CENTRIFUGE SST (SERUM GEL TUBES) WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. CENTRIFUGE RED TOP VACUTAINERS AND ALIQUOT SERUM WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. THE SEPARATION VIAL MUST BE LABELED WITH AT LEAST 2 PATIENT IDENTIFIERS AND THE SAMPLE TYPE.
Reference intervals
NEGATIVE.
Clinical Utility
DIAGNOSIS OF CELIAC DISEASE (COELIAC DISEASE)/ GLUTEN SENSITIVE ENTEROPATHY.
Test Limitations/ Confounders
FALSE POSITIVES CAN OCCUR. LESS SENSITIVE THAN TRANSGLUTAMINASE (ANTI-tTG) & ENDOMYSIAL ANTIBODIES (EMA).