Correlation of thyroglobulin concentrations measured by radioimmunoassay and immunoradiometric assay and the influence of thyroglobulin antibody

Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-207

  Stanojević, Marijana ^a   Savin, Svetlana ^b   Cvejić, Dubravka ^b   Dukić, Aleksandar ^a   Simonović, Snezana Zivancevic ^a  

^a University of Kragujevac Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antithyroglobulin autoantibodies; Immunoradiometric assay; Radioimmunoassay; Thyroglobulin

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYROGLOBULIN;

EID: 65549094194     PISSN: 15321819     EISSN: 15324230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15321810902782897     Document Type: Article

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