Ordering Recommendation

New York DOH Approval Status

This test is New York state approved.

Specimen Required

Patient Preparation
Collect

CSF

Specimen Preparation

Transfer 2 mL CSF to an ARUP standard transport tube or other polypropylene tube within 4 hours of collection. (Min: 0.5 mL). Test is not performed at ARUP; separate specimens must be submitted when multiple tests are ordered.

Storage/Transport Temperature

Frozen

Unacceptable Conditions

Specimens received in polystyrene tubes. Specimens with cell count greater than 500 erythrocytes/mm3.

Remarks
Stability

Ambient: 72 hours, Refrigerated: 21 days, Frozen: 4 months

Methodology

Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)

Performed

Varies

Reported

7-19 days

Reference Interval

Interpretive Data



Compliance Category

Performed by non-ARUP Laboratory

Note

Hotline History

N/A

CPT Codes

83520 x3

Components

Component Test Code* Component Chart Name LOINC
3016445 Phospho-Tau/Total-Tau/A Beta42, Interp 50398-7
3016446 Phospho-Tau/Total-Tau/A Beta42, Results 19146-0
3016447 Phospho-Tau/Total-Tau/A Beta42, Comments 8251-1
3016448 Phospho-Tau/Total-Tau/A Beta42, Method 49549-9
3016449 Phospho-Tau/Total-Tau/A Beta42, Ref 8265-1
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Aliases

  • AB42
  • Admark
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Amyloid Beta 42
  • Dementia
  • p-tau
  • t-tau
Phospho-Tau/Total-Tau/A Beta42, CSF

Athena