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PTHrP

Alternative Names:

Parathyroid Hormone-Related Peptide

Laboratory:

Clinical Biochemistry

Test Code:

PTP

Registration Instructions:

Non-MBS Cost: $120.00

CSR: Approval from a pathologist during business hours is required.

Specimen Types:

Plasma

Container Types:

Special: PTHrP tube

Adults Volume or Mass:

4 mL

Minimum/Paediatric Volume or Mass:

4 mL

Collection & Request Instructions:

Collect EDTA tube (containing Leupeptin plus Aprotinin) from the pathology laboratory central specimen reception

PTH and ionised calcium must be collected at the same time as the PTHrP sample

Transport Instructions:

On Ice

Processing Instructions:

Centrifuge specimen, separate plasma into 2 x >0.5mL aliquots. Label aliquots 'EDTA plasma with Leupeptin plus Aprotinin for PTHRP' and freeze as soon as possible

Send both the frozen aliquots and the primary collection tube rubber-banded together to Biochemistry Dept, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology

External Laboratory:

Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology

External Transport Instructions:

Send Frozen on Dry Ice

Send both the frozen aliquots and the primary collection tube rubber-banded together to Biochemistry Dept, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, 24 Hurworth St, Bowen Hills QLD 4006.