Sample type: Serum

Test name: 5-Alpha Dihydrotestosterone a.k.a. 5DHT, Dihydrotestosterone

Condition / Indication: Rarely indicated test

Special precautions & notes: Rarely indicated. Discuss with the laboratory in the first instance, prior to samples being taken.

Reference range: Reference ranges quoted on report provided by referral laboratory.

Container: Serum (Gold top)

Alternative container: Li heparin (green top)

Ideal volume (mL): 1 mL

Referred outside NBT for analysis? Yes

Discipline: Clinical Biochemistry

Turnaround time: 28 days

Referral location: SAS Steroid Centre, Specialist Laboratory Medicine, Block 46, St James’s University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF