Reference interval for thyrotropin in a ultrasonography screened korean population

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 335-344

  Kim, Mijin ^a   Kim, Tae Yong ^a   Kim, Soo Han ^a   Lee, Yunkyoung ^a   Park, Su Yeon ^a   Kim, Hyung Don ^a   Kwon, Hyemi ^a   Choi, Yun Mi ^a   Jang, Eun Kyung ^a   Jeon, Min Ji ^a   Kim, Won Gu ^a   Shong, Young Kee ^a   Kim, Won Bae ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Reference values; Smoking; Thyroid microsomal antibodies; Thyrotropin; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; METABOLISM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOMARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929408201     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2015.30.3.335     Document Type: Article

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