![Container: Serum (Gold top)](/sites/default/files/styles/blood_test/public/blood_test/24.jpg?itok=zwsnxFWF)
Sample type: Serum
Test name: Gastric Parietal Cell Antibody
Special precautions & notes: Pernicious Anaemia associated, but non-specific e.g. Thyroid Disorders, Addison’s, IDDM, Also 15% of persons over 60 years
Container: Serum (Gold top)
Ideal volume (mL): 2 mL
Referred outside NBT for analysis? No
Discipline: Immunology
Turnaround time: 4 working days