Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibodies
Label Mnemonic: VGCCA
Epic code: LAB7732
Downtime form: A-1a Doctor/Provider Orders - Pathology Core and Specialty Care Nursery
Commercial Mailout Laboratory
6240-8 RCP
356-8593
Specimen(s):
Serum
Collection Medium:
Red top tube 5 mL (Clot Activator)
Minimum:
Preferred Minimum: 1 mL serum
Absolute Minimum: 0.2 mL serum
Rejection Criteria:
Plasma, CSF, hemolyzed or grossly lipemic specimens.
Turn Around Time:
1-8 days upon receipt at reference laboratory.
Reference Range:
Negative:       0.0 to 24.5 pmol/L  
Indeterminate:  24.6 to 45.6 pmol/L  
Positive:       45.7 pmol/L or greater
Methodology:
Quantitative Radioimmunoassay
CPT Code:
83519