Correlations of free thyroid hormones measured by tandem mass spectrometry and immunoassay with thyroid-stimulating hormone across 4 patient populations

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1380-1388

  Jonklaas, Jacqueline ^a,c   Kahric Janicic, Natasa ^a   Soldin, Offie P ^a   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

LIOTHYRONINE; LIOTRIX; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 67650095433     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.118752     Document Type: Article

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