Ethnic Differences in First-Trimester Thyroid Reference Intervals
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Ethnic differences in first-trimester thyroid reference intervals.
Thyroid disease is common in women of reproductive age, and the physiological changes that occur during pregnancy complicate the diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction. Trimesterand methodspecific reference intervals (RIs) for thyroid function tests (TFTs) are necessary and should be determined with thyroid autoantibody– negative individuals (1 ). Ethnic differences in TFT results exist among nonpreg...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0009-9147,1530-8561
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.161240