Anti-enterocyte antibodies
Antibodies to jejunal and ileal enterocytes.
| Tube | Serum Gel |
|---|---|
| ID | 12819 |
| Additional Information | Autoimmune enteropathy (primarily found in infancy) with intractable diarrhoea and associated with small bowel villous atrophy that does not improve with a gluten-free diet. Positive in ~ 50% of patients with autoimmune enteropathy - it is unclear whether these anti-bodies precede or follow intestinal inflammation. |
| Turn Around | Refer to relevant laboratory for up to date turn around times, allowing an additional 10 working days for samples processing, dispatch and reporting and validation of the results. |
| Send to | Samples should be sent to the department of Clinical Immunology at LGI who will refer to appropriate referral lab (Sheffield PRU) |
| Contact | https://www.immqas.org.uk/pru.asp?S=348233353&C=1252&AID=51 |
| Collection Con | No restrictions |
| Frequency | Referred to external laboratory |
| Sample REQ | Serum |
| Ref. Range Notes | See reference range on referral website |
| Units | - Not Defined - |
| IP Acute TAT | Contact referral laboratory. Contact Immunology at LGI if sample is to be sent urgently. |
| IP Routine TAT | Refer to relevant laboratory for up to date turn around times, allowing an additional 10 working days for samples processing, dispatch and reporting and validation of the results. |
| GP Acute TAT | Contact referral laboratory. Contact Immunology at LGI if sample is to be sent urgently. |
| GP Routine TAT | Refer to relevant laboratory for up to date turn around times, allowing an additional 10 working days for samples processing, dispatch and reporting and validation of the results. |
| Telepath | ENT1L |
| ICE Codes | IENT |
