FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE
Specimen Required
Alternate Specimen
Rejection Criteria
Methodology
Stability
Reference Range
Performed
| Draw blood in a SST. Centrifuge, separate and send 1.0 mL serum (0.4 mL minimum) refrigerated in a screw-capped plastic vial. |
Alternate Specimen
| Serum: Red-top |
Rejection Criteria
| Gross lipemia or hemolysis, plasma |
Methodology
| Chemiluminescence |
Stability
| Refrigerated: 72 hours; Frozen: 14 days |
Reference Range
| Adult Male: | 1.4-18.1 mIU/mL | ||
| Adult Female: | |||
| Follicular: | 2.5-10.2 mIU/mL | ||
| Midcycle Peak: | 3.4-33.4 mIU/mL | ||
| Luteal: | 1.5-9.1 mIU/mL | ||
| Pregnant: | <0.6 | ||
| Postmenopausal: | 23.0-116.3 mIU/mL | ||
Performed
| Monday-Friday |
| 3 days | |||||
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