Choriogonadotropin beta subunit

A pregnancy test can tell whether you're pregnant by checking a sample of your urine (pee) or blood for a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG).

Both urine and blood tests check for hCG to find out whether you're pregnant.

Source: MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine

Normal range

No published reference range from a named lab yet.

Details

Sample
Serum or plasma · LOINC
Listed under
Ectopic Pregnancy · Pregnancy · Teenage Pregnancy
Code
LOINC 21198-7 · m[IU]/mL
Also known as
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