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What is an lal assay? how does it detect endotoxic shock?
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Limulus lysate: This is a historic, semiquantitative assay for endotoxin using cells ("amebocytes") from the sac around the heart of a horseshoe crab. In clinical medicine, it's usually moot as if there's any suspicion of sepsis, the patient will be treated aggressively regardless of the results of this curious lab test.
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