Reference intervals for serum thyrotropin (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4) in adults using the Access® Immunoassay System [3]

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 102-105

  d'Herbomez, Michèle ^a   Jarrige, Véronique ^b   Darte, Claude ^b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BECKMAN COULTER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Access analyzer; Chemiluminescence immunoassay; Reference intervals; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; ESTROGEN; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 14244263218     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2005.017     Document Type: Letter

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