NACB: Thyroid Disease PDF

The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry

Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines

Laboratory Support for the Diagnosis
and Monitoring of Thyroid Disease

Published Guidelines -- PDF Format

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Table of Contents

Section I	Foreword and Introduction
Section II	Pre-analytic factors
Section III	Thyroid Tests for the Laboratorian and Physician
	A. Total Thyroxine (TT4) and Total Triiodothyronine (TT3) methods
	B. Free Thyroxine (FT4) and Free Triiodothyronine (FT3) tests
	C. Thyrotropin/ Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) measurement
	D. Thyroid Autoantibodies
	E. Thyroglobulin (Tg) Measurement
	F. Calcitonin (CT) and ret Proto-oncogene
	G. Urinary Iodide Measurement
	H. Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) and Cytology
	I. Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism
Section IV	The Importance of the Laboratory - Physician Interface
Appendices and Glossary
References