Sample type: Blood spot

Test name: 17 OHP a.k.a. 17-hydroxyprogesterone

Condition / Indication: CAH (Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia) treatment monitoring

Special precautions & notes: Not suitable for diagnosis. Results to be used for monitoring known patients with CAH only. Special cards for sample collection, please contact 0117 414 8412. Please collect two bloodspots per time point, each at least 8mm in diameter.

Reference range: Several samples collected as a day profile to assess therapy. Reportable range 1- 800 nmol/L

Container: Special cards available from lab.

Ideal volume (mL): see notes

Referred outside NBT for analysis? No

Discipline: Clinical Biochemistry

Section: Newborn Screening

Turnaround time: 14 days

Method:

Perkin Elmer GSP Immunoassay