baseline for comparison to future testing (if that is ever done).
As far as the values derived from each individual food, the numeric values are less
important (so much so that we do not report them), but instead, are important in
relative terms between the foods tested, helping you know which foods are stimulating
the most immune response. The report information that follows is based on these
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Add Fat Malabsorption Stool Test (Quantitative
Fecal Fat Microscopy) to panel A, B, or C for $89
Measures the amount fat in stool looking for
abnormally elevated amounts, indicating the presence of a cause of small intestinal
malabsorption or pancreatic maldigestion.
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Why measure fecal fat? To assess whether gluten sensitivity or another cause (such
as pancreatic insufficiency) has impaired digestion and/or intestinal absorption
of nutrients. It is the best measure of severity of gluten-induced functional
impairment in the intestinal tract. This impairment of absorptive function can occur
in the absence of villous atrophy on an intestinal biopsy (the latter of which is
mostly obsolete these days). If this test comes back positive, it means the small
intestine may be damaged because of its own immune reaction to gluten, from another
cause or intestinal disease,or it may indicate that the pancreas may be underfunctioning,
requiring oral enzyme supplements be taken with meals to digest food.Top
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Add Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase Antibody
to panel A, B, or C for $89
Measures the amount of autoantibodies made
against a vital human enzyme, as a marker of gluten-induced autoimmunity.
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Why measure Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase Antibody? To assess whether the immunologic
reaction to gluten has incited the secondary auto-immune reaction to the human enzyme
tissue transglutaminase. When this test is positive it means the immune
system considers tissue transglutaminase a foreign substance causing an autoimmune
reaction that may damage the intestine and other tissues of the body. It is this
latter reaction that facilitates the development of secondary autoimmune diseases
as a consequence of gluten sensitivity.Top
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Panel D: Digestive Health Panel - $389
Tests for a) enzyme production function of
the pancreas, b) whether gluten sensitivity or another cause has impaired digestion
and/or absorption of nutrients, and
c) three of the main parasites infecting humans.
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Pancreatic Elastase Stool Test (Fecal Elastase)
Intestinal Malabsorption Stool Test (Quantitative Fecal Fat Microscopy)
Triple Parasite Stool Test (Enzyme Immunochromatography Test for Giardia,
Amoeba, and Cryptosporidium)
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Why order Digestive Health Panel? This test panel is a discounted way to order three
important tests in the diagnostic assessment of chronic diarrhea, especially when
accompanied by the appearance of fatty stools, or suspected dietary fat malabsorption
for any other reason (like unexplained weight loss). Fecal elastase has
been researched by us for more than a decade, and it is the most accurate and non-invasive
measure of pancreatic exocrine function there is. Our proprietary fecal fat test,
quantitative fecal fat microscopy, is the only published test shown to accurately
quantitate fecal fat from a single stool specimen as correlated by multi-day quantitative
stool collections measured for fecal fat excretion. It can very easily assess whether
gluten sensitivity or another cause has impaired digestion and/or absorption of
dietary fat and other nutrients. Similarly, in the same stool sample, we can test
for the presence of the most common parasites infecting humans, all of which can
cause both diarrhea and fecal fat excretion. Top
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Panel E: Gluten Sensitivity Stool Panel
- $279
Tests for immunologic reaction to gluten,
and its associated autoimmune reaction in the body, and whether these reactions
are impairing intestinal absorptive function or digestive function of nutrients.
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Fecal IgA antibody against Gliadin, Tissue Transglutaminase; Fat Malabsorption Stool
Test (Quantitative Fecal Fat Microscopy)
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Why order Panel E? If you only want to assess your gluten sensitivity status,
and do not desire to explore other food sensitivity testing, this is the most functional
test panel, and the combination of these tests for gluten sensitivity, when ordered
in this panel, saves money over ordering any of the tests individually.
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Individual Tests Not Offered in the
Panels
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Yeast Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal
Anti-Sacharromyces cerevisiae IgA*) - $129
Tests for immunologic reaction to the dietary
yeast Sacharromyces cerevisiae (mainly present in food's made with baker's
or brewer's yeast, and in wine). A strongly positive immune reaction to this yeast
is associated with Crohn's disease. Some people can be immunoreactive to this
yeast even though not having Crohn's disease. Sacharromyces cerevisiae
should not be confused with Candida albicans (the organism most noted
to be associated with a local or systemic "yeast infection".)
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Why order Yeast Sensitivity Stool Test? The main indication for this test
is in a person with chronic diarrhea or for symptoms suggestive of Crohn's disease
such as moderate to severe abdominal pain; blood, mucus, or pus in stools; partial
or complete intestinal obstruction at any time; and/or signs of ongoing chronic
systemic inflammation such as fever, weight loss, arthritis, or fatigue. While the
test itself cannot diagnose Crohn's disease, a very high value on this test
should prompt further investigation by a gastroenterologist or another health practitioner
if symptoms of Crohn's disease are present. However, a negative value on this
stool test alone cannot rule out Crohn's disease either.Top
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Acute/Chronic Colitis Stool Test* (Fecal
Lactoferrin) - $99
Tests for an inflammatory protein called lactoferrin
from neutrophils (a white blood cell) in stool which mainly occurs in acute bacterial
colitis and/or most forms of chronic colitis. It is almost always positive, and
strongly so in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, and while sometimes positive
in microscopic colitis, not as often and with a less fervent reaction. It also can
be negative in microscopic colitis, but this test would almost never be negative
in very active ulcerative colitis or Crohn's colitis. This test is superior (more
sensitive and specific) to the old fashioned microscopy test for fecal white cells
(fecal wbc's).
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Why order Fecal Lactoferrin?This test is mainly indicated to detect the presence
of colitis in the setting of acute or chronic diarrhea, or to assess for the presence
of or the activity of chronic forms of colitis such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's
colitis in persons with suspicious intestinal symptoms. Top
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Individual Tests Also Contained in
the Panels
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Gluten Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal
Anti-Gliadin IgA) - $99
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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Screening test for gluten sensitivity (Fecal antigliadin IgA antibody*)
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Reaction of the immune system to gluten in the diet
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Immune system considers gluten a foreign protein causing a reaction that may damage
the intestine and other tissues of the body Top
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Milk Protein Sensitivity Stool Test
(Fecal Anti-Casein IgA) - $99
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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Stool test (fecal IgA antibody*) for immunologic sensitivity to the main proteins
contained in cow's milk and other dairy products
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Reaction of the immune system to casein in cow's milk and dairy products in the
diet
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Immune system considers cow's milk proteins casein foreign causing a reaction that
may damage the intestine and other tissues of the body Top
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Fat Malabsorption Stool Test (Quantitative
Fecal Fat Microscopy) - $129
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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Quantitative fecal fat microscopy*
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Malabsorption of dietary nutrients caused by damage of the small intestine, or sometimes
lack of enzyme production by the pancreas
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Small intestine may be damaged by reaction of immune system to gluten, or other
diseases as well; pancreas may be underfunctioning, requiring use of oral enzyme
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Egg Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal Anti-Ovalbumin
IgA) - $99
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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Stool test (fecal IgA antibody*) for immunologic sensitivity to the ovalbumin protein
in chicken eggs
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Reaction of the immune system to the ovalbumin protein in chicken eggs in the diet
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Immune system considers the ovalbumin protein foreign, causing a reaction that may
damage the intestine and other tissues of the body. Top
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Soy Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal Anti-soy
protein IgA) - $99
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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Stool test (fecal IgA antibody*) for immunologic sensitivity to soy protein
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Reaction of the immune system to soy protein in the diet
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Immune system considers soy foreign causing a reaction that may damage the intestine
and other tissues of the body. Top
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Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase IgA Stool
Test - $99
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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Screening test for sensitivity to tissue transglutaminase (Fecal anti-tissue transglutaminase
IgA antibody*)
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Reaction of the immune system to the tissue transglutaminase enzyme produced by
the body when gluten is ingested
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Immune system considers tissue transglutaminase a foreign substance causing an autoimmune
reaction that may damage the intestine and other tissues of the body.
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Pancreatic Elastase Stool Test (Fecal
Elastase) - $179
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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Quantifies the amount of an enzyme called elastase being produced by the pancreas
and excreted in the stool
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It quantitatively assesses the enzyme production function of the pancreas
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The pancreas is not producing enough enzymes due either to damage of the tissue
by a known disease, an autoimmune process, or by blockage of the secretory pancreatic
duct or common bile duct. This results in maldigestion of dietary nutrients with
subsequent malabsorption (as can be assessed by a our fecal fat test). Oral supplementation
with digestive enzymes, if taken in the proper quantity and proper way, can mostly
overcome this lack of enzyme production by the pancreas, restoring normal or nearly
normal dietary nutrient absorption. Top
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Triple Parasite Stool Test (Enzyme Immunochromatography test for Giardia, Amoeba, Cryptosporidium) - $179
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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Enzyme Immunochromatography test for Giardia, Amoeba, Cryptosporidium, the three
most common parasites infecting humans
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Tests for the presence of a parasitic infection by one or more of the three most
common parasites infecting humans
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That you are infected with one or more of these parasites, often (but not always)
requiring treatment. If there are chronic abdominal symptoms, usually diarrhea and/or
abdominal pain or discomfort, treatment with an anti-parasitic drug would be indicated. Top
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Gluten Sensitivity Gene Test (Molecular
HLA-DQB1 analysis) - $149
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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HLA-DQ testing from swab of inside of mouth
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Presence of one or more genes that have been associated with having gluten sensitivity,
celiac sprue, and other autoimmune syndromes
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You may be predisposed to developing immunologic sensitivity to gluten or celiac
sprue Top
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* Test developed and standardized by EnteroLab researchers
U.S. and International Patents Issued on Fecal IgA Test for Gluten and Food Sensitivity
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After tests are ordered online, you will receive a confirmation of your order by
email if you have provided an email address during registration. Stool and/or mouth
swab collection materials will be sent to you by First Class Mail. Instructions
on how to collect your specimen(s) and on how to package and return your specimen(s)
by UPS Next Day Air Saver (or 2nd Day Service for swabs only) for domestic orders
will be enclosed. International orders bear the responsibility of locating a courier
service to return their biological specimens within this 1 to 2-day time frame.
Once your specimen(s) are received by EnteroLab, they will be processed immediately
for analysis. Please allow up to 3 weeks for results to be emailed to you, although
we will make every effort to get your results to you as soon as possible. Hard copies
of results are not physically mailed unless we have your request and authorization
to do so. Since it is possible, albeit rare, that your emailed results may get filtered
by your email server, and hence, not delivered to you, or that your delivered results
may get lost in a "sea of spam" (unwanted emails), after 3 weeks, if you have not
seen your results, we ask that you contact us by email.
Each test panel for an additional person has to be ordered separately and consequently
has to assume its own shipping charge. The reason for this is that the kits have
to be packaged very specially for return overnight shipping because they are laboratory
specimens. This special packaging will only accept one specimen container. Shipping
in separate containers also helps avoid specimen mix-ups in the laboratory. (Even
if specimens could be shipped together, it really would not amount to much of a
cost savings because these types of shipping costs are calculated by weight and
size of the package, and a twice-larger package, double the weight would be roughly
double the cost anyway.)
If you are ordering for multiple family members, please select "Log Off" from the
left menu then select "Please click here to order for the first time" to place the
next order.
If you would like to submit the cost of tests to your insurance company for reimbursement,
the order confirmation emailed to you after you have submitted your order contains
the proper codes to do so. You may also click on "View Order Status" from our home
page, enter the user ID and password that you assigned to your account during the
ordering process, and print a Coded Invoice that can be provided to your insurance
company. We cannot guarantee reimbursement of our tests by your insurance company,
as EnteroLab is neither contracted with any insurance carriers nor are we enrolled
as medical provider with Medicare or Medicaid.
Because of charges to us by our credit card merchant account to refund credit cards
and for our costs incurred on the test materials and for their shipping, requested
refunds unfortunately must sacrifice $50 of the originally charged amount. We apologize
for this fact.
You can call us directly at 972-686-6869 between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM
CT Monday-Friday if you have questions related to your order.Top
We at EnteroLab are honored to be given the opportunity to help you attain optimal
intestinal and overall health. Thank you!
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