Thyroglobulin and anti-thyroglobulin assays in thyroid cancer monitoring

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 416-419

  Krahn, John ^a   Dembinski, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti thyroglobulin antibodies; Heterophilic antibodies; IMA; Immunometric assay; RIA; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid cancer; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; ANTI-THYROGLOBULIN; AUTOANTIBODY;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CANCER; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

AUTOANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 60949101928     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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