HCG, QUANTITATIVE PREGNANCY BLOOD TEST MEASURES THE LEVEL OF HCG HORMONE PRESENT IN A BLOOD SAMPLE, ALSO DIAGNOSING PREGNANCY.
HCG IS A HORMONE THAT IS PRODUCE DURING PREGNANCY. THE HCG QUANTITATIVE TEST IS ALSO KNOWN AS QUANTITATIVE SERIAL BETA chg. HCG IS PRODUCED BY THE PLACENTA AND REACHES A PEAK BETWEEN THE 7-10TH WEEK OF GESTATION. Hcg IS A GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST OF THE PLACENTA AND SECRETED DURING NORMAL PREGNANCY.