Lab Test Details
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LAB120 |
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84207 |
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B6; Pyridoxal 5-Phosphate; Pyridoxine; PLP |
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Plasma (EDTA), protected from light |
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Lavender-top (EDTA) tube; amber plastic transport tube with amber-top. |
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Collect blood by venipuncture into a lavender-top tube containing EDTA and mixed immediately by gentle inversion at least six times to ensure adequate mixing. The plasma must be separated and protected from light in an amber transport tube with amber stopper. |
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Volume: 0.5 mL |
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Detects vitamin B6 deficiency |
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Separate plasma from cells, protect from light in amber tube, and freeze immediately |
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Freeze |
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Frozen: 15 days |
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Anticoagulants other than EDTA; specimen not protected from light |
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Reference range accompanies report |
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Vitamin B6 |
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Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS-MS) |
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004655 |
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Rhonda Crowe |
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3/1/23 |
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* Denotes Reference Lab Test |