A girl with goiter and inappropriate thyroid-stimulating hormone secretion

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1241-1244

  Kellogg, Mark D ^a   Law, Terence C ^a   Huang, Stephen ^a   Rifai, Nader ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; TACHYCARDIA; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN RELEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; ARTIFACTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MICE; SHEEP; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 47549106481     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.102087     Document Type: Article

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