Laboratory diagnostic guidelines for clarifying the functional disorders and diseases of the thyroid;Labordiagnostischer leitfaden zur abklärung von funktionsstö rungen und erkrankungen der schilddrüse

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 120, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 370-382

  Bieglmayer, Christian ^a   Buchinger, Wolfgang ^c   Födinger, Manuela ^a   Müller, Mathias M ^a,d   Sinha, Pranav ^a   Vogl, Marietta ^a   Weissel, Michael ^b   Zechmann, Wolfgang ^c  

^a Österreichische Gesellschaft für Laboratoriumsmedizin und Klinische Chemie   (Austria)

^b Österreichische Gesellschaft für Endokrinologie und Stoffwechsel   (Austria)

^c Österreichische Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie   (Austria)

^d Osterreichische Gesell F Qualitatssicherung Standardisierung   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50349099503     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-008-0984-7     Document Type: Review

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