Metropolitan Immune

Clinical & Laboratory Immunology

Metropolitan Immune is a Clinical & Laboratory Immunology practice in Alexandria, VA with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in studying the functions and dysfunctions of the immune system. Clinical & Laboratory Immunologists at Metropolitan Immune perform laboratory tests to identify abnormal immune system reactions. Clinical & Laboratory Immunology is the diagnosis of immune system disorders to enable treatment development. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Clinical & Laboratory Immunology practices include allergies, autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, and HIV. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Clinical & Laboratory Immunology practices include blood and antibody tests.

Clinical Medical Laboratory

A clinical laboratory is a facility for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or other examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, human beings. These examinations also include procedures to determine, measure, or otherwise describe the presence or absence of various substances or organisms in the body. Facilities only collecting or preparing specimens (or both) or only serving as a mailing service and not performing testing are not considered clinical laboratories. (2) Any facility that examines materials from the human body for purposes of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of, the health of human beings. Typical divisions of a clinical laboratory include hematology, cytology, bacteriology, histology, biochemistry, medical toxicology, and serology.