Shipping Instructions

Blood:

6-ml in yellow top Acid-Citrate-Dextrose (ACD) tubes.
For CoQ draw one 7.0-mL purple-top tube (EDTA).
For infants, please contact us to check minimum amount.

Muscle:

Biopsy should be snap frozen immediately in liquid nitrogen and shipped on dry ice. The biopsy should be approximately 0.1 cm in diameter and 0.5 cm in length; approximate weight should be 100-200 mg.

Shipping:

Blood: should be sent at room temperature by overnight carrier to the address below.

Muscle: should be sent frozen on dry ice and by overnight carrier to the address below.

Dr. S. DiMauro/ Dr. S. Shanske

Columbia University Medical Center
Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion
1150 Saint Nicholas Avenue, Room 315
New York NY 10032
Phone: 212-305-3947
FAX: 212-305-3986

*Please Note: Our address will be changing in 2009, please watch this space for updates.