Free triiodothyronine concentration in serum of 1050 euthyroid children is inversely related to their age

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 963-967

  Verheecke, Paul ^a  

^a Centraal Laboratorium Hasselt   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Normal ranges; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0030996443     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.6.963     Document Type: Article

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