The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK

FBN1 Mutation Analysis
Order Code: FBN1
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or IPR Req 		  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527 
Specimen
 
Whole Blood
Collection Medium:
Lavender top tube (EDTA) 


Minimum:


Adult minimum: 6 mL whole blood from two 4 mL lavendar top (EDTA) tubes
Pediatric minimum: 5 mL whole blood from lavendar top (EDTA) tube
Infant minimum: 2-3 mL whole blood from lavendar top (EDTA) tube

Alternate collection media: Tissue: frozen (preferred), Formalin-fixed, 
Paraffin embedded, CVS, fibroblasts, amniocytes, or extracted DNA.


Analytic Time:


2 weeks


Comments:


Please print, complete and submit the Laboratory Test Requisition 
Form I and the Laboratory Test Requisition Form II from Connective 
Tissue Gene Tests with the A-1a Miscellaneous Request.


CPT Code:


83890 x1
83898 x58
83894 x58
83904 x63
83912 x1




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Updated: 07/15/2008

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