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| Bile Acids, Fractionated and Total | ||
| Order Code: BAF
Epic Lab Code: LAB2712 Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req |
Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory 6240 RCP 356-3527 |
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Specimen: |
Serum | ||
Collection Medium: |
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Minimum: |
Preferred minimum: 1 mL serum from red top tube Absolute minimum: 0.2 mL serum from red top tube | ||
Analytic Time: |
8 working days | ||
Reference Range: |
7 years and older: Cholic acid (CA) 0-1.9 umol/L
Chenodeoxycholic acid (CDC) 0-3.4 umol/L
Deoxycholic acid (DCA) 0-2.5 umol/L
Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDC) 0-1.0 umol/L
Total 0-7.0 umol/L
Note: Reference intervals were derived using samples obtained after
an overnight fast. | ||
Comments: |
Patient should be fasting a minimum of eight hours prior to specimen collection. Overnight fasting preferred. | ||
Methodology: |
Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrophotometry | ||
CPT Code: |
83789 |
Updated: 11/13/2009
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