Free T4 immunoassays are flawed during pregnancy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260.e1-260.e6

  Lee, Richard H ^a   Spencer, Carole A ^a   Mestman, Jorge H ^a   Miller, Erin A ^a   Petrovic, Ivana ^a   Braverman, Lewis E ^b   Goodwin, T Murphy ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

free; immunoassay; pregnancy; thyroid; thyroxine

Indexed keywords

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROXINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 60849121067     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.10.042     Document Type: Article

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