Odd thyroid function tests results: interference versus non-compliance
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Odd thyroid function tests results: interference versus non-compliance
Despite the advent modern immunoassays, particularly with regards to TSH measurements, clinicians still encounter seemingly inexplicable results of thyroid function tests, for instance raised concentrations of free hormones (free T4 and/or free T3) in the setting of high, or at least not suppressed TSH concentrations. Though cases of TSH-oma or thyroid hormone resistance do exist, they are in f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thyroid Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1756-6614
DOI: 10.1186/1756-6614-6-s2-a37