Reference ranges of serum TSH, FT4 and thyroid autoantibodies in the Thai population: The national health examination survey

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 751-756

  Sriphrapradang, Chutintorn ^a   Pavarangkoon, Supatra ^a   Jongjaroenprasert, Wallaya ^a   Chailurkit, La Or ^a   Ongphiphadhanakul, Boonsong ^a   Aekplakorn, Wichai ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE; AUTOANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCLINICAL HYPERTHYROIDISM; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THAILAND; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; AGE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; THAILAND; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898541475     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12371     Document Type: Article

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