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Test Code FSH Follicle Stimulating Hormone, LAB86

Performing Laboratory

St. Luke's Hospital Laboratory, Cedar Rapids

Specimen Requirements

Container/Tube:  

Preferred: Green tube (lithium heparin)

Acceptable: Gold top- SST or EDTA plasma

Specimen:  0.5 mL 

Minimum:  0.024 mL plus a dead volume

Stability:

  • Room temperature:  5 days.  Samples on analyzer should be analyzed with 2 hrs.
  • Refrigeration (2°-8°C):  14 days
  • Frozen (≤ -20°C): 6 months Freeze samples only once and mix thoroughly after thawing.

Transport:  Refrigerated

Reference Values

             

Age

Male mIU/mL

Female mIU/mL

1-3 years

0.2-1.5

1.2-5.7

4-8 years

0.5-1.6

0.8-3.0

Tanner Stage

 

 

Tanner I

0.7-3.1

0.5-5.1

Tanner II

1.1-6.9

2.4-8.7

Tanner III

1.8-6.2

3.8-8.1

Tanner IV

1.8-4.8

1.1-9.6

Tanner V

1.4-6.8

2.0-7.6

Phase

 

 

Follicular

 

3.5-12.5

Ovulation

 

4.7-21.5

Luteal

 

1.7-7.7

Post menopause

 

23.8-134.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday-Sunday

Useful For

FSH and LH play a critical role in maintaining the normal function of the male and female reproductive systems.

Methodology

Chemiluminescence Assay

Test Classification and CPT Coding

83001

Report Available

Stat within 1 hr of receipt

Routine within 2 hrs of receipt