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    Where can I get reliable laboratory tests done, including blood tests?*

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    The following labs have excellent reputations for such tests:

    Specialty Labs
    2211 Michigan Ave.
    Santa Monica California 90404
    Tel: 310 828-6543 or 800 421-4449
    Internet: Open Original Shared Link

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    The University of Maryland at Baltimore
    Attention: Karoly Horvath, MD, or Athba Hammed, Research Assistant
    School of Medicine
    Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Laboratory
    UMAB/Bressler Research Building, Room 10-047
    655 West Baltimore Street
    Baltimore, MD, 21201
    410 706-1997 or fax at 410 328-1072

    University of Iowa Foundation for Celiac Disease Research
    University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
    200 Hawkins Drive
    Iowa City, IA 52242

    IMMCO Diagnostics, Inc.
    Vijay Kumar, Ph.D.
    IMMCO Diagnostics 
    60 Pineview Drive 
    W. Amherst, NY 14228
    Tel: (716) 691-0091 
    Toll Free Tel: (800) 537-TEST
    E-mail: Open Original Shared Link

    Immunopathology Laboratory
    Dept. of Pathology
    5233 RCP
    University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
    200 Hawkins Drive
    Iowa City, IA 52242
    Tel: (319) 356-2688

    Mayo Clinic
    Dr. Joeseph Murray
    Internet: Open Original Shared Link

     

    Prometheus, Inc.
    5739 Pacific Center Boulevard
    San Diego, California 92121
    Tel: (619) 824-0895
    Toll Free (888) 423-5227
    Fax: (619) 824-0896


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    Only comment is how do you find a doctor who is interested in pursuing this enough to order tests?

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