Determination of pediatric reference levels of FT3, FT4 and TSH measured with ECLusys kits

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 799-804

  Iwaku, Kenji ^a   Noh, Jaeduk Yoshimura ^a   Minagawa, Akinobu ^b   Kosuga, Yuka ^a   Suzuki, Miho ^a   Sekiya, Kenichi ^a   Matsumoto, Masako ^a   Ohye, Hidemi ^a   Kunii, Yo ^a   Yoshihara, Ai ^a   Watanabe, Natsuko ^a   Mukasa, Koji ^a   Ito, Koichi ^a   Ito, Kunihiko ^a  

^a ITO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FT3; FT4; Pediatric reference range; TSH

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84879663512     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ12-0390     Document Type: Article

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