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Plasma Palmitoyl Phosphocholinesterine
(a.k.a PPCS)
minimum sample volume required ~ 4ml

Special instructions
Sent away to Willink Biochemical Genetics, Manchester

Reference range
1 - 200

Units
ng/mL

Turnaround Time
32 days

Department: Biochemistry

Clinical Application
First line screen for Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC). Note this replaces plasma oxysterol.

If PPCS is increased, secondary metabolites are included to differentiate between ASMD (NPA/B), Gaucher disease and NPC.