Amino acids (Quantitative), Urine

Diagnostic Use

Used to aid diagnosis of inborn eroors of metabolism

If urine aminoacids screen is positive for cystine, QUANTITATIVE CYSTINE can be used to differentiate heterozygote cystinuria or monitor homozygote cystinuria. For quantitative cystine sample MUST BE AN ACIDIFIED 24 HOUR URINE

Department

Specialist Biochemistry

Delphic Registration Code

WMET

Synonyms

AA (Quantitative)
Cystine (Quantitative)

Turnaround Time

3 weeks

Test Code

4892

Specimen Type

• Urine

Specimen Requirements

Tube/Container Type:

Preferred

• Pottle

Paediatric Specimen Requirements

Tube/Container Type:

Preferred

• Pottle

Preferred Sample Volume (ml)

0.5

Aliquot Instructions

Sample Type

• Urine

Minimum Volume (ml)

5.0

Transport to Lab

Frozen
If overnight - Frozen

Test Method

Waters Acquity Amino Acid Analyser.

Pre-column derivatisation with reverse phase separation

Non-Funded Test Cost

$136.31 (Exclusive of GST)

Billing Code

4892

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