Elecsys® thyrotropin (TSH) assay evaluated

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 545-547

  Sapin, Rémy ^a,d   Gasser, Françoise ^a   D'Herbomez, Michèle ^b   Wemeau, Jean Louis ^b   Ebert, Christoph ^c   Schlienger, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; IMMUNOASSAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0030615186     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.3.545     Document Type: Article

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