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Saint Francis Genetics PAX 3
Test CodeNMCP012
Alias/See Also
Waardenburg Syndrome
CPT Codes
81479
Preferred Specimen
5ml whole blood
Minimum Volume
0.7 ml whole blood
Other Acceptable Specimens
Direct: 5ml direct unspun amniotic fluid or 15mg CVS tissue with a backup flask growing. Culture: confluent T25 flask. Maternal blood sample is required for maternal cell contamination studies.
Instructions
No Saturday delivery
Transport Container
lavender top
Transport Temperature
Room Temp
Specimen Stability
Ambient: up to 7 days; Refrigerated: 2 weeks. Frozen
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Frozen, clotted, Serum
Methodology
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA Sequencing of all 10 exons, and their intron- exon borders.
Report Available
4 weeks
