Assay

HLA Typing for Coeliac Disease

Key Words

HLA DQ2/DQ8 (HLACOE)

Specimen Collection

2x EDTA samples

Turnaround time

21 Days

This test is referred to another centre:

Severn Pathology

Pathology Sciences building 

Southmead Hospital

Westbury-on-Trym

Bristol

BS10 5NB 

0117 4133456

Test indications

HLA Class II typing is used in the differential diagnosis of coeliac disease. The presence of the HLA genes HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8 in more than 95% of patients with coeliac disease makes a diagnosis of coeliac disease very unlikely if an individual lacks both these genetic markers.

Methodology

DNA test by PCR-SSP

Interferences

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Reference Range

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Analytical error

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Reference change value

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