Evaluation of elecsys® free triiodothyronine assay: Relevance of age- related reference ranges

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 399-404

  Sapin, Rémy ^a   Schlienger, Jean Louis ^b   Goichot, Bernard ^b   Gasser, Françoise ^a   Grucker, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Amiodarone; Childhood; Elderly; Electrochemiluminescent immunoassay; Free triiodothyronine; Nonthyroidal illness; Pregnancy; Reference range; Sick euthyroid syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; LIOTHYRONINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROME; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0032111001     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(98)00024-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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