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I had a mono (without reflex) test come back positive and flagged "a". what does that mean? the office uses acl as a lab service.

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Dr. Ashesh Patel answered

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A = Abnormal: Your mono test was + so it was flagged as "a" for abnormal because the "normal" answer is - . Don't worry… you are not abnormal, you just have mono, which you will recover from slowly.

Answered 9/28/2016

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A member asked:

I had a mono (without reflex) test come back positive and flagged "a". what does that mean? the office uses acl as a lab service.

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Ashesh Patel answered

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