Used primarily in the investigation of urea cycle disorders.
Tube
Plain Universal
ID
29976
Availability
Weekdays.
Turn Around
28 days.
Send to
Specialist Laboratory Medicine
Centre for Laboratory Medicine
St James hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Advice
See British Inherited Metabolic Diseases Group.
Collection Con
Instructions for lab: Send to Centre for Laboratory Medicine. If storage required (overnight or over the weekend) store refrigerated at 2 to 8ºC.
Please discuss with Biochemical Genetics lab prior to rejecting any samples.
Contact
For further details please contact Leeds Pathology customer services: [email protected].
Frequency
Monthly.
Sample REQ
Plain urine. Boric acid samples must NOT be used.
Ref. Range (Male)
<3.5
Ref. Range (Female)
<3.5
Ref. Range (Paed)
<3.5
Ref. Range Notes
Contact Biochemical Genetics laboratory for further advice if required.
Units
µmol/mmol creatinine.