91145      Inhibin-A [Dimer]
Specimen:
  Collect: One 7.5 mL SST  
  Submit: 0.5 mL (Min:0.2 mL) Serum. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Refrigerated.
 
  Special Handling: Avoid Repeated Freeze/Thaw Cycles 
  Rejection Criteria: Grossly Hemolyzed Samples
Grossly Lipemic Samples 
  Stability: Ambient: 1 Day(s); Refrigerated: 1 Week(s); Frozen: 12 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable 
Methodology: Chemiluminescent Immunoassay 
Performed: Sun-Sat 
Reported: 2-3 Day(s) 
CPT Codes:
86336 - Inhibin A
Interpretive Data:
Reference Range:
Normal Cycling Females -
Early Follicular Phase = 5.5-28.2 pg/mL
Mid Follicular Phase = 7.6-34.5 pg/mL
Late Follicular Phase = 19.5-102.3 pg/mL
Mid Cycle = 49.9-155.5 pg/mL
Early Luteal Phase = 35.9-132.7 pg/mL
Mid Luteal Phase = 13.2-159.6 pg/mL
Late Luteal Phase = 7.3-89.9 pg/mL
IVF-Peak Levels = 354.2-1690.0 pg/mL
PCOS-Ovulatory = 5.7-16.0 pg/mL
Postmenopausal = 1.0-3.9 pg/mL

Normal males = 1.0-3.6 pg/mL

Values may be elevated during normal pregnancy. Preeclampsia, Down syndrome and some cancers may increase Inhibin-A values.