NARCOLEPSY ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN, BLOOD
Marquette General Health System

General Info

Alpha Code

   N7784

MGH LIS Test No

   7784

Schedule

   Monday-Friday

Testing Time

   7 Days

Testing Lab

   Mayo Labs

Specimen Info

Type

   1 Yellow Top (ACD)  

Volume

   7.0 mL

Temperature

   Ambient

Preservative

    

Collection Info

   Draw blood in a yellow-top (ACD [solution B]) tube(s), and send
7.0 mL of ACD (solution B) whole blood.  Do not transfer blood to
other containers.  Forward promptly at ambient temperature only.
 
Methods
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) (PCR is utilized pursuant to a license agreement with Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.)

Clinical Utilities
Ruling out a diagnosis of narcolepsy.

CPT Codes
83890/Molecular isolation or extraction 83894/Electrophoresis 83898/Amplification of nucleic acid, each primer pair 83912/Interpretation and report

Reference Range
Reported as positive or negative
Almost 100% of narcoleptics are positive; about 25% of normals 
are positive

Reference Range
Reported as positive or negative
Almost 100% of narcoleptics are positive; about 25% of normals 
are positive

Component Information

Collection Notes

Additional Comments

 

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