Test Code: MitoDN Preferred Name Mitochondrial Point Mutations (Blood or Hair)
No
1 hour
External
Contact laboratory
Non-medicare Item
N/A
Test Tubes
| Image | Specimen Type | Specimen Volume | Tube Type |
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Blood OR | 6 mL | EDTA 6 mL (Pink top) |
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Hair Roots (plucked) | 10 minimum | Sterile container 70 mL (yellow lid) |
COLLECTION NOTES
>2 years old: 2 X 3 mL EDTA blood or 10 plucked hair roots;
<2 years: preferred specimen 2 x 1 mL EDTA (paediatric).
Blood spots on a neonatal screening card only.
Muscle biopsy - sent frozen
