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AMINO ACID PROFILE, QUANTITATIVE

This panel is used to monitor body functions and nutritional status.

In the body, certain inborn errors can result in the loss of a specific enzyme or transport activity. These errors can manifest as an alteration of normal metabolism of one or more amino acids. The identification of one or more of these metabolites is useful for the detection of these inborn errors of metabolism. Increased amino acid concentrations in plasma may reflect inherited metabolic abnormalities, as in the tyrosemias or phenylketonuria. This panel inclides the following amino acids:

alanine		hydroxylysine
beta-alanine		hydroxyproline
amino-beta-guanidino-propionic acid		isoleucine
alpha-amino-N-butyric acid		leucine
alpha-aminoadipic acid		lysine
gamma-aminobutyric acid		methionine
beta-aminoisobutyric acid		1-methylhistidine
anserine		3-methylhistidine
arginine		ornithine
asparagine		phenylalanine
aspartic acid		phosphoethanolamine
carnosine		phosphoserine
citrulline		proline
cystathionine		sarcosine
cystine		serine
glutamic acid		taurine
glutamine		threonine
glycine		tyrosine
histidine		tryptophan
homocystine		valine

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