Serum thyrotropin and free thyroxine reference ranges as defined in a disease-free sample of French middle-aged adults

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1497-1505

  Estaquio, Carla ^a,b   Valeix, Pierre ^a,b   Leenhardt, Laurence ^c,d   Modigliani, Elizabeth ^e   Boutron Ruault, Marie Christine ^f   Chérié Challine, Laurence ^c   Legrand, Marguerite ^g   Hercberg, Serge ^a,b   Castetbon, Katia ^a,b  

^a InVS   (France)

^b CRNH Ile de France ^*  (France)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^g Centre Medical de Forcilles   (France)

Author keywords

Adults; Free thyroxin; Ranges; Thyrotropin; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; VOLUMETRY;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 73249140007     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.334     Document Type: Article

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