National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH)-thyroperoxidase antibody relationships demonstrate that TSH upper reference limits may be skewed by occult thyroid dysfunction

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4236-4240

  Spencer, Carole A ^a,d   Hollowell, J G ^b   Kazarosyan, M ^a   Braverman, L E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 35948965996     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-0287     Document Type: Article

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