THE PURSER WELLNESS REFERENCE
Understand your lab vocabulary.
Compare Dr. Purser’s adult ranges with your own report. Units, symptoms and health history matter when you discuss a result with your clinician.
17 entries
Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) — lab reference
Ovarian reserve marker, not egg quality. PCOS and hormonal treatments may affect interpretation.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumEstradiol, follicular phase — lab reference
Ranges vary across the follicular phase and by assay.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumEstradiol, luteal phase — lab reference
Ask your clinician to read this result with cycle timing and ovulation status.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumEstradiol, postmenopausal — lab reference
Method-dependent; LC-MS/MS is preferred at very low values.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumFSH, follicular — lab reference
Ask your clinician to read this result with estradiol, age, and cycle day.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumFSH, luteal — lab reference
The test method matters.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumFSH, midcycle — lab reference
The test method matters.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumFSH, postmenopausal — lab reference
Wide range; hormone therapy may suppress.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumhCG, quantitative, nonpregnant — lab reference
Pregnancy interpretation is gestational-age-specific; low-level positives require clinical follow-up.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumLH, follicular — lab reference
Ask your clinician to read this result with cycle day and symptoms.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumLH, luteal — lab reference
The test method matters.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumLH, midcycle — lab reference
Surge timing produces a very wide range.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumLH, postmenopausal — lab reference
Hormone therapy may suppress.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumProgesterone, follicular — lab reference
Cycle day and exogenous progesterone timing matter.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumProgesterone, luteal — lab reference
Single values are pulse- and timing-sensitive; confirm the clinical question.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumProgesterone, ovulatory window — lab reference
Wide physiologic variation.
Female Cycle, Menopause, and Ovarian Reserve AddendumProgesterone, postmenopausal — lab reference
Exogenous hormone use changes interpretation.
