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HelpTest Code IGGAM Immunoglobulins (IgG, IgA, and IgM)
Additional Codes
Epic: LAB166
Specimen Required
Specimen Type: Serum
Collection Container/Type
Preferred: Serum gel
Acceptable: Red top
Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial
Specimen Volume: 3 mL
Collection Instructions: Centrifuge and separate cells after clot formation and within 4 hours of collection.
Specimen Minimum Volume
0.5 mL
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 2 months
Refrigerated: 4 months
Frozen: 6 months
Reference Range
IgG
0 - 1 month: 391 - 1765 mg/dL
1 month - 1 year: 203 - 948 mg/dL
1 - 2 years: 475 - 1226 mg/dL
2 - 150 yers: 540 - 1822 mg/dL
IgM
Newborn: 6 - 21 mg/dL
3 months - 1 year: 17 - 150 mg/dL
1 - 12 years: 41 - 240 mg/dL
>12 years: 22 - 293 mg/dL
IgA
Males
0 - 3 months: 1 - 34 mg/dL
>3 months: 8 - 91 mg/dL
1 - 12 years: 21 - 291 mg/dL
12 - 60 years: 63 - 484 mg/dL
>60 years: 101 - 645 mg/dL
Female
0 - 3 months: 1 - 34 mg/dL
>3 months: 8 - 91 mg/dL
1 - 12 years: 21 - 282 mg/dL
12 - 60 years: 65 - 421 mg/dL
>60 years: 69 - 517 mg/dL
Rejection Due To
Unlabeled, mislabeled, wrong tube type, hemolyzed, visually lipemic, QNS, exceeds specimen stability requirements.
Day(s) and Time(s) Performed
Daily
Report Available
Same day / 1 day
Method Name
Immunoturbidimetric
Includes
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin A
Immunoglobulin M