Assessment of Iodine Status Using Dried Blood Spot Thyroglobulin: Development of Reference Material and Establishment of an International Reference Range in Iodine-Sufficient Children

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Michael Zimmermann · École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Bruno de Benoist · World Health Organization

Sandro Corigliano · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Pieter L. Jooste · South African Medical Research Council

Luciano Molinari · University Children's Hospital Zurich

Khairya Moosa · Ministry of Health

Eduardo A. Pretell

Abstract

The availability of reference material and an international reference range facilitates the use of DBS-Tg for monitoring of iodine nutrition in school-age children.

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Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Neonatal Health and Biochemistry

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Published in: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Volume 91, Issue 12, pp. 4881-4887

DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-1370

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Assessment of Iodine Status Using Dried Blood Spot Thyroglobulin: Development of Reference Material and Establishment of an International Reference Range in Iodine-Sufficient Children

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