甲状腺功能异常的发病率逐年上涨,公众对甲状腺疾病的关注程度日渐增高,这对实验室甲状腺激素检测结果的准确度和可比性提出了新的挑战。通过回顾分析甲状腺激素检测方法,总结甲状腺功能检测标准化工作组的成果,提高试剂厂家和临床实验室对标准化/一致化项目的重视,使其互相协作并为之努力。
The incidence of thyroid dysfunction has increased year by year; the degree of public concern about thyroid disease also has been growing; the accuracy and comparability of results given by thyroid hormone assays from clinical laboratories face new challenges .This paper reviewed the clinical significance and measurements of thyroid hormones , also summarized the outcome of IFCC Working Group on Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests .It is expected to bring manufacturers′and clinical laboratories′attention to the importance of standardization/harmonization; and they could collaborate with each other .