Free thyroxine reference interval in each trimester of pregnancy determined with the Roche Modular E-170 electrochemiluminescent immunoassay

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 902-906

  Gong, Yanping ^a   Hoffman, Barry R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Free thyroxine; Pregnancy; Reference interval; Thyroid; Trimester

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENT IMMUNOASSAY; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 44949238443     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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