Analytical performance of free and total thyroxine assays

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 146-154

  Nelson, Jerald C ^a,b   Wilcox, R Bruce ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration; immunoassays; performance goals; standardization; variation, source of

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; STANDARDIZATION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030069618     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.1.146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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