3 - 8 days
Test Updated:
VIP
VASOACTIVE INTEST. POLYPEPTIDE
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Test Overview
Radioimmunoassay (RIA)
Detection of VIPoma in patients with chronic diarrheal diseases.
< 75 pg/ml
* Reference ranges may change over time. Please refer to the original patient report when evaluating results.
Specimen Requirements
Draw blood into chilled lavender tube from a fasting patient. Mix well and place on ice.
Collect specimen in lavender top tube from a fasting patient. Following collection place Vacutainer® tube on ice, then centrifuge, aliquot plasma into a plastic vial, and freeze.