HVA and VMA

EPIC

Urine VMA/HVA

Section

Chemical Pathology - Metabolic

Clinical indications

Neuroblastoma

Specimen requirement

2ml fresh random urine

Dispatch and handling instructions

Freeze ASAP. Send frozen

Turnaround time

3 days

Synonym

HVA: Homovanillic acid, homovanillate VMA: vanillylmandelic acid, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxymandelic acid, HMMA

Is it IS0 15189 accredited?

Yes