Test Details

• Discipline:

  Immunology

  Immunology

• Specimen Container Adult:

  Serum-SST

  Serum-SST

• Specimen Container Paediatric:

  Serum-Plain tube

  Serum-Plain tube

• Minimum Volume Adult:

  1 ml

  1 ml

• Minimum Volume Paediatric:

  1 ml

  1 ml

• Special Requirement:

  None

  None

• Freq Analysis:

  Daily

  Daily

• 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

• Quality Assurance:

  UK NEQAS for General Autoimmune Serology

  UK NEQAS for General Autoimmune Serology

• Interpretation:

  Anti-CCP antibodies are detected very early in the disease and facilitate the identification of patients for early therapeutic intervention. It is not thought that anti-CCP antibodies are useful in...

  Anti-CCP antibodies are detected very early in the disease and facilitate the identification of patients for early therapeutic intervention. It is not thought that anti-CCP antibodies are useful in monitoring rheumatoid arthritis.

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• Reference Ranges:

  Normal Range: 0 - 3 U/ml

  Normal Range: 0 - 3 U/ml

• Other Info:

  Reported as a numerical value

  Reported as a numerical value

• Routine Contact Name:

  Autoimmunity Lab

• Routine Telephone:

  0191 282 1890

  0191 282 1890

• Routine Email:

   nuth.autoimmunity@nhs.net