Sample type: Serum
Test name: Valproate a.k.a. Epilim
Condition / Indication: Rarely indicated test
Special precautions & notes: Not routinely available, testing only helpful in poor compliance or acute toxicity. Please discuss request with laboratory.
Reference range: Rarely indicated test. Therapeutic Range, Trough sample: 50 - 100 mg/L.
Container: Serum (Gold top)
Ideal volume (mL): 5 mL
Referred outside NBT for analysis? Yes
Discipline: Clinical Biochemistry
Turnaround time: 7 days
Referral location: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, King's College Hospital, Bessemer Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS