- Test Name
- Complement, Alternate Pathway, Functional
- Aliases
- Alternate Pathway Complement; Functional Complement; AH50
- Provincial Mnemonic
- COMAP
- LOINC Test Code
- 13087-2
- Description and Primary Use
- Useful as a screening test for complement abnormalities in the alternative pathway. Abnormal test results can be due to hereditary absence or acquired functional defect in the activity of any of the individual components of the alternative pathway including the alternate pathway factors (D, B, P, H, and I) or late complement components (C3, C5-C9).
- Reorder interval
- N/A
- TAT
- 7 Days
- Test Cost
- $20.68
- Tier
- 2 - Conditional/Restricted Access (See Ordering Requirements)
- Ordering Requirements (Restrictions / Conditions)
Approval requires test order:
1) by Allergist/Immunologist; or
2) Completed LTSA Form.
Enter test name (and/or Provincial Mnemonic) into Test(s) to be performed section on the LTSA Form. Direct questions on how to order test to Specimen Dispatch (709-777-2373).
- Required Consultations
- N/A
- Algorithms and Guidelines
N/A
- Special Patient Preparation
None
- Special Collection / Transport / Processing Requirements
Specimen for this test must be collected, processed, aliquoted and frozen within 45 – 60 minutes of collection. Centrifuge and aliquot serum to a transport tube.
- Criteria for Rejection
Please see Special Collection/Transport/Processing requirements reject if these are not met.
- Laboratory Service Area
- Clinical Chemistry
- Performing Laboratory / Site
- Referred out of province
- Last Updated
- 17-May-19