Ganglioside Antibodies GM1

Synonyms

Allscripts (AEHR) Order Name

Ganglioside Antibodies

Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Order Name

Ganglioside Antibodies

Clinical Info

May be useful in the comprehensive evaluation of patients with autoimmune neuropathies. Test by itself is not diagnostic and should be used in conjunction with other clinical parameters to confirm disease.

Specimen Type

Blood

Container

Gold Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube:   Gold Top Tube
Specimen:  0.3 mL serum (0.1 mL min)
Transport Temperature:  Refrigerated
Stability: 14 Days Refrigerated
                1 Year Frozen
                 Unacceptable Room Temperature

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

14 Days Refrigerated
                1 Year Frozen
                 Unacceptable Room Temperature

Methodology

Semi-Quantitative Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

Days Performed

Performing Laboratory

ARUP Laboratories

CPT

83516 x 6

PDM

5903910

Result Interpretation

Components	Reference Interval
	Asialo-GM1 Antibodies, IgG/IgM	29 IV or less Negative 30-50 IV Equivocal 51-100 IV Positive 101 IV or greater Strong Positive
	GM1 Antibodies, IgG/IgM	29 IV or less Negative 30-50 IV Equivocal 51-100 IV Positive 101 IV or greater Strong Positive
	GM2 Antibodies, IgG/IgM	29 IV or less Negative 30-50 IV Equivocal 51-100 IV Positive 101 IV or greater Strong Positive
	GD1a Antibodies, IgG/IgM	29 IV or less Negative 30-50 IV Equivocal 51-100 IV Positive 101 IV or greater Strong Positive
	GD1b Antibodies, IgG/IgM	29 IV or less Negative 30-50 IV Equivocal 51-100 IV Positive 101 IV or greater Strong Positive
	GQ1b Antibodies, IgG/IgM	29 IV or less Negative 30-50 IV Equivocal 51-100 IV Positive 101 IV or greater Strong Positive

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