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| Title | PROTEIN C (ANTIGEN) |
| Specimen Requirement | <p>1-Light Blue Sodium Citrate/1.0 mL PLASMA <strong>FROZEN</strong> in a screw-capped plastic vial. Indicate "plasma/lt blue" on transport vial. Call lab for dry ice for shipment.</p>
<p>Separate samples should be submitted when multiple tests are ordered</p>
<p><strong>CRITICAL FROZEN</strong></p> |
| Methodology | |
| Stability | Frozen 1 month |
| Reference Range | By Report* |
| Turnaround | 5 days Performed Tues, Fri |
| Clinical Use | <p>Congenital Protein C deficiency is characterized by recurrent venous thrombosis and thromboembolism beginning in adolescence. Type I is characterized by reduction in both antigenic and functional levels, whereas in Type II functional levels are decreased much more than antigenic levels.</p> |
| Test Code | PCAGW |
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