REF MISC
HLA DR15
Performing Lab:
Referral Laboratory
Container Type:
Lavender top (EDTA)
Specimen Type:
Whole blood or buccal swabs
Preferred Volume:
7 mL or four (4) buccal swabs
Minimum Volume:
3 mL or four (4) buccal swabs
Store and Transport:
Maintain blood at room temperature, keep buccal swabs dry and at room temperature.
Unacceptable Condition:
Hemolysis, clotted sample, insufficient volume of DNA on buccal swabs, yellow-top (ACD) tube.
CPT Codes:
81377
Method:
SSOP (Sequence Specific Oligonucleotide Probes)
Reference Ranges:
Clinical Significance:
HLA-DR15 (DR2) is overrepresented in myelodysplastic syndrome and aplastic anemia and predicts a response to immunosuppression in myelodysplastic syndrome.
Reflex Test :