The phrase "a serum test" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a medical test that analyzes serum, typically to check for specific diseases or conditions.
Example: "The doctor ordered a serum test to check for any underlying health issues."
Alternatives: "a blood serum analysis" or "a serum examination".
But, she said, "A learning disability is not measurable in the same way a blood disease can be measured in a serum test".
Likewise in some settings a skin test may be negative and a serum test may be positive so that the occasional case showing detectable serum sIgE but a negative skin test will occur (Table 2).
For all other patients (>11 years of age and >14 days of cough), a serum test was performed.
A more generally useful measurement would be a serum test as a surrogate for drug activity (Baselga, 2003).
We have developed a serum test that can identify patients with early stage NSCLC in asymptomatic high-risk individuals.
A serum test could be used as an initial screen to assess NSCLC risk, and select for a smaller population that requires further screening with spiral CT.
These patients could potentially exhibit a positive serum test upon subsequent follow-up.
The number of HAV infected students was finally known with a screen serum test for HAV antibody for all students and was about 545.
Since the Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA™) is a qualitative serum test that combines the results of HE4 EIA (enzyme immunometric assays), ARCHITECT CA 125 II™ and menopausal status into a numerical score.
One of the most promising combinations of these methodologies consists of low-dose spiral computer tomography (CT) with a companion serum test (Ashton and Jett, 2005; Wardwell and Massion, 2005).
In support of our working definition, patients with a positive PCR from respiratory samples had almost identical characteristics if compared to patients with a positive IgM serum test, whilst patients with a positive IgA or IgG serum test were older, predominantly men, more often hospitalized, had higher CRB-65 scores and a fatality rate of 7.5%and6.3%3%, respectively (Table 3).
