Should we really determine a reference population for the definition of thyroid-stimulating hormone reference interval? [1]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 329-330

  Zöphel, Klaus ^a   Wunderlich, Gerd ^a   Kotzerke, Jörg ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; ESTROGEN; IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 31844452545     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.060111     Document Type: Letter

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