Specimen Collection

Serum separator (SST) tubes are unsuitable for this test.

4 mL EDTA Blood

4 mL Heparin Blood

2 mL Paediatric Micro-heparin Blood

2 mL Paediatric Micro-EDTA Blood
Reference Intervals

The reference interval will be provided with the result.

Turnaround Time: Between 5 weeks and 8 weeks
Diagnostic Use and Interpretation

This test is generally only done after the urine test shows suggestive results.

Thymidine and deoxyuridine are used in the diagnosis of MNGIE disease (mitochondrial-neurogastrointestinal-encephalopathy)

Last updated at 18:02:34 07/04/2019