ALA dehydratase, whole blood

Alphabetical Test listing

ALA dehydratase, whole blood-994

  
ALA dehydratase, whole blood
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  
Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydratase
Porphobilinogen (PBG) Synthase
ALAD (Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydratase) Deficiency Porphyria (ADP)
Doss Porphyria
  

This test is the preferred test for the confirmation of a diagnosis of aminolevulinic acid dehydratase deficiency porphyria

  

Patient should abstain from alcohol for 24 hours

 

  
Sodium (Na) heparin whole blood
  
  
4.0 mL
  
3.0 mL
  

Place the specimen on wet ice immediately following collection

  

Submit entire tube, unspun and unopened.

 

  

Dk green (Na heparin) tube, unspun and unopened

  
EDTA whole blood
  
  

Include a list of medications patient is currently prescribed

  

Refrigerated (preferred) - 7 days

Frozen - NO

Ambient - 4 days

  
  • Hemolysis
  • samples received frozen
  
Mayo Clinic Laboratories (ALAD) via LabCorp (811129): R-NX
  
Tu, Th
  
4 - 6 days
  

Enzymatic End Point/Spectrofluorometric

  

≥ 4.0 nmol/L/sec
    3.5 - 3.9 nmol/L/sec (indeterminate)
< 3.5 nmol/L/sec (diminished)

  
  
82657
  
Result 59462-2
  
12/11/2007
  
03/09/2023
  
03/08/2023