Stability of serum thyroid hormones following 8-11 years of cold storage

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-412

  Panesar, Nirmal S ^a   Lit, Lydia C W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assay; Storage stability; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESERVATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 77249105113     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.067     Document Type: Article

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