Measurement of serum free thyroid hormone concentrations: An essential tool for the diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 3-5, 1996, Pages 142-147

  Bartalena, Luigi ^a   Bogazzi, Fausto ^a   Brogioni, Sandra ^a   Burelli, Alessandro ^a   Scarcello, Giovanna ^a   Martino, Enio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amiodarone inducedthyrotoxicosis; Free thyroid hormones; Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Thyroid stimulating hormone; Thyroxine binding globulin

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EUTHYROIDISM; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPERTHYROXINEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0029872887     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000184777     Document Type: Article

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