Published 1976 | Version v1
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Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), ch. 9

  • 1. Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, Calif. (USA)
  • 2. Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia (USA)

Description

A radioimmunoassay for TSH is described. Antisera produced in rabbits were examined by determining the dose response curve for TSH and the immunologically and chemically similar LH, FSH and HCG. By preabsorption with the most disturbing hormone, HCG, a specific antiserum was made. TSH was labelled with 131I or 125I by the chloramine-T method of Greenwood and purified by sephadex gel filtration. After incubation the bound and free labelled hormones were separated by the double antibody technique. Plasma values were obtained from 0.4-2 ng/ml and a rise in the TSH concentration was observed in newborn infants shortly after delivery

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Publishing Information

Publisher
North-Holland.
Imprint Place
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN
0 7204 0630 7
Imprint Title
Methods in radioimmunoassay of peptide hormones
Imprint Pagination
p. 103-110.

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Notes
Imprint:Reprinted from Methods in Investigative and Diagnostic Endocrinology, vols. 2A and 2B, 1973, North-Holland.