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Test ID: IGF1
Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1, Serum

Secondary ID A test code used for billing and in test definitions created prior to November 2011

15867

Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful

Diagnosing growth disorders

 

Diagnosing adult growth hormone deficiency

 

Monitoring of recombinant human growth hormone treatment

 

Diagnosis and follow-up of acromegaly and gigantism

 

As a part of laboratory monitoring of nutritional status

Method Name A short description of the method used to perform the test

Enzyme-Labeled Chemiluminescence

Reporting Name A shorter/abbreviated version of the Published Name for a test; an abbreviated test name

Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1, S

Aliases Lists additional common names for a test, as an aid in searching

IGF (Insulin-Like Growth Factor)
IGF-1
IGF1
Insulin Like Growth Factor I
Somatomedin-C