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Clinical Chemistry 27: 149-152, 1981;
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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 27, 149-152, Copyright © 1981 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Evaluation of free and total L-thyroxine in serum by a commercial procedure

MJ Obregon, A Kurtz, R Ekins and G Morreale de Escobar

We assessed a commercial kit (Corning Medical) for "free" and total thyroxine determination, results being compared to those obtained by the Ekins and Ellis dialysis method (free thyroxine) and the method of Weeke and Orskov (total thyroxine). The kit procedure permits determination of both free and total thyroxine within 4 to 5 h, and the combined results may disclose changes in binding to plasma proteins that would be missed if only free thyroxine were determined. With both free-thyroxine methods, the values distinguished hyperthyroid patients from normal controls and pregnant women with 100% accuracy, but there was some overlap between hypothyroid patients and controls. Absolute values with the kit procedure often exceed those obtained by dialysis, especially for hypothyroid patients and pregnant women. We conclude that the kit may be of as much diagnostic value as the dialysis method if the limitations regarding absolute values are kept in mind and the test is not used as a substitute for thyrotropin determinations in cases of suspected hypothyroidism.




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