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Does Time of Sampling or Food Intake Alter Thyroid Function Test?

CONTEXT: A common question from most patients or laboratories is whether blood sample for thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free T4 (fT4) needs to be collected in a fasting state and whether time of the day when sample is collected matters. AIMS: The aim of the study was to study the impact of t...

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Autores principales: Mahadevan, Shriraam, Sadacharan, Dhalapathy, Kannan, Subramanian, Suryanarayanan, Anita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28553588
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijem.IJEM_15_17