17-hydroxyprogesterone

• The patient does not need to be fasting.About 30 minutes before the test it is advisable to drink a glass of water.
• 17-OH Progesterone is secreted in a diurnal rhythm, so blood is best taken between 08:00 and 10:00 in the morning, unless otherwise advised by your doctor.
• The test material is blood.

• The test should be performed in the early follicular phase, i.e. 1-6 days after menstruation.

A precursor of cortisol, has natriuretic properties. Produced in the adrenal glands, ovaries, testes, placenta.
Indications for determination are: disorders of steroid biosynthesis, precocious puberty, symptoms of virilization in women, hirsutism, androgen-producing tumors, growth disorders
. It is used to diagnose adrenal-genital syndrome.

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