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A-D
· Abdominal CT (computed tomography) scan
· Abdominal ultrasound
· Amniocentesis
· Arterial blood flow studies of the legs (Segmental Doppler Pressures)
· Anoscopy
· Back x-rays (or spine x-rays)
· Barium enema
· Barium swallow (or upper gastrointestinal or 'UGI series')
· Bone density test for osteoporosis
· Bone marrow biopsy
· Bone scan
· Breast ultrasound
· Bronchoscopy
· Cardiac catheterization
· Carotid ultrasound (carotid doppler)
· Chest x-ray
· Chorionic villus sampling
· Colonoscopy
· Colposcopy and cervical biopsy
· Computed tomography (CT) for abdomen
· Computed tomography (CT) for back problems
· Cystoscopy
· Cystourethrogram

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E-H
· Echocardiogram
· Electrocardiogram
· Electromyography and nerve conduction studies
· Electrophysiological (EP) testing of the heart
· Endometrial biopsy
· Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancrea-tography (ERCP)
· Enhanced alpha fetoprotein test
· Excisional biopsy of the breast
· Exercise stress test
· Fecal occult blood (FOB) test
· Fetal ultrasound
· Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of the breast
· Flexible sigmoidoscopy
· Fluorescein angiography (for diabetic retinopathy)
· Holter monitor
· Hysterosalpingogram
· Hysteroscopy

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I-L
· Intravenous pyelogram
· Kidney biopsy
· Laparoscopy
· Liver biopsy
· Venous ultrasound of the legs
· Lumbar puncture (or spinal tap)

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M-P
· Magnetic resonance image (MRI) of the brain
· Magnetic resonance image (MRI) of the spine
· Mammogram
· Mediastinoscopy
· Myelography
· Oxygen saturation test
· Pap smear
· Pelvic ultrasound and transvaginal ultrasound
· Percutaneous needle aspiration
· Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTCA)
· Pleural fluid sampling (or thoracentesis)
· PSA (prostate specific antigen) test
· Pulmonary angiography
· Pulmonary function testing

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Q-T
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Radionuclide scan of the kidneys
· Rapid strep test
· Scratch test for allergies
· Segmental Doppler Pressures (Arterial blood flow studies of the legs)
· Skin biopsy
· Snellen test for visual accuracy
· Spinal tap (or lumbar puncture)
· Spine x-rays (or back x-rays)
· Sputum evaluation (and sputum induction)
· Stereotactic biopsy of the breast (breast core biopsy)
· Testing for vaginitis (yeast infections, trichomonas, and gardnerella)
· Thoracentesis (or pleural fluid sampling)
· Throat culture
· Thyroid scan
· Tonometry
· Transrectal ultrasound and biopsy of the prostate
· Triple screen test (or enhanced alpha fetoprotein test)

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U-Z
· Upper endoscopy (or esophagogastroduodenoscopy)
· Upper gastrointestinal series, or UGI series (or barium swallow)
· Urinalysis
· Ventilation-perfusion (or 'V-Q' scan)
· Video-assisted thoracic survey
· Wire localization biopsy of the breast

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From Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide by Harvard Medical School. Copyright © 1999 by President and Fellows of Harvard College. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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