Macro-thyrotropin: A case report and review of literature

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1823-1828

  Loh, Tze Ping ^a   Kao, Shih Ling ^a   Halsall, David J ^b   Toh, Sue Anne Ee Shiow ^a   Chan, Edmund ^c   Ho, Su Chin ^d   Tai, E Shyong ^a   Khoo, Chin Meng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; ENALAPRIL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MACROGOL; MEVINOLIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MACRO THYROTROPIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84861987189     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-3490     Document Type: Article

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