Test
96

Calculation
quantitative

Calibrator range
0.03-10 ng/mL of the Tg preparation CRM 457 (Community Bureau of Reference, Brussels)

Sensitivity
Functional sensitivity = 0.03 ng/mL

Normal values
In 399 thyroid autoantibody negative healthy blood donors (36% female) Tg levels ranged from 1.5 – 720 ng/mL (mean ± SD = 31 ± 46; median = 22)

Advantages
Easy to use robust assay giving far greater sensitivity than other methods.

Disease application
Thyroid cancer monitoring