Specimen Requirements
Title
JAK2 Exon 12, 13, 14 and 15 Mutation Analysis by NGS
Specimen Requirement
Collect lavender EDTA, green sodium heparin or yellow ACD/3.0 mL whole blood, send whole blood room temperature to the lab same day.
Alternate collection: 1 mL bone marrow
Methodology
Amplicon-based Next Generation Sequencing
Stability
Room temp: 48 hours, Refrigerated/Frozen: Unacceptable
Reference Range
Reference ranges are determined by the performing laboratory and will show on the report.
Turnaround
7 days
Clinical Use
Molecular testing of blood or bone marrow is useful in the evaluation of suspected myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). This test will assess mutations in JAK2 exons 12, 13, 14 and 15.
Test Code
JAKLC