On specificity of 2nd generation TSH receptor autoantibody measurements

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 54, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 243-249

  Zöphe, Klaus ^a   Grüning, Thomas ^b   Roggenbuck, Dirk ^c   Wunderlich, Gerd ^a   Kotzerke, Joerg ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GA GENERIC ASSAYS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Graves' disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Thyroid; TSH receptor

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SWINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

SUS;

EID: 55149084825     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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