Description
Lactate/ Pyruvate ratio
Also known as
LAPY, CLAPY
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Additional information
Please click on link to view protocol - perchlorate pptn
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Sending address
Chemical Pathology Reception
Level 1, Camelia Botnar Building
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3JH
Laboratory service
Chemical Pathology
Sample requirements
Whole blood or CSF precipitated into ice cold perchloric acid. See protocol
Reference range
Interpretative report
Turnaround time
1 - 2 weeks
Disease / group
Inborn error of metabolism, investigation of lactic acidosis, mitochondrial disorders.
Cost
Upon request
Call in advance?
Not required