Anti CCP antibodies- Sample
Serum
Handling: Allow to clot, centrifuge and separate serum from cells and pour into a plastic vial. Store refrigerated until transport. If the specimen cannot be assayed within 48 hours, freeze at -20 °C.
Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
Transport serum: Refrigerated; or if frozen, on dry ice.

Do not use hyperlipemic, hemolytic, heat-treated or contaminated samples; specimens containing visible particulate should not be used; specimen which has been repeatedly frozen and thawed.

Anti CCP antibodies - Methods

- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- Indirect immunofluorescence assay
- Radioimmunoasay
- ELISA.