Last Modified:
3/25/2009 6:41:56 PM
Specimen Requirements:
0.5 mL Serum from a Red Top Tube in a Plastic Vial
Collection Instructions:
Do not submit in glass tube
Do not collect in a Serum Separator Tube (SST or PST)
Minimum Volume:
0.25 mL
Temperature & Stability:
2 days Ambient
1 week Refrigerated
2 years Frozen
Reference Range:
1 month to 12 months: 11 - 170 ng/dL*
1 year to 4 years: 4 - 115 ng/dL*
5 years to 9 years: < or = 90 ng/dL
10 years to 13 years: < or = 169 ng/dL
14 years to 17 years: 16 - 283 ng/dL
Premature Infant (31-35 weeks)*: < or = 360 ng/dL
Term Infants (36-42 weeks)*: < or = 420 ng/dL
Tanner Stages
II-III Males: 12 - 130 ng/dL
IV-V Males: 51 - 190 ng/dL
II-III Females: 18 - 220 ng/dL
IV-V Females: 36 - 200 ng/dL
Males
18 years to 30 years: 32 - 307 ng/dL
31 years to 40 years: 42 - 196 ng/dL
41 years to 50 years: 33 - 195 ng/dL
51 years to 60 years: 37 - 129 ng/dL
Females
Follicular Phase: < or = 185 ng/dL
Mid-cycle Phase: < or = 225 ng/dL
Luteal Phase: < or = 285 ng/dL
Postmenopausal: < or = 45 ng/dL
Pregnancy
First Trimester: 78 - 457 ng/dL
Second Trimester: 90 - 357 ng/dL
Third Trimester: 144 - 578 ng/dL
Test Comments:
*Includes data from J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1991; 73:674-686; J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1989; 69:1133-1136; and J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1994; 78:226-270.
Methodology:
LC/MS/MS
Custom Panel:
No
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Turn Around Time:
6 to 8 days
Days Performed:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sites Performed:
Quest Diagnostics
PHL Test Code:
17PRO
Send Out Test Code:
171808 / 17180X
CPT Coding:
83498
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