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Metabolic Diagnostic Tests 

Exclusive Research

Much of the research and tests provided by the Institute of Metabolic Disease at Baylor are not available anywhere else in the United States. For more information about these and other diagnostic tests performed by the Institute of Metabolic Disease at Baylor, call 214.820.4533.

 
Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
  • Acylcarnitine Profile (quantitative)
  • Carnitine Levels
  • Everolimus/Zortress
  • Mycophenolic acid (MPA)
  • Organic Acids (quantitative)
  • Sirolimus
 
Tissue Culture Laboratory
  • Mitochondrial Beta Oxidation Defects (quantitative)

 

Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory
  • Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
  • Carnitine Palmitolyltransferase II
  • EIF2B -Related Disorder - Childhood Ataxia with Central Nervous System Hypomyelination/Vanishing White Matter disease (CACH/VWM)
  • Fabry Disease
  • Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy/Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome 
  • Free Sialic Acid Storage disorders (SASD) or Salla Disease 
  • Long-chain hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (LCHAD) 
  • Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCAD)
Neuropharmacology Laboratory
  • 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate in CSF
  • Amino Acids
  • Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
  • Homocysteine
  • Lactate in CSF
  • Monoamine Neurotransmitter Metabolites in CSF
  • Tetrahydrobiopterin and Neopterin in CSF