Clinical evaluation of nine free thyroxine assays: Persistent problems in particular populations

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 942-947

  d'Herbomez, Michèle ^a   Forzy, Gérard ^b   Gasser, Françoise ^c   Massart, Catherine ^d   Beaudonnet, Andrée ^e   Sapin, Rèmy ^c  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Saint Philibert GHICL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Free thyroxine; Immunoassays; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SERUM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID DISEASE;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PREGNANCY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROXINE;

EID: 0042780347     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2003.143     Document Type: Article

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