Determination of free thyroid hormones

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 689-700

  Thienpont, Linda M ^a   Van Uytfanghe, Katleen ^a   Poppe, Kris ^b   Velkeniers, Brigitte ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

T3 one step labeled analog assay one step labeled antibody assay two step labeled analog assay free; T4 index equilibrium dialysis ultrafiltration isotope dilution liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry international conventional reference measurement procedure; T4 tri iodothyronine; thyrotropin; TSH thyroxine

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ACCURACY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS ACTION; MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BINDING; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDITY;

EQUILIBRIUM DIALYSIS; FREE T4 INDEX; INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONAL REFERENCE MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE; ISOTOPE DILUTION-LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ONE-STEP LABELED ANALOG ASSAY; ONE-STEP LABELED ANTIBODY ASSAY; T3; T4; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRI-IODOTHYRONINE; TSH; TWO-STEP LABELED ANALOG ASSAY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PROTEIN BINDING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84885323440     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2013.05.012     Document Type: Review

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