Neurotransmitter Metabolites

Label Mnemonic:	NEUTRAN
Epic code:	LAB5825
Downtime form:	Doctor/Provider Orders - Pathology Core and Specialty Care Nursery

Commercial Mailout Laboratory
6240-8 RCP
356-8593

Specimen(s):

Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)

Specimen Instructions:

Collect in: CSF in 5 tube Neurochemistry Collection Kit. Total volume of CSF is 4.5 mL.

Call Specimen Control at 356-3527 or Commercial Mailouts at 356-8593 for collection kits.

CSF should be collected directly from the tap needle: Collect from the first drop into the containers in the order indicated. Fill each tube to the marked line (0.5 milliliters in tube #1 and 1.0 milliliter in tube 2, 3, 4 & 5).

Attach patient identifier to collection kit bag. Place on ice and deliver to laboratory immediately.

Collection Medium:

5-Tube CSF Collection Kit

Minimum:

4.5 mL CSF in the 5 tube Neurochemistry collection kit

Delivery Instructions:

Keep on ice and deliver to laboratory immediately.

Turn Around Time:

2 weeks upon receipt at reference laboratory

Reference Range:

Age (years)     5HIAA (nmol/L)     HVA (nmol/L)     30MD (nmol/L)
   0-0.2           209-1159          337-1299           <300
 0.2-0.5           179-711           450-1132           <300
 0.5-2.0           129-520           294-1115           <300
 2.0-5.0            74-345           233-928            <150
 5.0-10             66-338           218-852            <100
  10-15             67-189           167-563            <100
  Adults            67-140           145-324            <100

Interpretive Data:

Identification of folinic acid responsive seizures and pyridoxine responsive seizures and disorders of serotonin and catecholamine metabolism.

Comments:

This collection kit can also be shared with 5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE - CSF (LAB5823), NEOPTERIN ON CSF (LAB5824), PYRIDOCAL 5-PHOSPHATE ON CSF (LAB5828) and TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN & NEOPTERIN (LAB5826).

Please print, complete and submit to the lab, the Neurochemistry and Metabolic Test Request Form from MNG Laboratories, with the specimen.

CPT Code:

82542

See Additional Information:
Specimens Requiring Immediate Delivery