Abstract:
:We report the evaluation of four new commercially available sensitive assay kits for determination of thyrotropin (TSH) and their clinical utility in normal subjects and patients with thyroidal and non-thyroidal illnesses. The sensitivity for the reliable detection of serum TSH by these methods ranged from 0.1-0.4 mU/L and their decreasing order was : NML greater than Serono greater than Abbott EIA greater than Hybritech. The coefficient of variation ranged from 2.0-5.8% for intra-assay and 2.3-8.6% for interassay at different concentration levels. Patients studied (n = 130) were assigned into four groups on the basis of the serum thyroxine value and their clinical findings. In total, there were 17 discrepancies (five with Hybritech, three with NML, five with Abbott EIA, and four with Serono) in making the correct diagnosis using these sensitive TSH methods as a single diagnostic test. These discrepancies were mainly in the same patients who were clinically euthyroid but had subnormal TSH values. There were no discrepancies in making the correct diagnosis for patients with hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism using these sensitive TSH methods. Our observations indicate that the sensitive TSH methods are reliable in measuring subnormal levels and may be used to detect hyperthyroidism without affecting in any way their value in detecting hypothyroidism.
journal_name
Clin Biochemjournal_title
Clinical biochemistryauthors
Kalra J,Laxdal VA,Walker SD,Massey KLdoi
10.1016/s0009-9120(87)80077-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-10-01 00:00:00pages
307-12issue
5eissn
0009-9120issn
1873-2933pii
S0009-9120(87)80077-2journal_volume
20pub_type
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.01.021
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0009-9120(96)00045-8
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(88)80084-5
更新日期:1988-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2006.08.014
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.08.023
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(02)00380-6
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(02)00438-1
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2005.10.005
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(87)80006-1
更新日期:1987-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.04.010
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0009-9120(92)80045-i
更新日期:1992-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.12.021
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(79)80085-5
更新日期:1979-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.02.012
更新日期:2012-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2005.08.004
更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2017.10.002
更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.04.008
更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.05.015
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.12.003
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.02.007
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2006.11.009
更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2015.05.021
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(82)90753-6
更新日期:1982-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.10.005
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(96)00159-2
更新日期:1997-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.08.023
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0009-9120(94)90022-1
更新日期:1994-04-01 00:00:00