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Galactosaemia screen
Test Code: GAL
Special instructions
Contact laboratory before requesting as special transport will need to be booked.
For neonates, 2x blood spots on a neonatal screening card may be used as an alternative sample type.
Please note: This test is not valid if the patient has received transfused erythrocytes (urine galactitol is an alternative test to exclude classical galactosaemia in this situation).
Tube type: Lithium Heparin
Sent away
to Southmead Hospital, Bristol
Contact Laboratory before requesting
Linked to
Galactose - 1 - Phosphate Uridyl Transferase, Galactose - 1 - Phosphate
Turnaround Time
10
days
Department: Biochemistry
Clinical Application
Screening for galactosaemia.
