Circadian and Circannual Rhythms in Thyroid Hormones: Determining the TSH and Free T4 Reference Intervals Based Upon Time of Day, Age, and Sex

Thyroid

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 954-961

  Ehrenkranz, Joel ^a,e   Bach, Phillip R ^b   Snow, Gregory L ^b   Schneider, Alison ^c   Lee, Jo Lynn ^b   Ilstrup, Sarah ^b   Bennett, Sterling T ^b   Benvenga, Salvatore ^d  

^a Intermountain Healthcare   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine McKee Dee Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938876855     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2014.0589     Document Type: Article

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