Specimen

Whole Blood

Collection Medium:

Alternate
Collection Media:

Yellow top tube (ACD solution A)

Minimum:

Preferred minimum: 2.0 mL lavender top tube (EDTA)
Absolute minimum: 0.5 mL whole blood

Contact Clinical Pathology/Core Laboratory for other specimen options
(356-3527):  Amniotic Fluid or Chorionic Villus

Specimen
Instructions:

Specimen must arrive reference laboratory within 96 hours of
collection.

Analytic Time:

1 week

Reference Range:

An interpretive report will be provided.

Comments:

Please print, complete and submit the following forms to the lab, with 
the specimen and the A-1a Miscellaneous Request:

Molecular Genetics Inherited Cancer Syndromes Patient Information 
Sheet

   and the

Informed Consent Form for DNA Testing from the Mayo Medical 
Laboratories.

Methodology:

Direct Mutation Analysis by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and 
Pyrosequencing.

CPT Code:

83890, 83892(x2), 83900, 83904(x12), 83909(x12), 83912