Use

The test is used for the biochemical diagnosis of inborn errors of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation. This includes diagnosing deficiencies in medium-chain acyl-Co-A dehydrogenase, long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-Co-A dehydrogenase, very long-chain acyl-Co-A dehydrogenase, and glutaric acidemia type 2. It serves as a screening tool for patients suspected of having mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation (FAO) disorders, which lead to conditions like hypoketotic hypoglycemia, liver disease, skeletal myopathy, and cardiomyopathy when the body is stressed or fasting.