17-OH PROGEST LC/MSMS 0017180

17-Hydroxyprogesterone is used to screen for, detect, and monitor treatment for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).
It is part of any routine newborn screen, when an infant’s sex is not obvious (ambiguous genitalia) or when a young female has increased growth of facial and body hair (hirsutism) or other symptoms that could be related to elevated male sex hormones (virilization). It is also used when a male child has premature sexual development.