Thyroid hormone reference intervals in an ambulatory Arab population on the Abbott Architect i2000 immunoassay analyzer

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 364, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 226-229

  Dhatt, Gurdeep Singh ^a   Griffin, Glenn ^b   Agarwal, Mukesh M ^b  

^a TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Abbott Architect; Arab; Free thyroxine; Reference intervals; Thyrotrophin

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYZER; ARAB; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX FACTORS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 31044439413     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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