Thyroglobulin antibodies - Failing the test

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1276-1278

  Dufour, D Robert ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT THYROTROPIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGENICITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CANCER;

AUTOANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955664766     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-0681     Document Type: Editorial

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