Specimen:

Serum

Collection Medium:

Minimum:

Preferred 1.0 mL serum from fasting patient.
Adult Absolute Minimum:  0.5 mL serum from fasting patient.
Absolute Pediatric Minimum:  0.25  mL serum from fasting patient.

Rejection Criteria:

Hemolyzed or lipemic specimens.

Delivery Instructions:

Deliver to laboratory immediately after collection.

Analytic Time:

2 weeks

Reference Range:

0 - 435 pg/mL

Comments:

Patient must be fasting for ten hours prior to collection of sample.

Methodology:

Radioimmunoassay (RIA)

CPT Code:

83519

See Additional Information:
Fasting Specimen Requirements
Specimens Requiring Immediate Delivery