Second-trimester reference intervals for thyroid tests: The role of ethnicity

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1658-1664

  La'ulu, Sonia L ^a   Roberts, William L ^b,c  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICANS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 34548336567     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.089680     Document Type: Article

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