Additional Information

The organic acids panel is used to detect inborn errors of metabolism such as methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria (3-HMG), 3-methylcrotonyl-coa-carboxylase deficiency, alcaptonuria, Canavan disease, glutaric aciduria (type 1 &2), Hawkinsinuria, isovaleric acidemia, maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD), multiple carboxylase deficiency, propionic acidemia, succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency, tyrosinemia, urea cycle defects, and others.