Evaluation of the first automated thyroglobulin assay

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-164

  Vogeser, Michael ^a,b   Knesewitsch, Peter ^b   Jacob, Karl ^a   Seidel, Dietrich ^a  

^a Institute of Clinical Chemistry   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunoassay; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CARCINOMA;

EID: 0033030329     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1999.028     Document Type: Article

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