Influence of thyroid hormone autoantibodies on 7 thyroid hormone assays

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 927-928

  Zouwail, Soha A ^a,d   O'Toole, Angela M ^b   Clark, Penelope M S ^b   Begley, Joe P ^a,c  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; ALBUMIN; AUTOANTIBODY; LIOTRIX; MACROGOL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; EQUILIBRIUM DIALYSIS; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCUBATION TIME; ISOTOPE LABELING; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PRECIPITATION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CROSS REACTIONS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 43449112672     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.099770     Document Type: Letter

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