VGKCA
Preferred Sample Type
Suitable Specimen Types
- Serum
- CSF
2mls
Specimen Transport
Usual to BHH and First Class Post to Reference LabTurnaround Time
10 daysVoltage Gated Potassium Channel Antibodies (VGKCA)
General Information
Potassium channel antibodies are found in approximately 40-50% of patients with acquired neuromyotonia and in some patients with Morvan’s syndrome and with (paraneoplastic and idiopathic) limbic encephalitis. Both are sometimes associated with thymoma or SCLC
Reference Range
Supplied by Reference laboratory
Normal range 0-69 pmol/L
Equivocal 70-130 pmol/L
Positive >130 pmol/L
revised ranges as of 23/11/2015
Specifications
- EQA Scheme?: No
- EQA Status: No EQA scheme available