Skin Ab [Titer] in Serum 66878-0
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 66878-0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Skin Ab [Titer] in Serum | ||
| description | The detection of skin antibodies assists in the diagnosis of chronic vesicular-bullous diseases such as pemphigus and pemphigoid. When patient sera are incubated on monkey or guinea pig esophagus sections, anti-skin antibodies present in the serum will bind with disease-specific patterns by immunofluorescence. For example, the intercellular (IC) antibody pattern diagnoses pemphigus with a 90% sensitivity. Testing with the 2 different species of esophagus sections (monkey and guinea pig) assists in distinguishing different forms of pemphigus. Antibodies following a basement membrane pattern are present in bullous pemphigoid (70%), vesicular pemphigoid (50%) and cicatricial pemphigoid (10%). | ||
| status | ACTIVE | ||
Fully-Specified Name | |||
| component | Skin Ab | ||
| property | Titr = Dilution Factor (Titer) | ||
| time | Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements. | ||
| system | Ser = Serum | ||
| scale | SemiQn | ||
| method | |||
Additional Names | |||
| short name | Skin Ab Titr Ser | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
| class | SERO | ||
| type | 1 Laboratory | ||
| order vs. observation | Both | ||
| example UCUM units | {titer} The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business (www.unitsofmeasure.org) | ||
| example unit | Titer | ||
Associated Observations | |||
LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations. | |||
History/Usage | |||
| first released | |||
| last updated | 2.75 | ||
| last change type | MAJ - change to name field other than Component; | ||
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