Collagen type II antibody

Alphabetical Test listing

Collagen type II antibody-994

  
Collagen type II antibody
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  
Type II collagen antibody
Collagen II antibody, IgG
  
  • Collagen II antibodies occur in 22% of patients with sensory neural hearing loss, 30% of patients with sudden deafness and 67% of patients with Meniere’s disease
  • Collagen II antibodies also occur in patients with relapsing polychondritis and in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
  
Serum
  
  
5 mL
  
0.5 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 Transfer vial/tube with cap - 12mL (LabCorp), labelled as serum
  
  
  1. Allow sample to clot
  2. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  3. Transfer serum to a Transfer vial/tube with cap - 12mL (LabCorp), labelled as serum
  

Ambient (preferred) - 5 days

Refrigerated - 5 days

Frozen - 1 year

  
  • Grossly hemolyzed specimens
  • Lipemic or icteric specimens
  
Beutner Labs (064) via LabCorp (832125): R-NX
  
5 days
  

Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)

  

Negative:    < 20 EU/mL

  
83520
  
Result 13879-2
  
05/31/2019
  
12/29/2023
  
12/20/2023