Thyroxine, thyrotropin, and age in a euthyroid hospital patient population
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Thyroxine, thyrotropin, and age in a euthyroid hospital patient population.
The diagnosis of thyroid disease now often can be achieved reliably by measuring thyrotropin (TSH) alone. Thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine, and other analytes are only needed if TSH and the accompanying clinical condition are discordant. We describe here work that confirms the age independence of TSH in both inpatient and outpatient euthyroid hospital populations between ages 20 and at least 80...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0009-9147,1530-8561
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.11.2143