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
EVALUATION OF SUSPECTED INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES & AUTOIMMUNE MYOSITIS (DERMATOMYOSITIS, POLYMYOSITIS).