

ABL KINASE DOMAIN MUTATION IN CML, CELL-BASED
Specimen Required
Alternate Specimen
Rejection Criteria
Methodology
Stability
Reference Range
Performed
Collect bone marrow (2.1 mL minimum) in EDTA tube. Send refrigerated. Specimen must arrive at the lab the day of collection due to short stability. Send Monday-Thursday only. |
Alternate Specimen
Bone marrow: Sodium heparin | |||
Whole blood: EDTA or sodium heparin |
Rejection Criteria
Gross hemolysis, lipemia, frozen samples, clotted whole blood samples, clotted bone marrow samples. |
Methodology
Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction | |||
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction | |||
Sequencing |
Stability
Room temperature: 72 hours; Refrigerated: 72 hours; Frozen: Unacceptable |
Reference Range
See report |
Performed
Sunday-Monday |
Turnaround Time | 4-6 days | ||||||||
Test Code | ABLKD | ||||||||
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