Serum thyroglobulin reference values according to NACB criteria in healthy subjects with normal thyroid ultrasound

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 891-893

  Giovanella, Luca ^a,b   Imperiali, Mauro ^b   Ferrari, Anna ^c   Palumbo, Alessia ^b   Furlani, Lino ^d   Graziani, Maria Stella ^c   Castello, Roberto ^c  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Reference range; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid ultrasound

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY CRITERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID GLAND; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84867783513     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.756     Document Type: Article

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