Thyroid hormone testing by tandem mass spectrometry

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-94

  Soldin, Offie P ^a   Soldin, Steven J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Free thyroxine; Hypertyroid; Hypothyroid; Immunoassays; Iodothyronines; Thyroid function tests; Thyronamines; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IODOTHYRONINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; PREALBUMIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; THYROXINE BINDING PROTEIN;

DERIVATIZATION; DIALYSIS; ELECTROSPRAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GRAVES DISEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IONIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POSTPARTUM THYROIDITIS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STANDARDIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; ULTRAFILTRATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 78650902308     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.07.020     Document Type: Review

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