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| Title | CENTROMERE ANTIBODIES |
| Specimen Requirement | <p>1 SST/1.0 mL serum. After 30 minutes of clotting, promptly centrifuge and refrigerate.</p> |
| Methodology | |
| Stability | Room Temperature 8 hours, Refrigerated 7 days, Frozen 14 days |
| Reference Range | By Report* |
| Turnaround | 3 days Performed Sun-Thurs |
| Clinical Use | <p>Aid in the assessment of scleroderma. Centromere autoantibodies are found in 22% of patients with systemic sclerosis and in 12% of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.</p> |
| Test Code | ACAB |
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