Biological variation of thyroid autoantibodies and thyroglobulin

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1058-1064

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

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biological variation; Healthy women; Thyroglobulin (Tg); Thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb); Thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb); Thyrotropin receptor antibodies (TRAb)

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIORECEPTOR ASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; SERUM;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 34548801399     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.185     Document Type: Article

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