Establishment of reference intervals for thyroid hormones in premature infants beyond the first week of life using Beckman Coulter Unicel DxI 800.

CONCLUSIONS: Unlike those of full-term infants or adults, the reference intervals established in this study are applicable in premature infants. These results highlight the importance and complexity of establishing instrument-specific thyroid hormone reference intervals for preterm infants.
PMID: 31499031 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Biochemistry - September 5, 2019 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Wang Y, Wu X, Hong K, Fu X, Chen T, Zhu M, Ye H Tags: Clin Biochem Source Type: research