Tandem mass spectrometry as a novel tool for elucidating pituitary-thyroid relationships

Thyroid

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1303-1311

  Jonklaas, Jacqueline ^a,c   Soldin, Steven J ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHYROIDISM; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY FUNCTION TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 57449116573     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0155     Document Type: Article

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