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Test ID: VH
Vanillylmandelic Acid (VMA) and Homovanillic Acid (HVA), Pediatric, Urine

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

9254

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

Screening children for catecholamine-secreting tumors

 

Supporting a diagnosis of neuroblastoma

 

Monitoring patients with a treated neuroblastoma

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

Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)

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

VMA and HVA, Pediatric, U

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

3-methoxy-4-hydroxymandelic acid
4-hydroxy-3-methoxymandelic acid
Homovanillic Acid
HVA
Neuroblastoma
Vanillylmandelic Acid
Vanilmandelic acid
VMA