Progress in standardizing and harmonizing thyroid function tests1,2

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue , 2016, Pages 913S-917S

  Faix, James D ^a   Greg Miller, W ^b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical laboratory tests; harmonization; international; iodine; standardization

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CALIBRATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUTHYROIDISM; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; REFERENCE MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE; STANDARDIZATION; SUPPLEMENTATION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERNUTRITION; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; STANDARDS; THYROID GLAND;

BIOMARKERS; CALIBRATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IODINE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERNUTRITION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 85021850193     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.110379     Document Type: Conference Paper

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