Red top or SST tube
1 mL serum
0.6 mL serum
Collect blood in a red top or SST tube. Centrifuge, aliquot serum into plastic vial and refrigerate.
Collect blood in a red top or SST tube. Centrifuge, aliquot serum into plastic vial and refrigerate.
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
2 - 9 days
Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)
Age specific reference ranges provided with report.
Monitoring patients receiving 5 alpha reductase inhibitor therapy or chemotherapy and evaluating patients with possible 5 alpha reductase deficiency.
Test sent to Mayo Medical Laboratories.
1848-1
82642
AA437
Refrigerated preferred, frozen acceptable