Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Amino Acid Profile, Quantitative Build info

Synonyms

  • AMINO ACIDS, PLASMA
  • AA
  • AMINO ACIDS, PLASMA
  • LAB811

Procedure Name

AMINO ACIDS, PLASMA

Procedure Master Number

LAB811

Procedure ID

64711

Clinical Info

Diagnosis and monitoring of inherited aminoacidurias, organic acidurias, and urea cycle defects. May be used as a follow-up confirmatory test to some abnormal newborn screen results.
Limitations

Specimen Sources

 Blood, Arterial Blood, Capillary Blood, Central Line Blood, Venous

Specimen Types

 Blood

Container

Green Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Green-top (heparin) tube(s) Specimen : 0.5 ml  (minimum volume: 0.25 mL) of plasma
Transport Temperature: Frozen
Stability: 14 Days frozen
                  Unstable Room Temperature or Refrigerated
Collection Instructions: Fasting (4 hours or more in infants). Spin specimen down promptly. Send specimen in plastic vial.

Specimen Volume

0.5 ml  (minimum volume: 0.25 mL) of plasma

Transport Instructions

Frozen

Specimen Stability

14 Days frozen
                  Unstable Room Temperature or Refrigerated

Methodology

Liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS-MS)

Days Performed

TAT: 4-7 Days

Performing Laboratory

LabCorp

CPT

82139

PDM

 5302900

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 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
TAURINE TAURINE TAURINE Taurine
ASPARTATE ASPARTATE ASPARTATE Aspartate
HYDROXYPROLINE HPROLINE HYDROXYPROLINE Hydroxyproline
THREONINE THREONINE THREONINE Threonine
SERINE SERINE SERINE Serine
ASPARAGINE ASPARAGINE ASPARAGINE Asparagine
GLUTAMATE GLUTAMATE GLUTAMATE Glutamate
GLUTAMINE GLUTAMINE GLUTAMINE Glutamine
SARCOSINE SARCOSINE SARCOSINE Sarcosine
A-AMINOADIPATE AAMINOADI A AMINOADIPATE Alpha-aminoadipate
PROLINE PROLINE PROLINE Proline
GLYCINE GLYCINE GLYCINE Glycine
ALANINE ALANINE ALANINE Alanine
CITRULLINE CITRULLINE CITRULLINE Citrulline
A-AMINOBUTYRATE AAMINOBUT A AMINOBUTYRATE Alpha-aminobutyrate
VALINE VALINE VALINE Valine
CYSTINE CYSTINE CYSTINE Cystine
METHIONINE METHIONINE METHIONINE Methionine
HOMOCITRULLINE HOMOCIT HOMOCITRULLINE Homocitrulline
CYSTATHIONINE CYTATHION CYSTATHIONINE Cystathionine
ALLOISOLEUCINE ALLOISOL ALLOISOLEUCINE Alloisoleucine
ISOLEUCINE ISOLEUCINE ISOLEUCINE Isoleucine
LEUCINE LEUCINE LEUCINE Leucine
TYROSINE RESULT TYROSINE TYROSINE, RESULT Tyrosine
PHENYLALANINE RESULT PHENYLAL PHENYLAL, RESULT Phenylalanine
ARGININOSUCCINATE ARGININOSU ARGININOSUCCINATE Argininosuccinate
B-ALANINE BALANINE B ALANINE Beta-alanine
B-AMINOISOBUTYRATE BAMINOISOBUT B AMINOISOBUTYRATE Beta-aminoisobutyrate
HOMOCYSTINE HOMOCYSTEINE HOMOCYSTEINE Homocysteine
G-AMINOBUTYRATE GAMINOB G AMINOBUTYRATE Gamma-aminobutyrate
TRYPTOPHAN TRYPTOPHAN TRYPTOPHAN Tryptophan
HYDROXY-LYSINE HLYSINE HYDROXY LYSINE Hydroxylysine
ORNITHINE ORNITHINE ORNITHINE Ornithine
LYSINE LYSINE LYSINE Lysine
HISTIDINE HISTIDIN HISTIDINE Histidine
ARGININE ARGININE ARGININE Arginine
INTERPRETATION AAPL INTERP INTERPRETATION AAPL AAPL Interpretation
DIRECTOR REVIEW DIRREV DIRECTOR REVIEW Director Review
METHODOLOGY METHODOLOGY METHODOLOGY, METHODOLOGY Methodology

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