Test category · Laboratory

Endocrine & hormone

Hormones of the thyroid, adrenal, pituitary and parathyroid glands and the dynamic tests that provoke or suppress them.

Tests with a page

Medical test

Hormone tests

Medical test

Thyroid function tests

Medical test

TSH test

Medical test

Vitamin D test

Concepts covered by those pages

Thyroid-stimulating hormone TSHFree thyroxine free T4, FT4Free triiodothyronine free T3, FT3Thyroid function tests TFTsSerum cortisolProlactinLuteinising hormone LHFollicle-stimulating hormone FSHParathyroid hormone PTH25-hydroxyvitamin D 25-OH vitamin D

Also in this category: catalogued concepts

Canonical test concepts of this category that do not yet have their own page. They are listed so that the taxonomy is complete and searchable; a page is written only when it can meet the quality standard.

  • Total thyroxine (total T4) Laboratory test
  • Total triiodothyronine (total T3) Laboratory test
  • Thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPO antibodies, anti-TPO) Laboratory test
  • Thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb) Laboratory test
  • TSH receptor antibodies (TRAb) Laboratory test
  • Thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI) Laboratory test
  • Thyroglobulin (Tg) Laboratory test
  • Calcitonin Laboratory test
  • Radioactive iodine uptake (RAIU) Imaging
  • Morning cortisol · also: 9 am cortisol Laboratory test
  • 24-hour urinary free cortisol (UFC) Laboratory test
  • Salivary cortisol · also: late-night salivary cortisol Laboratory test
  • Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) · also: corticotropin Laboratory test
  • Dexamethasone suppression test (DST) Laboratory test
  • ACTH stimulation test · also: short Synacthen test, cosyntropin test Laboratory test
  • Aldosterone Laboratory test
  • Renin · also: plasma renin activity Laboratory test
  • Aldosterone-renin ratio (ARR) Laboratory test
  • DHEA-S · also: dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate Laboratory test
  • Metanephrine · also: plasma metanephrines Laboratory test
  • Normetanephrine Laboratory test
  • Plasma catecholamines Laboratory test
  • Urinary catecholamines Laboratory test
  • Growth hormone (GH) Laboratory test
  • Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) Laboratory test
  • Copeptin Laboratory test
  • Dynamic pituitary function tests · also: insulin tolerance test, glucagon stimulation test Laboratory test
  • 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25-OH vitamin D) · also: calcitriol Laboratory test
  • Bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BALP) Laboratory test
  • Procollagen type 1 N-propeptide (P1NP) Laboratory test
  • C-terminal telopeptide (CTX) · also: beta-CTX Laboratory test
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