Test Library

Preferred Specimen(s) 1.0 mL Serum, EDTA/Heparin Plasma

Transport Container Plastic screw cap vial

Transport Temperature Refrigerated 1 week

Reject Criteria

  • Hemolysis,
  • Hyperlipemia

Methodology Nephelometery

Clinical Significance Approximately 80% of the body’s copper is bound to Ceruloplasmin. Ceruloplasmin is an acute phase reactant. Concentrations are decreased in approximately 75% of patients with Wilson disease, an autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism.