Dried blood spot thyroglobulin as a biomarker of iodine status in pregnant women

• Main Authors: Sara Stinca, Maria Andersson, Sandra Weibel, Isabelle Herter-Aeberli, Ralph Fingerhut, Sueppong Gowachirapant, Sonja Y. Hess, Nidhi Jaiswal, Tomislav Jukić, Zvonko Kusic, Ngoako Solomon Mabapa, Ashwini Kumar Nepal, Teofilo O.L. San Luis, Jia Qing Zhen, Michael Bruce Zimmermann
• Other Authors: ETH Zurich
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/42100
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2017 by the Endocrine Society. Context: Thyroglobulin (Tg) could be a sensitive biomarker of iodine nutrition in pregnant women (PW). A dried blood spot (DBS) assay would simplify collection and transport in field studies. Objectives: Our aims were to (1) establish and test a reference range for D...