3-Methylglutaconic Acid
Order Code: 3METH
Epic Lab Code: LAB2509
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen:
Blood
Collection Medium:
Lavender top tube 3 mL (EDTA)
Minimum:
Adult Preferred Minimum: 1 mL plasma Pediatric Minimum: 0.5 mL plasma
Delivery Instructions:
Submit specimen to laboratory as soon as possible after collection.
Testing Schedule:
Monday-Thursday collection, No Saturday delivery.
Analytic Time:
2 weeks upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
0 - 2 years 144 +/- 58 (SD) nmol/l 3 - 12 years 162 +/- 68 (SD) nmol/l > 12 years 157 +/- 66 (SD) nmol/l
Comments:
Please print, complete and submit the Kennedy Krieger Institute - Biochemical Genetics Laboratory Requisition to the lab, with the specimen and the A-1a Miscellaneous Request.
Methodology:
Gas Chromatography