Thyroid Resources

These guidelines and the accompanying patient information sets may be downloaded from the ACB and BTA websites:
www.acb.org.uk
www.british-thyroid-association.org

Society for Endocrinology
http://www.thyroid.org/patients/ct/index.html

ATA Patient Information
http://www.thyroid.org/patients/brochures.html

ATA Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.thyroid.org/patients/faqs.html

UK Guidelines for the Use of Thyroid Function Test 2006
1. http://www.british-thyroid-association.org/info-for-patients/Docs/TFT_guideline_final_version_July_2006.pdf/

2. http://pathlabs.rlbuht.nhs.uk/tft_guideline_summary.pdf

Thyroid Disease Manager
http://www.thyroidmanager.org/


RESEARCH, STUDIES AND CASES

Spencer et al. Clin Chem 1995;41:367 /
Spencer, C.A., Young D.S., Pestaner, L.C. Functional sensitivity of immunometric assays of thyrotropin (TSH) and impact on reliability of measurement of subnormal concentrations. Clinical Chemistry. 1995 (41): 367

Klaus Zophel, Gerd Wunderlich and Jorg Kotzerke
Clinical Chemistry 52, No. 2, 2006: 329-330.

Ferdinand and Veldhuis
Serum Thyrotropin Profiles
Endocrine Reviews, October 2013, 34(5):619 – 657

Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Dyslipidemia in Upper Egyptian Epileptic Children on Carbamazepine Therapy. Hosny M.A. ElMasry(1), Amira M. M. Hamed(1), Mostafa Abd Elazeem H(1), Hashem A. Hassan(2)and Mohammad M. Abolfotouh(3). Department of Pediatrics(1), Neuropsychiatry(2) and Medical Biochemistry(3), Faculty of Medicine, Al Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt
http://www.usa-journals.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ElMasry_Vol112.pdf

New Reference Intervals for Thyrotropin and Thyroid Hormones Based on National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Criteria and Regular Ultrasonography of the Thyroid. Juergen Kratzsch1,1,a, Georg Martin Fiedler1,1, Alexander Leichtle1, Matthias Brügel1, Susanne Buchbinder1, Lothar Otto3, Osama Sabri3, Gert Matthes2 and Joachim Thiery1.+ Author Affiliations: 1Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, 2 Institute of Transfusion Medicines, and 3 Clinics for Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Leipzig; Leipzig, Germany.
↵aAddress correspondence to this author at: Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig; Paul-List-Strasse 13-15, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany. Fax 49-341-9722249; e-mail kraj@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
http://www.clinchem.org/content/51/8/1480.abstract
Published June 16, 2005.
doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.047399
Clinical Chemistry. August 2005 vol. 51 no. 8 1480-1486