Does time of sampling or food intake alter thyroid function test?

Autor: Anita Suryanarayanan, Subramanian Kannan, Shriraam Mahadevan, Dhalapathy Sadacharan

Publikováno v: Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 21, Iss 3, Pp 369-372 (2017)

Context: A common question from most patients or laboratories is whether blood sample for thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free T4 (fT4) needs to be collected in a fasting state and whether time of the day when sample is collected matters. Aims:

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https://doi.org/10.4103/ijem.ijem_15_17