Analysis of the catecholamine dopamine and catecholamine metabolites HVA and HMMA for the investigation into and monitoring of neuroblastoma.
Tube
25 mL universal containing 1mL 4M HCl
ID
29932
Availability
weekdays
Turn Around
18 days.
Send to
Specialist Laboratory Medicine
Centre for Laboratory Medicine
St James hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Contact
For further details please contact Leeds Pathology customer services: [email protected].
Collection Con
Minimum volume: 5.0 mL
Instructions for lab: Send to Centre for Laboratory Medicine. If storage required (overnight or over the weekend) store refrigerated at 2 to 8ºC.
Do NOT reject 24 hour urine samples, send an aliquot in a universal to Block 46 (aliquot treated as a random urine).
Please discuss with Biochemical Genetics lab prior to rejecting any samples.
Frequency
Weekly
Sample REQ
Acidified urine. The patient can eat normally during the collection period but must not be on any drug therapy. If they are, the prescribed drugs must be recorded on the request form.
Ref. Range Notes
Age related reference range supplied on the report as appropriate. Contact Biochemical Genetics laboratory for further advice if required.
Units
HVA/HMMA: µmol/mmol creatinine
Dopamine: nmol/mmol creatinine