Sample type: CSF

Test name: Orexin a.k.a. Hypocretin

Condition / Indication: Narcolepsy with cataplexy

Reference range: >200 pg/mL

Container: Universal (white top)

Ideal volume (mL): 2mL

Referred outside NBT for analysis? Yes

Discipline: Clinical Biochemistry

Turnaround time: 42 days

www.ouh.nhs.uk/immunology/diagnostic-tests/tests-catalogue/orexin.aspx

Referral location: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Immunology Laboratory, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Headington, Oxford. OX3 7LE

Method:

RIA