Pre-evaluation and system optimization of the Elecsys® thyroid electrochemiluminescence immunoassays

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 789-796

  Luppa, Peter B ^a   Reutemann, Stefan ^a   Huber, Ursula ^a   Hoermann, Rudolf ^b   Poertl, Stefan ^b   Kraiss, Stefan ^c   Von Bülow, Sabine ^c   Neumeier, Dieter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Elecsys ; Electrochemiluminescence; Immunoassay; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; REAGENT; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; EQUILIBRIUM DIALYSIS; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031797469     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1998.140     Document Type: Article

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