Comparative evaluation of two methods to assay thyroglobulin serum concentrations in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinomas

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-242

  Ferrari, L ^a   Seregni, E ^a   Aliberti, G ^a   Martinetti, A ^a   Pallotti, F ^a   Villano, C ^a   Lucignani, G ^b   Bombardieri, Emilio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follow up studies; Immunoradiometric assay; Radionuclide imaging; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 8444227049     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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