Clinical Significance
Milk Component Panel - For use in the identification and severity of which specific milk protein a patient is allergic. This knowledge enables the clinician and the patient to make the correct treatment and lifestyle choices to mitigate exposure and reaction risk.
Preferred Specimen(s)
1 mL serum
Minimum Volume
0.5 mL
Transport Container
Serum Separator Tube (SST®)
Transport Temperature
Room temperature
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 14 days
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 30 days
Includes
Alpha-lactalbumin (f76) IgE, Beta-lactoglobulin (f77) IgE, Casein (f78) IgE
Methodology
Immunoassay (IA)
Alternative Name(s)
ImmunoCAP®,a lactalbumin