Immunoassays are powerful qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques. Since the first
description of an immunoassay method in 1959, advances have been made in assay …

Drug Effects on the Thyroid The list of medications, many commonly used, that adversely
affect thyroid function or the interpretation of standard thyroid tests is growing. This review …

Background Laboratory tests that use streptavidin–biotin binding mechanisms have the
potential to be affected by high circulating biotin concentrations, which would produce …

Background: Biotin has been reported to interfere with several commonly used laboratory
assays resulting in misleading values and possible erroneous diagnosis and treatment. This …

Thyroid hormones play an important role in glucose metabolism and there is evidence of
increased prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in obese and diabetic patients. This study aimed …

Hypothyroidism presents a large epidemiological burden in India. As a result of subtle and
nonspecific clinical symptoms and signs, the condition often goes undiagnosed and is not …

Introduction: Several case reports stress that high-dose biotin causes incorrect laboratory
results. However, the extent of this interference in children is not systematically studied. Aim …

Background In the last decade, the combination of the widespread use of streptavidin–biotin
technology and biotin–containing supplements (BCS) in the daily clinical practice, have led …

No hi ha una bona prova de laboratori per detectar nivells baixos de biotina, de manera que
aquesta condició sol identificar-se pels seus símptomes, que inclouen l'aprimament del …

Von der mit fortschreitendem Lebensalter zunehmenden Prävalenz von
Schilddrüsenerkrankungen sind Frauen deutlich häufiger betroffen als Männer. Symptome …