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GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE
Test Code502421
Alias/See Also
"GNRH
LHRH
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LHRH
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CPT Codes
83727
Preferred Specimen
"Plasma with aprotinin (Trasylol®)
1 mL
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1 mL
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Minimum Volume
"0.5 mL (Note: This volume does not allow for repeat testing.)
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Instructions
"Using a chilled lavender-top (EDTA) tube, collect a whole blood specimen, add 0.25 mL of Trasylol® to the tube and mix well. Centrifuge the sample and remove the plasma. Freeze immediately. To avoid delays in turnaround time when requesting multiple tests on frozen samples, please submit separate frozen specimens for each test requested.
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Transport Container
"Trasylol® collection kit (Obtain N° 33328 through LabCorp branch locations.)
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Transport Temperature
Frozen
Specimen Stability
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Refrigerated---48 days
Frozen----291 days
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Refrigerated---48 days
Frozen----291 days
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Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
"Thawed or nonfrozen specimen; specimen type other than EDTA plasma
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Methodology
"High-pressure liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS-MS) "
