Sample type: Serum

Test name: Alpha subunit

Special precautions & notes: Please send clinical details including results of other pituitary hormone tests.

Reference range: Rarely indicated test. Reference range quoted on report provided by referral laboratory.

Container: Serum (Gold top)

Ideal volume (mL): 2 mL

Referred outside NBT for analysis? Yes

Discipline: Clinical Biochemistry

Turnaround time: 28 days

Referral location: Clinical Laboratory Services, Level minus 1, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, B15 2WB