Reference intervals for thyroid stimulating hormone and free thyroxine derived from neonates undergoing routine screening for congenital hypothyroidism at a university teaching hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: In order to accurately interpret neonatal thyroid function tests (TFTs), it is necessary to have population specific reference intervals (RIs) as there is significant variation across different populations possibly due to genetic, environmental or analytical issues. Despite the importanc...

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Autores principales: Omuse, Geoffrey, Kassim, Ali, Kiigu, Francis, Hussain, Syeda Ra’ana, Limbe, Mary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4878039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27216400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-016-0107-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4878039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27216400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-016-0107-9

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