Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Bullous Pemphigoid, BP180/BP230, IgG

Synonyms

BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID, BP180 AND BP230 IGG ANTIBODY
LAB10071

Cerner Name

Clinical Info

Initial screening test in the diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid and its variants

Complementing the standard serum test of indirect immunofluorescence utilizing primate esophagus substrate and
primate salt-split skin substrate (CIFS / Cutaneous Immunofluorescence Antibodies [IgG], Serum)

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 or Red Top Tube
Specimen: 1 mL serum ( 0.5 mL min)
Transport temperature: Refrigerated

Specimen Volume

1 mL Serum ( 0.5 mL min)

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

14 Days Room Temperature
14 Days Refrigerated
30 Days Frozen

Methodology

Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)

Days Performed

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Medical Laboratories

CPT

83516 x 2

PDM

1959238

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results

Component Name	Base Name	Common Name	External Name
BP 180, S	BP180	BP 180, S	BP 180, S
BP 230, S	BP230	BP 230, S	BP 230, S

Result Interpretation

BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID 180:

<20 RU/mL (negative)

> or =20 RU/mL (positive)

BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID 230: