Centromere antibodies, IgG, serum (restricted test)

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Centromere antibodies, IgG, serum (restricted test)-994

  
Centromere antibodies, IgG, serum (restricted test)
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  

This test order is restricted to rheumatologists. This is a follow up test for patients who have a positive centromere pattern on the Anti-Nuclear Antibody Screen [12467/LAB12467].

  
Serum
  
  
0.5 mL
  
0.35 mL
  

Immediately following collection, mix sample by gently inverting 5 times

  
  1. Allow sample to clot for a minimum of 30 minutes
  2. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  3. Transfer serum to a Screw cap transfer vial/tube (Mayo T914), labelled as serum
  
  
  
  1. Allow sample to clot
  2. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  3. Transfer serum to a Screw cap transfer vial/tube (Mayo T914), labelled as serum
  

Refrigerated (preferred) - 21 days

Frozen - 21 days

  
  • Gross hemolysis
  • Gross lipemia
  
Mayo Clinic Laboratories (CMA): R-NX
  
Mo - Sa: 4pm
  
2 - 3 days
  

Multiplex Flow Immunoassay

  

<1.0 U  Negative
≥1.0 U  Positive

  
83516
  
06/28/2019
  
01/08/2024
  
01/08/2024