Establishment of trimester-specific thyroid stimulating hormone and free thyroxine reference interval in pregnant Chinese women using the Beckman Coulter UniCel™ DxI 600

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1409-1414

  Zhang, Jing ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Chen, Qiao Bin ^a   Liu, Li Yi ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Liu, Meng Ying ^a   Wang, Yi Ting ^a   Li, Wen Ya ^a   Zeng, Li Zhen ^a  

^a Nanshan Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital of Shenzhen   (China)

Author keywords

luminescent measurements; pregnancy; reference values; thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID FUNCTION TEST KIT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938494949     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2014-0615     Document Type: Article

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