Newcastle Laboratories

Insulin antibodies

Clinical Background:

Predicting the future development of type 1 diabetes in asymptomatic children, adolescents, and young adults, when used in conjunction with family history, HLA-typing, and other autoantibodies, inc...

Predicting the future development of type 1 diabetes in asymptomatic children, adolescents, and young adults, when used in conjunction with family history, HLA-typing, and other autoantibodies, including GD65S/81596 Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase (GAD65) Antibody Assay, Serum and islet cell antigen 2 (IA-2) antibodies
Differential diagnosis of type 1 versus type 2 diabetes
Evaluating diabetics with insulin resistance in patients with established diabetes (type 1 or type 2)
Investigation of hypoglycemia in nondiabetic subjects

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Test Details

  • Discipline:

    Immunology

    Immunology

  • Specimen Container Adult:

    Serum

    Serum

  • Specimen Container Paediatric:

    Serum

    Serum

  • Minimum Volume Adult:

    1 ml

    1 ml

  • Minimum Volume Paediatric:

    1 ml

    1 ml

  • Add On Test:

    All urgent add ons via telephone on 0191 2821890, and must be confirmed via email to the appropriate email address

    nuth.autoimmunity@nhs.net

    All urgent add ons via telephone on 0191 2821890, and must be confirmed via email to the appropriate email address

    nuth.autoimmunity@nhs.net

  • Routine Contact Name:

    Autoimmunity Lab

  • Routine Telephone:

    0191 282 1890

    0191 282 1890

  • Routine Email:

Availability:

sent to an external laboratory for analysis

Turn Around:

14 calendar days

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