Plasma enzyme activities in primary hypothyroidism.
Results of clinical chemistry tests are often initially interpreted by relatively inexperienced junior medical staff, and therefore a major role of clinical chemists is to ensure that their laboratory tests are utilized and interpreted appropriately. The cases described below demonstrate the interaction of a diagnostic problem and clinical inexperience in an area where clinical chemists can, and should be, of professional assistance.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004798:Enzymes / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values
D004798:Enzymes