Reference intervals for thyreotropin and thyroid hormones for healthy adults based on the NOBIDA material and determined using a Modular E170®

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1305-1312

  Friis Hansen, Lennart ^a,b   Hilsted, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Immunoassay; Plasma; Thyreotropin; Thyroglobulin antibody; Thyroid hormones; Thyroid peroxidase antibody

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PROTIRELIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEPARIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 51849155035     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.258     Document Type: Article

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