Voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) antibody panel
Voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) antibody panel-994
Voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) antibody panel
994
LAB994
MSO
Lambert-Eaton
Lambert Eaton
P/Q calcium channel
N calcium channel
VGCC Ab
Lambert Eaton
P/Q calcium channel
N calcium channel
VGCC Ab
P/Q-Type Calcium Channel Antibody
N-Type Calcium Channel Antibody
N-Type Calcium Channel Antibody
Detect antibodies for P/Q type and N-type voltage-gated calcium channels. Aid in the evaluation of muscle weakness in the context neuromuscular junction disorder with or without cancer, or the diagnosis of paraneoplastic neurological syndromes.
Serum
1.0 mL
0.2 mL
Immediately following collection, thoroughly mix sample by gently inverting 5 times
- Allow sample to clot for a minimum of 30 minutes
- Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
Gold serum separator (SST) tube
- Allow sample to clot
- Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
- Transfer serum to a Transfer vial/tube with cap - 12mL (LabCorp), labelled as serum
Refrigerated – 2 weeks (preferred)
Ambient – 48 hours
Frozen – 1 month
- Hemolysis
- Gross lipemia
ARUP (3002046) via Labcorp (009985): R-NX
Tu
9 days
Quantitative Radioimmunoassay (RIA)
| N-type calcium channel antibody | |
| Negative | 0.0 - 69.9 pmol/L |
| Indeterminate | 70.0 - 110 pmol/L |
| Positive | ≥110.1 pmol/L |
| P/Q-type voltage-gated dalcium channel (VGCC) antibody | |
| Negative | 0.0 - 24.5 pmol/L |
| Indeterminate | 24.6 - 45.6 pmol/L |
| Positive | ≥45.7 pmol/L |
86596 x 2
07/22/2021
12/18/2023
12/18/2023