Thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) methods - Strengths, pitfalls and clinical utility for monitoring TgAb-positive patients with differentiated thyroid cancer

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 701-712

  Spencer, Carole ^a   Fatemi, Shireen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC); Tg interference; TgAb methods; thyroglobulin autoantibodies (TgAb)

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL;

DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER (DTC); TG INTERFERENCE; TGAB METHODS; THYROGLOBULIN AUTOANTIBODIES (TGAB);

AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DRUG STABILITY; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84885326337     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2013.07.003     Document Type: Review

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