Case report: When measured free T4 and free T3 may be misleading. Interference with free thyroid hormones measurements on Roche® and Siemens® platforms

Thyroid Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lewandowski, Krzysztof C ^a,b   Dabrowska, Katarzyna ^a   Lewiński, Andrzej ^a,b  

^a POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Assay interference; Free T3; Free T4

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870974879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17566614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-6614-5-11     Document Type: Article

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