Clinical impact of thyroglobulin (Tg) and Tg autoantibody method differences on the management of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinomas

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5566-5575

  Spencer, C A ^a,c   Bergoglio, L M ^a   Kazarosyan, M ^a   Fatemi, S ^b   LoPresti, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 26244449954     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-0671     Document Type: Article

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