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International Journal of Laboratory Medicine
; (12): 464-468, 2019.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-742946
ABSTRACT
Thyroid is an important endocrine organ of the human body for secreting necessary thyroid hormone, which is important to promote the development of human skeleton and nervous system.Thyroid hormone is used to evaluate thyroid function, changing by different race, gender, age, living habits, living area, iodine intake levels and so on.Various laboratory testing instrument and supporting reagents also can affect thyroid hormone reference range.At present, laboratory only sets special thyroid hormone reference interval for pregnant women, and does not set reference interval according to specific age and gender.