Interpretation of the TSH assay;De interpretatie van de bepaling van thyreoïdstimulerend hormoon (TSH)

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 147, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 1156-1158

  Wiersinga, W M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EUTHYROIDISM; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTOXICOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0038644828     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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