Skin Ab [Titer] in Serum   66878-0

LOINC Code


LOINC code66878-0
nameSkin Ab [Titer] in Serum
descriptionThe detection of skin antibodies assists in the diagnosis of chronic vesicular-bullous diseases such as pemphigus and pemphigoid. When patient sera are incubated on monkey or guinea pig esophagus sections, anti-skin antibodies present in the serum will bind with disease-specific patterns by immunofluorescence. For example, the intercellular (IC) antibody pattern diagnoses pemphigus with a 90% sensitivity. Testing with the 2 different species of esophagus sections (monkey and guinea pig) assists in distinguishing different forms of pemphigus. Antibodies following a basement membrane pattern are present in bullous pemphigoid (70%), vesicular pemphigoid (50%) and cicatricial pemphigoid (10%).
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentSkin Ab
propertyTitr  =  Dilution Factor (Titer)
timePt  =  Point in time:  To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
systemSer  =  Serum
scaleSemiQn
method

Additional Names

short nameSkin Ab Titr Ser

Basic Attributes

classSERO
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationBoth
example UCUM units{titer}
The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business (www.unitsofmeasure.org)
example unitTiter

Associated Observations

LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations.

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.75
last change typeMAJ  - change to name field other than Component;

Related Names

ABS
Aby
Antby
Anti
Antibodies
Antibody
Autoantibodies
Autoantibody
Dilution factor
Dilution Factor (Titer)
Integument
Point in time
Random
Serology
Serum
SmQn
SR
Titer
Titered
Titre
Ttr

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