80168-8

LOINC 2.82

Pterins panel - Cerebral spinal fluid

Pterins Pnl CSF

Definition

  • The analysis of pterins, including neopterin, biopterin, xanthopterin, tetrahydropterin, 7,8-dihydrobiopterin and pterin, in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). This panel is performed to diagnose pediatric neurotransmitter diseases caused by defects in the pterin biosynthetic pathway, including inborn errors of sepiapterin reductase (SR), 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase (PTPS), dihydropteridine reductase (DHPR), and guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase (GTPCH).[PMID: 25213568]

Component

  • Pterins panel

Specimen / system

  • CSF

Class

  • PANEL.CHEM

Property

  • -

Scale

  • -

Related names

  • Cerebral spinal fluid; Cerebrospinal Fl; Chemistry; Pan; PANEL.CHEMISTRY; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Pterins Pnl; Random; Spinal Fl; Spinal Fld; Spinal Flu; Spinal Fluid

Index terms

  • Cerebral spinal fluid
  • Cerebrospinal Fl
  • Chemistry
  • Pan
  • PANEL.CHEMISTRY
  • Panl
  • Pnl
  • Point in time
  • Pterins Pnl
  • Random
  • Spinal Fl
  • Spinal Fld
  • Spinal Flu
  • Spinal Fluid