UCSD Cystine Determination Laboratory

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Contact: Jeanne Aufderheide

Phone: (619) 534-2212
Fax: (619) 534-1084
Email: cystine@ucsd.edu

The lab supplies kits for preparation of white blood cells and determines the cystine content of white blood cells to monitor therapy. The lab also diagnoses cystinosis by assay of cystine in white blood cells, placenta, or amniocytes. Carrier testing is done in San Diego.

For more information about the UCSD Cystine Determination Lab, visit their official web site through UCSD's Cystinosis Central Web Site at:

http://medicine.ucsd.edu/cystinosis/cystine.html

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