HLA Tissue Typing (Disease association/ Hypersensitive drug reaction)

Human Leukocyte antigen; HLA-DR; HLA-B*5701; HLA-A*3101; HLA-B*1502; HLA A29; Narcolepsy; HLA B51

CPDA (whole blood) - Refer to dedicated request form for details

Referral

2 weeks

Monday - Wednesday collection only for Whakatane. Monday-Thursday collection only for all other regions.

TRAY (See notes)

HLA B27 (Ankylosing Spondylitis) - Register HB27, refer to individual test page
HLA DQ2/DQ8 (Coeliac genetic test) - Register DQ2, refer to individual test page
All other tissue typing register as TRAY
Use DE Test Referral to batch and dispatch samples

Tests included but not limited to:

Send directly to referral laboratory

Send directly to referral laboratory

Send directly to referral laboratory

National Tissue Typing Laboratory (New Zealand Blood Bank)

Ambient