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Requisition Forms for the Biochemical Genetics Laboratory
  Organic acid gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
  Amino Acid Analysis, quantitative
  N-acetyl-l-aspartic acid (Canavan disease)
  Canavan disease - prenatal diagnosis
  3-Methylglutaconic acid
  Orotic Acid
  Mevalonate ( Mevalonic Aciduria, Hyper IgD S.)
  Cholestanol (Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis)
  Sitosterol (Sitosterolemia, Phytosterolemia)
  Guanidinoacetic Acid + Creatine
  8(9)-Cholestenol (Chondrodysplasia Punctata)
  Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome - prenatal diagnosis
  Cholesterol Biosynthesis Intermediates: 7-Dehydrocholesterol (Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome); Lathosterol (Lathosterolosis); Desmosterol (Desmosterolosis)
Requisition Forms for the Peroxisomal Diseases Section
  Plasma Very Long Chain Fatty Acids: Includes Phytanic Acid (screening test for peroxisomal disorders)
Red Blood Cell Plasmalogen Content (screening test for rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata)
Plasma Total Lipid Fatty Acid Profile: Includes C8 to C26 saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated (essential), trans and branched chain fatty acids
Red Blood Cell Total Lipid Fatty Acid Profile: Includes C8 to C26 saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated fatty acids and plasmalogens
Pipecolic Acid: Plasma or Urine
Very Long Chain Fatty Acids (Fibroblast)
Peroxisomal Plasmalogen Synthesis (Fibroblast)
Phytanic Acid Oxidase (Fibroblast)
Pristanic Acid Oxidase (Fibroblast)
Catalase Distribution (Fibroblast)
Diagnostic Peroxisomal Enzyme Package (Fibroblast) Includes the 5 tests above
Prenatal Diagnosis for Peroxisomal Disorders (For the diagnosis of X-linked ALD, Zellweger Syndrome, neonatal ALD, and rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata)
Maternal Cell Contamination Studies (in conjunction with prenatal peroxisomal testing only)
DNA Testing for X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy
DNA Testing for PEX7 Gene (rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata type 1)
DNA Testing for PEX1, PEX2, PEX10, PEX12 and PEX26 Genes (Zellweger Spectrum Peroxisomal Biogenesis Disorders)
Red Blood Cell DHA Content

For More information on DNA Testing Offered by the Peroxisomal Diseases Section

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