14 days at room temperature, 14 days refrigerated, 2 years frozen.
6 days
14 days at room temperature, 14 days refrigerated, 2 years frozen.
Chemiluminescence
ng/mL
ATTENTION: interference possible in patients treated with biotin (vitamin B7, B8 or H) or taking any food supplement containing biotin. Essential to STOP treatment 8 days before taking the sample.
3,5-77,0
Method calibrated according to the European standard CRM 457.
Sensitivity: 0.1 ng/mL
This result can be interpreted only in patients devoid of anti-thyroglobulin antibodies (anti-Tg AB)
The consensus is that the screening of these antibodies must be systematically combined with the testing of thyroglobulin, by a quantitative method and not by a overload test.