Should we really determine a reference population for the definition of thyroid-stimulating hormone reference interval?
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Response: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Reference Range and Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction in the Korean Population: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013 to 2015 (Endocrinol Metab 2017;32:106-14, Won Gu Kim et al.)
We would like to thank Dr. Young Ki Lee and Professor Dong Yeob Shin for reading our article and providing insightful comments regarding our study. In our article published in volume 32, issue 1 of Endocrinology and Metabolism, we reported that the reference interval of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in the Korean population was between 0.62 and 6.68 mIU/L, which is higher than that of Weste...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical chemistry
دوره 52 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006