Comparison of pituitary and recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone (rhTSH) in a multicenter collaborative study: Establishment of the First World Health Organization Reference Reagent for rhTSH

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2207-2215

  Rafferty, Brian ^a   Gaines Das, Rose ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAGENT; THYROTROPIN;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION; THYROID DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032708438     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/45.12.2207     Document Type: Article

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