Anti-Amphiphysin Antibody
Clinical Background:
Anti-amphiphysin antibodies bind widely in the brain to pre-synaptic terminals, giving variable cytoplasmic staining. Association is with a range of neurological disorders including: subacute senso...
Anti-amphiphysin antibodies bind widely in the brain to pre-synaptic terminals, giving variable cytoplasmic staining. Association is with a range of neurological disorders including: subacute sensory neuropathy; sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy; paraneoplastic stiff-person syndrome. Commonly associated tumours are small cell lung cancer and breast cancer.
Test Details
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Discipline:
Immunology
Immunology
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Specimen Container Adult:
Serum-SST
Serum-SST
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Specimen Container Paediatric:
Serum-Plain tube
Serum-Plain tube
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Minimum Volume Adult:
1 ml
1 ml
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Minimum Volume Paediatric:
0.5 ml
0.5 ml
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Special Requirement:
None
None
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Add On Test:
All urgent add ons via telephone on 0191 2821890, and must be confirmed via email to nuth.autoimmunity@nhs.net
All urgent add ons via telephone on 0191 2821890, and must be confirmed via email to nuth.autoimmunity@nhs.net
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Interpretation:
None
None
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Reference Ranges:
Normal Range: Negative.
Normal Range: Negative.
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Other Info:
Reported as Negative or Positive
Reported as Negative or Positive
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Routine Contact Name:
Autoimmunity Lab
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Routine Telephone:
0191 282 1890
0191 282 1890
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Routine Email: