The use of filter paper-dried blood spots for thyroid-antibody screening in adults

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 307-312

  Hofman, Lindsay F ^a,b   Foley, Thomas P ^a   Henry, Judy J ^a   Naylor, Edwin W ^a  

^a PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

^b WA 98070 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRIED BLOOD SPOT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; THYROID DISEASE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, THYROID-STIMULATING; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 10944223370     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lab.2004.09.009     Document Type: Article

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