… suggest that TSH stimulation could be … assay under replacement therapy. The aim of this
study was to evaluate the need of Tg stimulation test in DTC followed-up by sensitive Tg assay. …

… ) stimulation is … ) thyroglobulin (b-Tg) is below the assay sensitivity limit. The objective of this
study was to determine relationships between the b-Tg and the 72-hour rhTSH-stimulated Tg …

… Monitoring thyroglobuin in a sensitive immunoassay has comparable sensitivity to
recombinant human TSH-stimulated thyroglobulin in follow-up of thyroid cancer patients. J Clin …

… conventional thyroglobulin assays and can measure serum thyroglobulin reliably and simply
in the follow-up of treated DTC patients without exogenous or endogenous TSH stimulation. …

… Therefore, a Tg stimulation test can … assay ≥0.1 in a DTC patient with a negative stimulated
Tg and as false negative a basal hsTg assay <0.1 in a DTC patient with a positive stimulated …

… To this purpose we performed an rhTSH stimulation test in patients with low detectable
basal Tg and we correlated the results with the clinical status of patients. This analysis showed …

… with thyroglobulin (Tg) measurements, potentially resulting in false low results in Tg immunometric
assays … is variable between patients and Tg assays and is only loosely correlated with …

… periodically have a rhTSH stimulation test and that those whose Tg … stimulation. The purpose
of this study was to review our experience since 2001, when a more sensitive Tg assay with …

… stimulating … of assays to recognise forms of Tg secreted by a tumour, assay biases and
not least the potential for interference in immunoassays for Tg from endogenous thyroglobulin …

… of current thyroglobulin assays influence the clinical … thyroglobulin assays (functional
sensitivities ∼1.0 µg/l); 24 however, the PPV of a positive rhTSH-stimulation test (72-h thyroglobulin …