title: Increased detection of elevated TSH using immunoradiometric assay.
abstract: Using a highly sensitive immunoradiometric assay, the authors detected an increased rate of elevated thyrotropin in 2,099 patients vs 1,789 patients examined with radioimmunoassay. Closer scrutiny of mood disorder patients with elevations found confirmatory evidence of thyroid dysfunction in most.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kearfott
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Castellanos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rinker
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Whitley
mesh_terms: D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000097:blood; D015592:Immunoradiometric Assay; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000097:blood*; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000097:blood; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000097:blood; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine