The effect of freezing, thawing, and short- and long-term storage on serum thyrotropin, thyroid hormones, and thyroid autoantibodies: implications for analyzing samples stored in serum banks

Clin Chem. 2007 Nov;53(11):1986-7. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.091371.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Autoantibodies / blood*
  • Blood Banks*
  • Blood Specimen Collection / methods*
  • Cryopreservation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iodide Peroxidase / immunology
  • Pregnancy
  • Serum
  • Thyroglobulin / immunology
  • Thyroid Hormones / blood*
  • Thyrotropin / blood*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Thyroid Hormones
  • Thyrotropin
  • Thyroglobulin
  • Iodide Peroxidase