Parathyroid hormone test

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In late July 2007, the FDA gave Roche Diagnostics clearance to market the nine-minute Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) test during parathyroid surgery. The test is used on Roche's Elecsys 1010 and 2010 systems and cobas e 411 analyzer and has been available for non-operative use since April.

The test provides quantitative results on the amount of parathyroid hormone in human serum and plasma to diagnose hypercalcemia and hypocalcemia, which helps physicians diagnose parathyroid dysfunction.

Surgeons use the test to establish a PTH baseline on patients with parathyroid adenoma that can cause their parathyroids to malfunction. The test can now be used during surgery at different intervals after the gland is removed to determine whether all the adenoma has been removed and the gland is back to normal function.