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LP14695-8   Somatotropin
Somatotropin (growth hormone) is essential for normal growth and development in children and helps regulate metabolism in both children and adults. The pituitary gland produces and releases GH into the blood in pulses throughout the day.

Because growth hormone is released in pulses, a single measurement of the blood level is not normally clinically useful. Therefore, testing for the suppression or stimulation of growth hormone release from the pituitary is usually done.

GH stimulation (challenge) tests help to diagnose GH deficiency and hypopituitarism. For a stimulation test, a sample of blood is drawn after 10-12 hours of fasting. Then, under close medical supervision, a person is given an intravenous solution of a substance that normally stimulates the release of GH from the pituitary. Blood samples are then drawn at timed intervals and GH levels are tested in each to see if the pituitary gland was stimulated to produce the expected levels of GH. The most commonly used challenge is arginine, but others include clonidine and glucagon. Since exercise normally causes an increase in GH, vigorous exercise may also be used as the stimulant for GH release.

GH suppression tests help to diagnose GH excess. For a suppression test, a sample of blood is drawn after 10-12 hours of fasting. A person is then given a standard glucose solution (usually 100 grams of glucose) to drink. Blood samples are drawn at timed intervals and tested for GH to see if the pituitary gland is sufficiently suppressed by the dose of glucose. Copyright Copyright © 2021 Lab Tests Online. All rights reserved. Source: Lab Tests Online®

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Somatotropin^3rd specimen post XXX challenge
Property
ACnc
Time
Pt
System
Ser/Plas
Scale
Qn
Method

Additional Names

Short Name
GH sp3 p chal SerPl-aCnc
Display Name
Somatotropin 3rd specimen post Unsp challenge Qn
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Somatotropin 3rd specimen after challenge, Blood

Basic Attributes

Class
CHAL
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 2.21
Last Updated
Version 2.70
Order vs. Observation
Observation

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Somatotropina^3er especimen pos provocación XXX:Concentración arbitraria:Punto temporal:Suero o Plasma:Qn:
Synonyms: Cuantitativo
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Somatotropina ^3.ª muestra después de la provocación XXX:Concentración arbitraria:Punto temporal:Suero o Plasma:Cuantitativo:
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Kasvuhormoon^3. proov pärast XXX manustamist:Acnc:Pt:S/P:Qn:
Synonyms: Juhuslik Kvantitatiivne Plasma Seerum Seerum või plasma Somatotropiin
fr-CA French (Canada) Hormone de croissance^3e échantillon post test de provocation XXX:Concentration arbitraire:Temps ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Quantitatif:
Synonyms: GH
fr-FR French (France) Somatotropine T03 après épreuve:Arbitraire/Volume:Ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Numérique:
fr-BE French (Belgium) Hormone de croissance^3e échantillon post test de provocation XXX:Concentration arbitraire:Temps ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Quantitatif:
Synonyms: échantillon.3 GH, hGH
it-IT Italian (Italy) Somatotropina^3° campione post XXX provocazione:ACnc:Pt:Siero/Plasma:Qn:
Synonyms: 3° campione dopo XXX stimolo Concentrazione Arbitraria dopo XXX provocazione GH Plasma Punto nel tempo (episodio) Siero Siero o Plasma Stimolo Test di provocazione
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) somatotropine^3de monster na XXX belasting:eenheid/volume:moment:serum of plasma:kwantitatief:
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil) Somatotrofina^3ª amostra após administração de XXX:ACnc:Pt:Sor/Plas:Qn:
Synonyms: ; GH; Somatotropic hormone; STH; Growth hormone; Human growth hormone; HGH; sp3 p chal; Arbitrary concentration; Point in time; Random; SerPl; SerPlas; SerP; Serum; SR; Plasma; Pl; Plsm; Quantitative; QNT; Quant; Quan; Spec; PST; After; CHEMISTRY.CHALLENGE TESTING; CHEMISTRY.CHALLENGE TESTING
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Соматотропин^3-й образец после XXX пробы:ПроизвКонц:ТчкВрм:Сыв/Плаз:Колич:
Synonyms: Количественный Плазма Провокационная проба Произвольная концентрация Сыворотка Сыворотка или Плазма Точка во времени;Момент
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Somatotropin^3cü örnek snr XXX girişimi:SçKons:Zmlı:Ser/Plaz:Kant:
zh-CN Chinese (China) 生长激素^在XXX刺激之后的第3个标本:任意型浓度:时间点:血清/血浆:定量型:
Synonyms: GH;HGH;STH;人生长激素（Human Growth Hormone，HGH）;促生长素;生长激素（Growth Hormone，GH，Somatotropin，Somatotropic hormone）;生长素;躯体刺激素 XXX刺激 - 在...之后 XXX刺激因素 之后于 XXX 刺激;之后于 XXX 刺激因素;之后于此处不作说明的刺激;之后于此处不作说明的刺激因素;在 XXX 刺激因素之后;在此处不作说明的刺激之后;在此处不作说明的刺激因素之后 之后于... 任意型浓度(单位体积);任意浓度;单位体积的任意单位数;人工型浓度 刺激因素;挑战 受检物 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 在...以后 在XXX刺激因素之后的第3个标本;在此处不作说明的刺激之后的第3个标本;在此处不作说明的刺激因素之后的第3个标本;第3个标本之后于XXX刺激;第3个标本之后于XXX刺激因素;第3个标本之后于此处不作说明的刺激;第3个标本之后于此处不作说明的刺激因素 在后 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 样品 样本 此处不作说明的刺激 此处不作说明的刺激因素 第3个标本（样本、样品、试样） 血清或血浆 试样

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