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Luteinizing Hormone (LH)
MessageDo not use samples that have been stored at room temperature for longer than 8 hours.
Test Code
LH
Preferred Specimen
1 mL Serum
Instructions
"Minimum specimen requirement 0.5ml
Testing Frequency: Daily"
Testing Frequency: Daily"
Transport Container
SST
Transport Temperature
Refrigerate
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Stability: 8hr Room Temp;48 hours refrigerated
Methodology
Chemilumimescence
Clinical Significance
"Expected Value(s):
Females:
Normally menstruating
Follicular Phase: 1.9-12.5mIU/mL
Midcycle Peak: 8.7-76.3mIU/mL
Luteal Phase: 0.5-16.9mIU/mL
Pregnant: 0.0-1.5mIU/mL
Postmenopausal: 15.9-54.0mIU/mL
Contraceptives: 0.7-5.6mIU/mL
Males:
20-70 years: 1.5-9.3mIU/mL
>70 years: 3.1-34.0mIU/mL
Children: 0.0-6.0mIU/mL"
Females:
Normally menstruating
Follicular Phase: 1.9-12.5mIU/mL
Midcycle Peak: 8.7-76.3mIU/mL
Luteal Phase: 0.5-16.9mIU/mL
Pregnant: 0.0-1.5mIU/mL
Postmenopausal: 15.9-54.0mIU/mL
Contraceptives: 0.7-5.6mIU/mL
Males:
20-70 years: 1.5-9.3mIU/mL
>70 years: 3.1-34.0mIU/mL
Children: 0.0-6.0mIU/mL"
