If the period is absent and certainty about a possible pregnancy is to be obtained, a pregnancy test is used. This indicates whether the pregnancy hormone hCG is present. Modern pregnancy tests are very reliable with a laboratory accuracy of over 99.9%. What is a pregnancy test? To make sure that a pregnancy is actually … Pregnancy Test: Treatment, Effect & Risks
Definition Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) is a hormone that is produced in the human placenta and plays an important role in maintaining pregnancy. The hormone consists of two subunits, alpha and beta. Only the beta subunit is characteristic, while the alpha subunit is also found in other hormones. Function The female cycle can be divided … Beta-HCG
Tumour marker Human chorionic gonadotropin serves diagnostically as a tumor marker, since some malignant tumors, especially tumors of the gonads (testicles and ovaries) and placenta, produce the hormone. In rare cases this also applies to tumours of other tissues such as the mammary gland, liver, lungs or intestines. However, like most tumour markers, HCG is … Tumour marker | Beta-HCG
