Sampling time is important but may be overlooked in establishment and use of thyroid-stimulating hormone reference intervals [1]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 355-356

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

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TIME;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROTROPIN; TIME;

EID: 33847342933     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.078964     Document Type: Letter

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