Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Antiskin Autoantibodies, Quantitative

Synonyms

  • ANTISKIN AUTOANTIBODIES, QUAN
  • LAB10616
  • PEMP
  • SKIN TOTAL AUTOABS (PEMPHIGUS)

Cerner Name

PEMP

Clinical Info

Detect the presence of circulating pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid antibodies in sera.

Specimen Sources

Blood, Arterial Blood, Capillary Blood, Central Line Blood, Venous

Specimen Types

Blood

Container

Gold Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube:  Gold-top tube(s)
Specimen:  1 mL of serum (0.5 mL min)
Transport Temperature:  Refrigerate

Specimen Volume

1 mL of serum (0.5 mL min)

Transport Instructions

Refrigerate

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Immunofluorescence Assay (IFA)
 

Days Performed

Wednesday

Performing Laboratory

LabCorp of America

CPT

86255

PDM

5950745

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results

Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
SKIN AUTOANTIBODIES (PEMP) SKINAUTAB SKIN AUTO AB Antiskin Autoantibodies, Quant

Result Interpretation

Negative: <1:10

Forms

LAB10616 build edit