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Anti-Cardiolipin Antibody, IgG
| Item | Value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approval req'd? | No | ||||||||
| Available Stat? | No | ||||||||
| Test code | ACLG | ||||||||
| Test group | Anti-Cardiolipin | ||||||||
| Performed by | Immunology | ||||||||
| In House Availability | Tuesday (day shift) | ||||||||
| Method | EIA | ||||||||
| Container type | Gold top | ||||||||
| Amount to Collect | 1 mL blood | ||||||||
| Sample type | Serum | ||||||||
| Preferred volume | 0.5 mL serum | ||||||||
| Min. Volume | 0.2 mL serum | ||||||||
| Processing notes | Freeza serum at -20C | ||||||||
| Units | GPL units | ||||||||
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| Synonyms | Anti-phospholipid antibody; anticardiolipin antibody; | ||||||||
| Turn around times | Test run weekly, turn around time 2-8 days | ||||||||
| Additional information | Assays for antibodies to phospholipids are not well standardized and significant inter-laboratory variability exists. As such it is recommended that repeat testing be performed by the same method by the same laboratory. The units used do not correlate to a titer. | ||||||||
| LOINC code | 24385-7 | ||||||||
| Last Updated | 5/9/2011 11:42:28 AM | ||||||||
| Entry Number | 168 |
If you have additional questions regarding this test, please call: 415-353-1667