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IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, (IGA), SERUM
Test CodeLAB73
CPT Codes
82784
Preferred Specimen
One 5 mL gold top tube
Pediatric Volume: Two gold top microtainers
Pediatric Volume: Two gold top microtainers
Minimum Volume
Required for Testing: 0.8 mL serum
Instructions
Sample must be centrifuged within two hours of collected and put into aliquot tubes following centrifugation. Aliquot 0.8 mL and refrigerate.
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Specimen Stability
Refrigerated: 10 days at 2-8 C
Methodology
Turbidimetric
Setup Schedule
Monday-Friday
Reference Range
< 1 year | 0-83 mg/dL |
1-3 years | 20-100 mg/dL |
4-6 years | 27-195 mg/dL |
7-9 years | 34-305 mg/dL |
10-11 years | 53-204 mg/dL |
12-13 years | 58-358 mg/dL |
14-15 years | 47-249 mg/dL |
16-19 years | 61-348 mg/dL |
Adults | 85-499 mg/dL |
Clinical Significance
Detecting or monitoring monoclonal gammopathies and immune deficiencies
Performing Laboratory
West Virginia University Hospital, Inc.
Camden Clark Medical Center United Hospital Center Wheeling Hospital