Objective
Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is also a pituitary glycoproteic hormone. It acts synergetically with LH to control gonadal functions. High concentrations of FSH in plasma would suggest gonadal failure in both males and females. FSH and LH are structurally very close.
The aim of this project is identical to that on LH and it should proceed along the same lines.
STATUS
In 1988 an interlaboratory trial was organised involving 22 laboratories, to determine FSH in different serum samples. The results showed a marked difference in means between the all radioimmunoassay (RIA) and the all immunometric assay (IMA) groups. This suggests that the all laboratory trimmed mean (ALTM) is unlikely to provide a suitable target value, at least for high concentration of FSH. Work may continue with epitope mapping studies such as those carried out for LH when the studies on the latter are completed.
Funding Scheme
CSC - Cost-sharing contractsCoordinator
Brussel
Belgium
Participants (31)
69260 Charbonnières-les-bains
Gouda
Penzberg
Bruxelles
Glostrup
Glostrup
EH3 9YW Edinburgh
Liège
30625 Hannover
65926 Frankfurt Am Main
Barcelona
Liège
13009 Marseille
Fleurus
81377 München
Nice
23562 Lübeck
Athens
EN6 3QG Potters Bar
Cambridge
Athens
Bagnols-sur-ceze
37079 Göttingen
Woking
Salluggia
London
Copenhagen
13288 Marseille