Comparison of Kodak Amerlite FT4 and TSH-30 with T4 and TSH as first-line thyroid function tests

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-4

  Rege, Vaijoo ^a   Mojiminiyi, Olusegun ^a   Wilcox, Hervey ^a   Barron, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FT3; FT4; T4; Thyroid function tests; TSH; Turn around time

Indexed keywords

CARBIMAZOLE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND;

ANTITHYROID AGENTS; AUTOMATION; CARBIMAZOLE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LINEAR MODELS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE-BINDING PROTEINS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0029670859     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-9120(95)02009-8     Document Type: Review

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