Open AccessReference intervals for thyroid hormones on Advia Centaur derived from three reference populations and a review of the literature
Author(s) -
Julian H. Barth,
Jennifer Spencer,
Stephen R Goodall,
Ahai Luvai
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of clinical biochemistry international journal of laboratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.6
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1758-1001
pISSN - 0004-5632
DOI - 10.1177/0004563216636897
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , thyroid function , population , inclusion and exclusion criteria , thyroid stimulating hormone , thyroid peroxidase , thyroid , endocrinology , pathology , alternative medicine , environmental health
Laboratories are recommended to determine their own local reference intervals (RIs) to embrace the variations in local populations. We have assessed local RIs for thyroid function tests using two different approaches to selection of reference populations and also searched the literature for studies using the Advia Centaur methods.
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