GPCAB

[Nackapan]

What does this stand for please?

[EllieMayNot]

The only thing I could come up with is this:

PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY ORDERING INFORMATION:

Sunquest Test Code: GPCAB Geisinger Epic Procedure Code: 83516.05 Geisinger Epic ID: 31831

Found on this website: geisingermedicallabs.com/ca...

Hope this is helpful.

[Nackapan in reply to EllieMayNot]

Yes it is Thank you.

I was looking at another post and firebird said if this was negative it was most likely to be accurate. But lots of false negatives. I'm pretty sure but will check that is the blood test I had last October. Everything a blur then as so poorly. Parts of my brain are obviously 'waking'up' at last 😀

[fbirder in reply to Nackapan]

Yup. It is most likely to be Gastric Parietal Cell antibody testing.

A negative result means you probably do not have PA. A positive result doesn't mean much at all on its own as a lot of people without PA do test positive. A positive GPCAB test with other indicators (low B12, symptoms that respond to B12 injections but not tablets, no other likely cause) can form part of a PA diagnosis.

[Nackapan in reply to fbirder]

Yes a page was missing on the blofds results Iprinted off! In Nov. 2018

Parietal cell autoantibody level (xE2pi) negative

Mitochondria negative

ANA negative

Anthony liver kidney micrisomal antibody negative

So unlikely to be PA. Thanks

Must be an absorbtion problem as went right down to 106 on a very mixed good diet. Alot of stress though? ?

I'm still on 2 weekly injections !!

I have tried one 3 week gap.

[Nackapan in reply to Nackapan]

Meant false positives!