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pregnancy test.

See HCG radioreceptor assay.

pregnancy test

Any test used to detect or confirm pregnancy; in early pregnancy, all PTs measure hCG, the developing placenta's principal hormone, which is detectable as early as 6 days after fertilization; in clinical laboratories, serum levels of hCG are quantified by ELISA or RIA; home testing kits are reliable, widely used, operate on the principle of agglutination, and have < 1% error rate Ref range Nonpregnant < 5 mIU/mL. See hCG, Estriol.

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