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Specimen Collection
3.5 mL SST Serum (Preferred)
4 mL Plain Serum
500 uL Microsample Serum
Reference Intervals
Units: N/A

Age Range	Either Sex
All	< 0

Turnaround Time: Between 1 week and 2 weeks
Assay Method

In-house inhibitory ELISA method

Diagnostic Use and Interpretation

Anti IgA antibodies are usually found only in people with undetectable IgA levels and can cause transfusion reactions.

There have been occasional reports that antibodies to IgA subclasses have cause reactions in the presence of detectable IgA.

Contact

John Scott , Technical Head, Department of Virology/Immunology, A+ Labs, Auckland Hospital. or Associate Professor Rohan Ameratunga ext 22106.

           

Last updated at 11:43:30 20/02/2019