Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Muscle Specific Kinase (MuSK) Antibody Build info

Synonyms

  • MUSK ANTIBODY TEST
  • MUSK AB
  • MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
  • LAB10831

Short Name

MUSK ANTIBODY TEST

Procedure Master Number

LAB10831

Procedure ID

114174

Clinical Info

- Detection of antibodies to muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase (MuSK) (titer test).

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

 Blood

Container

Red Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Gold top tube or Red Top Tube
Specimen: 2 mL serum (0.5 mL min)
Reject: Hemolyzed or Lipemic specimens

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

3 Days Room Temperature
42 Days Refrigerated
365 Days Frozen

Methodology

Radioimmunassay (RIA)

Days Performed

TAT: 5-8 Days

Performing Laboratory

Quest Diagnostics
Testing performed at Athena Diagnostics

CPT

83519

PDM

 5915100

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Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
MUSK ANTIBODY TEST MUSKAB MUSK ANTIBODY TEST Musk Antibody Test