Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibodies

Label Mnemonic:	VGCCA
Epic code:	LAB7732
Downtime form:	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