Acylcarnitine profile (dbs) (Other)
| Testcode: | E_ACYLCP |
| Specimens: | Other |
| Preanalytics/Notes: | specimen: blood card At least 2 fully filled circles. Amino acids (alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, citrulline, glutamic acid, glycine, leucine, methionine, ornithine, phenylalanine, proline, tyrosine, valine) and succinylacetone Acylcarnitines (e.g., C2-carnitine, C3-carnitine, C4-carnitine, C5-carnitine, C5DC-carnitine, C6-carnitine, C8-carnitine, C10-carnitine, C12-carnitine, C14-carnitine, C16-carnitine, C18-carnitine, etc.) and free carnitine |
| Method: | Tandem mass-spectrometry |
| Set-up: | on demand |
| Duration: | 7 days |
| Indication/Significance: | As selective screening, when an inborn metabolic disorder is suspected, e.g.
Monitoring treatment of metabolic diseases. |
| Interpretation: |
Increased concentration more… Increased concentration of an individual acylcarnitine or aminoacid or combinations may indicate a metabolic disease. Clinical data are relevant for interpretation of the results. |
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