4834 Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel IgG Autoantibodies

Components
NAME METHOD REFERENCE RANGE UNITS
Voltage-gated Calcium Channel IgG Autoabs RIA  Not detected   


Specimen Requirements
TYPE VOLUME TEMPERATURE INSTRUCTIONS
PRIMARY
1 Serum 2 (1.5) mL   Ambient - 7 Day(s), Refrigerated - 14 Day(s), Frozen - 2 Month(s)  


Clinical utility
Voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) autoantibodies are characteristic of Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS) with or without small-cell lung cancer. VGCC autoantibodies are also found, albeit less frequently and generally in low amounts, in paraneoplastic disease associated with lung, ovarian or breast carcinomas; in carcinomas (without LEMS or other paraneoplastic syndrome) and occasionally in neurological diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (frequency of ~23%). This assay detects P-type VGCC autoantibodies using omega-conotoxin M toxin (omega-conotoxin MVIIC).


Reported: Same day

CPT Code: 83519