Improved sensitivity of a thyrotropin receptor antibody assay

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2186-2187

  Jensen, Esther ^a   Petersen, Per Hyltoft ^b   Blaabjerg, Ole ^a   Hansen, Pia Skov ^a   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CURVE FITTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27444440729     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.054676     Document Type: Article

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