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Test ID: OLIGO    
Oligosaccharide Screen, Urine

Secondary ID A test code used for billing and in test definitions created prior to November 2011

84340

NY State Approved Indicates the status of NY State approval and if the test is orderable for NY State clients.

Yes

Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful

Screening for possible oligosaccharidoses

Genetics Test Information Provides information that may help with selection of the correct test or proper submission of the test request

This is a screening method and detects only a few of the oligosaccharidoses. Sialidosis and mucolipidosis II and III are not reliably detected. Enzyme analysis is required to confirm abnormal urine oligosaccharide results.

Method Name A short description of the method used to perform the test

 Thin-Layer Chromatography (TLC)

Reporting Name A shorter/abbreviated version of the Published Name for a test; an abbreviated test name

Oligosaccharide Screen, U

Aliases Lists additional common names for a test, as an aid in searching

Alpha-Fucosidosis
Alpha-Mannosidosis
Alpha-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase Deficiency
Aspartylglycosaminuria
Beta-Mannosidosis
Galactosialidosis
Gaucher Disease
Glycogen Storage Disease Type II (GSD II)
GM1 gangliosidosis
GM2 gangliosidosis
GSD II (Glycogen Storage Disease Type II)
I-Cell Disease
Mucolipidosis II
Mucolipidosis III
Pompe Disease
Psuedo-Hurler Polydystrophy
Sandhoff Disease
Schindler Disease
Sialidosis