![Container: Serum (Gold top)](/sites/default/files/styles/blood_test/public/blood_test/24.jpg?itok=zwsnxFWF)
Sample type: Serum
Test name: Adrenal Cortex Antibody a.k.a. addisons
Special precautions & notes: Primary Addison's disease 60-88%. Antibodies to steroid producing cells (e.g. corpus luteal cells of ovary) cross react with adrenal cortex. If considering the possibility of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy as a possible cause of Addisons in males of any age, advise testing very long chain fatty acids.
Container: Serum (Gold top)
Ideal volume (mL): 2 mL
Referred outside NBT for analysis? No
Discipline: Immunology
Turnaround time: 14 working days