Indications:
At the time of your visit, please have a minimum fast of 8 hours and maximum of 12 hours. In patients 0 to 1 years old the minimum fast is 2 hours and in 1 to 6 years old the minimum fast is 4 hours.
What it's for:
Useful in the evaluation of hypo- and hypergonadotrophic hypogonadism, impotence, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, some cortico-adrenal tumors, trophoblastic disease during pregnancy, testicular feminization, Stein-Leventhal syndrome, idiopathic hirsutism, virilizing ovarian tumors, myotonic dystrophy, liver failure, Klinefelter syndrome, cryptorchidism, Kallman's syndrome.