Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Thyroid Autoantibodies (Thyroid Peroxidase and Thyroglobulin Antibody) Build info

Synonyms

  • THYROID PEROXIDASE AND THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODIES
  • TPO
  • ANTI-TG
  • LAB3015

Procedure Name

THYROID PEROXIDASE AND THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODIES

Procedure Master Number

LAB3015

Procedure ID

172709

Clinical Info

Test includes Thyroglobulin Antibody (anti-Tg) and Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO) Antibody.

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: 2 mL of serum (0.8 mL min)

Specimen Volume

1 mL of serum

Transport Instructions

Refrigerate

Specimen Stability

For Thyroglobulin Antibody
4 days at 2-8 °C
2 months at -20 °C (± 5 °C). Freeze only once
For TPO
8 days at 2-8 °C
24 months at -20 °C (± 5 °C). Freeze only once.

Methodology

Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay

Days Performed

Monday through Saturday

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Core Lab at CFAM

CPT

86800 - Anti-Tg
86376 - TPO

PDM

 5700525

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Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODIES THYROGLBAB ANTITHYROGLOBULIN AB Thyroglobulin Antibodies
THYROPEROXIDASE ANTIBODY THYROIDAB THYROID PEROXIDASE AB Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody

Result Interpretation

Anti-Tg

≤115 IU/mL: Negative
>115 IU/mL: Positive

TPO

≤34 IU/mL: Negative
>34 IU/mL: Positive

This result was obtained using the Roche ELECSYS electrochemiluminescence assay. Results obtained using different assay methods cannot be directly compared due to differences in immunoassay design and antibody epitope recognition

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