Every woman in infertility treatment eventually gets tested for: 17B Oestriadol, FSH, LH, Prolactin, AMH Very little information is available on these results, especially from South African sources. We understand that values can differ from lab to lab, but could you possibly give us reference values according to your own lab(Lancet – Vitalab) to help us understand our results better?
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008The reference range of the mentioned tests do differ from lab to lab, depending on the assays used and units used to express the findings. When looking at results, one therefore has to see the complete picture. Hormone profiles, from an infertility point of view , only have meaning when done on day 2 or 3 of the menstrual cycle. Outside of this window period, the results have no significance at all. From that point of view the following is of significance:
1) 17B Oestradiol – Less than 200
2) FSH – Less than 10
3) LH – Less than 10
4) Prolactin and thyroid within the normal range of the laboratory used
5) In our clinic AMH levels of 1.1 and above would be in keeping with a fair to good chance
- Week 5 answers kindly provided by Dr. Stephan Volschenk -
