- OHSU Service Code:
- 067-6334
- CPT Codes:
- 82726
- Lab Section:
- Biochemical Genetics
- Synonyms:
- Adrenoleukodystrophy, Plasma; Fatty Acids, Very Long Chain; Peroxisomal Disorders; VLCFA; Zellweger Syndrome
- Specimen
Requirements:
- 1-3 mL blood in a LAVENDER top or heparinized GREEN top tube. Deliver within 4 hr or separate plasma, freeze and transport frozen. Serum also ok if treated as above. For requisition slips.
- Pediatric Specimen
Requirements:
- 1 mL blood in a 3 mL EDTA LAVENDER top tube.
- Comments:
- Indication: For diagnosis of adrenoleukodystrophy, Zellweger syndrome and other peroxisome assembly disorders. If both phytanic and very long chain fatty acids are to be done, one need only draw a single 1-3 mL blood specimen.
