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LH 8.00 mIU/mL
Note
1. LC-MS/MS is the gold standard for steroid hormone assays due to increased sensitivity & specificity
as compared to immunoassays
2. As per recommendation of Endocrine society, LC-MS/MS can measure very low testosterone
concentrations as found in women, children & hypogonadal men unlike immunoassays which are not
sensitive enough to measure such low concentrations.
Interpretation
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| FSH | LH |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| REFERENCE GROUP | REFERENCE RANGE IN mIU/mL |REFERENCE RANGE IN mIU/mL |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
| Tanner Stage 1 (< 9.8 yrs) | 0.26-3.00 |0.02-0.30 |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
| Tanner Stage 2 (9.8 - 14.5 yrs) | 1.80-3.20 |0.02-4.90 |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
| Tanner Stage 3 (10.7-15.4 yrs) | 1.20-5.80 |0.20-5.00 |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
| Tanner Stage 4 (11.8-16.2 yrs) | 2.00-9.20 |0.40-7.00 |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
| Tanner Stage 5 (12.8-17.3 yrs) | 2.60-11.00 |0.40-7.00 |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
| Adults >18 yrs | (1.40-18.10) |1.50 - 9.30 |
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| TESTOSTERONE,TOTAL |
|-----------------------------------------|
| REFERENCE RANGE (nmol/L) |
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Comment
Hypogonadism means a diminished functional activity of the gonads that may result in reduced sex hormone
biosynthesis. Low androgen (e.g., testosterone) levels are referred to as hypoandrogenism and low estrogen
(e.g., estradiol) as hypoestrogenism, and may occur as symptoms of hypogonadism in both sexes. Other
hormones produced by the gonads which may be decreased by hypogonadism include Progesterone, DHEA,
Anti-Müllerian hormone, Activin, and Inhibin. Spermatogenesis and ovulation in males and females,
respectively, may be impaired by hypogonadism depending on the degree of severity, resulting in partial or
complete infertility .
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