Test Overview
Indirect Fluorescent Antibody (IFA), Mouse kidney substrate
Rule out collagen vascular disease
Negative
* Reference ranges may change over time. Please refer to the original patient report when evaluating results.
Test Details
8 hours
- NABT
- Tissue ANA
- Tissue, ANA
- NABT
- Tissue, ANA
- NABT TTR
- NABT PTTRN
- NUCLEAR ANTIBODY, TISSUE
- NAB, TISSUE TITER
- NAB, TISSUE PATTERN
- NAB, TISSUE TITER/PATTERN
- NABT PTTRN
- NABT TTR
- NAB, TISSUE PATTERN
- NAB, TISSUE TITER
Specimen Requirements
Collect specimen in SST tube. Centrifuge, aliquot serum into a plastic vial and refrigerate up to 3 days. This test is performed on pediatric patients less than 18 years of age with a positive HEp-2 ANA. MLabs will perform the HEp-2 ANA test prior to performing the tissue ANA test; please include HEp-2 ANA results if this test has been performed at your institution. The tissue ANA test will NOT be performed if the HEp-2 ANA test is negative.
Additional Information
If the tissue ANA screen is positive, a titer will be performed at an additional charge. By ordering this test the clinician acknowledges additional reflex testing will be performed and billed at a separate additional charge if indicated. HEp-2 ANA testing is performed as the initial ANA screening test on pediatric and adult patients; this test is more sensitive than the tissue ANA. The HEp-2 also provides some useful information that the tissue ANA cannot. The tissue ANA is more specific than the HEp-2. The tissue ANA is run on all children less than 18 years of age who have a HEp-2 ANA positive homogeneous, speckled or nucleolar pattern or atypical nuclear matrix pattern at a titer of 1:80 or greater.