Indirect reference intervals estimated from hospitalized population for thyrotropin and free thyroxine

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-130

  Inal, Tamer C ^a,b   Serteser, Mustafa ^a   Coskun, Abdurrahman ^a   Özpinar, Aysel ^a   Ünsal, Ibrahim ^a  

^a ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Adana Acýbadem Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIRECT REFERENCE INTERVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TURKEY;

EID: 77953802925     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2010.51.124     Document Type: Article

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