CENTRIFUGE SST (SERUM GEL TUBES) WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. CENTRIFUGE RED TOP VACUTAINERS AND ALIQUOT SERUM WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. THE SEPARATION VIAL MUST BE LABELED WITH AT LEAST 2 PATIENT IDENTIFIERS AND THE SAMPLE TYPE.
Reference intervals
AGE, GENDER, MENSTRUAL PHASE (FOLLICULAR PHASE VS. MID CYCLE PEAK VS. LUTEAL PHASE) SPECIFIC, POST MENOPAUSAL REFERENCE INTERVALS (AS APPROPRIATE) ARE PROVIDED ON THE REPORT.
Clinical Utility
ASSESSMENT OF INFERTILITY, ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING, CONFIRM OVULATION (LEVELS PEAK IN LUTEAL PHASE), CORPUS LUTEUM INSUFFICIENCY, PLACENTAL HEALTH IN PREGNANCY.
Test Limitations/ Confounders
LEVELS DIFFER IN PREGNANCY & BY PREGNACY TRIMESTER. IMMUNOASSAY INTERFERENCE CAN GIVE RISE TO SPURIOUS RESULTS. SUCH INTERFERENCE CAN ARISE FROM PRESENCE OF HETEROPHILE ANTIBODIES, ANTI-ANIMAL ANTIBODIES, AUTOANTIBODIES, PARAPROTEINS, BIOTIN ETC. RESULTS SHOULD ALWAYS BE CORRELATED WITH CLINICAL FINDINGS.