Serum TSH reference interval in healthy Finnish adults using the Abbott Architect 2000i Analyzer

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 344-349

  Schalin Jäntti, Camilla ^a   Tanner, Pirjo ^a   Välimäki, Matti J ^a   Hämäläinen, Esa ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

reference interval; reference population; thyroid dysfunction; TPOAb; TSH

Indexed keywords

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958847857     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2011.568630     Document Type: Article

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