Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel (VGCC) Antibody

Synonyms

  • LAB10888
  • VGCC
  • VOLTAGE-GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL (VGCC) ANTIBODY

Cerner Name

Voltage-gated Ca Channel Ab

Clinical Info

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.
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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
Specimen: 1 mL serum (0.2  mL min)
Transport Temperature: Refrigerated
 
Note: Separate from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection

Specimen Volume

1 mL serum (0.2  mL min)

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

Room Temperature: 2 days
Refrigerated 2 Weeks
Frozen 30 Days

Methodology

Quantitative Radioimmunoassay

Days Performed

Tuesday
 
TAT: 2 - 9 Days

Performing Laboratory

ARUP Laboratories

CPT

83519
 
LOINC:  33980-4

PDM

1759243

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
P/Q TYPE CALCIUM CHANNEL ANITIBODY PQCACHANAB P Q TYPE CALCIUM CHANNEL ANTIBODY P/Q Type Calcium Channel Antibody

Result Interpretation

 

Negative 0.0 to 24.5 pmol/L
Indeterminate 24.6 to 45.6 pmol/L
Positive 45.7 pmol/L or greater

 
This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by ARUP Laboratories. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved or cleared this test; however, FDA clearance or approval is not currently required for clinical use. The results are not intended to be used as the sole means for clinical diagnosis or patient management decisions

Forms
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