GASTRIC PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY, IGG

Mnemonic

PCA

Synonym

Anti-Parietal Cell

Collect

Serum, one gold (SST) top tube

Handling

Separate from cells ASAP.

Preferred Volume

0.50 mL

Minimum Volume

0.25 mL

Transport

Refrigerated

Rejection Criteria

Urine, Plasma, contaminated, heat-inactivated, severly lipemic or grossly hemolyzed specimens

Stability

AFTER SEPARATION FROM CELLS: Ambient: 2 days; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 1 year, avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles

Performed

Mon, Wed - Sat

Reported

1-5 days

Method

Semi-Quantitative Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

Referral Lab

ARUP (50596)

Reference Values

None detected.

CPT Codes

83516

Last Updated: Thursday, January 5, 2017 03:41:53 AM