Thyroid autoimmunity and thyroid hormone reference intervals in apparently healthy Chinese adults

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 405, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 156-159

  Quinn, Frank A ^a   Tam, May C M ^b   Wong, Philip T L ^b   Poon, Patrick K W ^b   Leung, Marianne S T ^b  

^a ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^b PathLab Medical Laboratories Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Reference intervals; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 67349247351     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.04.021     Document Type: Letter

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