Glomerular Basement Membrane A GBMAB

Synonyms

Allscripts (AEHR) Order Name

Glomerular Basement Membrane Ab IgG

Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Order Name

Glomerular Basement Membrane Ab IgG

Clinical Info

Anti-GBM antibodies (glomerular basal membrane; Goodpasture Antigen) are important for the diagnosis of glomerulonephritis, which may be accompanied by pulmonary hemorrhage (Goodpasture pulmo-renal Syndrome). Due to clinical symptoms similar with systemic vasculitis, it is appropriate to concurrently carry out tests for anti-GBM and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA).

Specimen Type

Blood

Container

Gold Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Gold Top Tube
Specimen: 0.6 mL serum (0.3 mL min)
Transport Temperature: Refrigerated
Rejection: Microbially contaminated, heat-treated specimens, or specimens containing visible particulate; grossly hemolyzed or lipemic specimens

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

14 Days Room Temperature
14 Days Refrigerated
14 Days Frozen

Methodology

Multiplex flow immunoassay

Days Performed

TAT 3-5 Days

Performing Laboratory

LabCorp

CPT

83516
 
LOINC: 22459-2

PDM

5900655

Result Interpretation

Reference Range
0.0 – 0.9 Units

Forms