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IGA(B)

Message
SENDOUT/BOSTON


Test Code
IGA


Alias/See Also
IMMUNOGLOBULIN A


Preferred Specimen
SERUM: GOLD TOP TUBE


Minimum Volume
2mLs


Instructions
DRAW 1 GOLD TOP SST TUBE, LET CLOT FOR 30 MINUTES, SPIN DOWN AND SEND TO LAB.


Transport Container
ORIGINAL TUBE


Transport Temperature
REFRIGERATED


Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
GROSSLY HEMOLIZED AND/OR LIPEMIC


Methodology
TURBIDIMETRIC/IMMUNOTURBIDIMETRIC

Setup Schedule
M-F


Report Available
TAT 1-2 DAYS


Reference Range
70- 400 mg/dL


Clinical Significance
INCREASED IgA IS ASSOCIATED WITH MONOCLONAL IgA MYELOMA, RESPIRATORY AND GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS, AND MALABSORPTION; DECREASED IgA IS FOUND IN SELECTIVE IgA DEFICIENCY AND IN ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA.


Performing Laboratory
Test performed at West Roxbury Chemistry Lab Contact: Jonathan Dryjowicz-Burek 857-203-5973

Additional Information
IGA


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