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TORCH

Also known as: TORCH Panel
Formal name: TORCH Test
Related tests: Rubella, Genital herpes, CMV

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Sources Used in Current Review
(Update May 1, 2007) Lewis R. MedlinePlus Encyclopedi. TORCH screen. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003350.htm. Accessed October 2008.

Enotes.com. Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health. TORCH Test. Available online at http://www.enotes.com/nursing-encyclopedia/torch-test through http://www.enotes.com. Accessed October 2008.

Forbes BA, Sahm DF, Weissfeld AS. Bailey & Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology 12th Edition: Mosby Elsevier, St. Louis, MO; 2007 P. 748.

Sources Used in Previous Reviews
Frey, Rebecca J. TORCH Tests. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. 1st Edition. Gale Research Group, 1999.

Health A to Z: TORCH test. Available online at http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/torch_test.jsp through http://www.healthatoz.com.