The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Testosterone (TMS)

Testosterone (TMS)

A major androgen hormone.

Tube Serum Gel
ID 12689
Availability
Additional Information Used to study hypo- and hyperandogenism in men and women and to assess pubertal status in children. Hirsutism, virilisation, menstrual irregularities, infertility, impotence, gynaecomastia, delayed puberty. Other tests such as gonadotrophins may aid in diagnosis.
Turn Around 14 days
Send to Specialist Laboratory Medicine
Block 46
St James hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Contact 1132067043
Advice 01132064717, stephen.gibbons@nhs.net
Collection Con Instructions for lab staff: Consult a BMS if sample older than 24hrs. Centrifuge the sample and separate the serum. Store in freezer
Ref. Range (Male) 8-30
Ref. Range (Female) <1.8
Ref. Range (Paed) <0.9
Units nmol/L
IP Routine TAT 14 days
GP Acute TAT 14 days
GP Routine TAT 14 days
Telepath TSTM1J
ICE Codes LTSTM