Continuous age-dependent reference ranges for thyroid hormones in neonates, infants, children and adolescents established using the ADVIA® centaur™ analyzer

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1040-1047

  Hübner, Ulrich ^a   Englisch, Christine ^a   Werkmann, Heiko ^a   Butz, Hermann ^a   Georg, Thomas ^a   Zabransky, Siegfried ^a   Herrmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADVIA centaur ; Age dependent; Pediatric reference ranges; Reference range; Tyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX FACTORS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0036431149     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2002.182     Document Type: Article

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