Establishment of trimester-specific reference intervals for thyroid hormones in Korean pregnant women

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 198-204

  Moon, Hee Won ^a   Chung, Hee Jung ^b   Park, Chul Min ^c   Hur, Mina ^a   Yun, Yeo Min ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

FT4; Korean; Pregnancy; Reference interval; Trimester; TSH

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LUMINESCENCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REFERENCE VALUE; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE;

EID: 84923650481     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2015.35.2.198     Document Type: Article

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