Causes of discordance between thyroglobulin antibody assays

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 463-467

  Pickett, Alan John ^a   Jones, Meinir ^a   Evans, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867177302     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2012.012008     Document Type: Article

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