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This is Alec Ross's email adress: [log in to unmask] Dr. Ir. B.E.P.B. Ballieux Klinisch Chemicus CKCL, E2-P LUMC Postbus 9600 2300 RC Leiden t: 071-5262165 f: 071-5266753 e: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Roger Ekins [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: woensdag 11 december 2002 19:01 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Raised T3, and looking for lab doing ft3 >63 year old female presented to GP with diarrhoea and weight loss,ft4 17.8 >pmol/l, TSH <0.02 m|U/L, T3 3.2 nmol/L. Three weeks later, diarrhoea has >since cleared and patient is putting weight back on, ft4 20.0 pmol/l, TSH ><0.02 m|U/L, T3 3.9 nmol/L. On file was a set of results from 1997 >ft4 19.3 pmol/l, TSH <0.02 m|U/L, T3 3.0 nmol/L. GP says patient is not on >HRT, not the type to take herbal remedies etc. any ideas? I am trying to >locate a laboratory doing fT3, please >____________________________________________________________ > >Dr. Helen Grimes, Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry, UCH, Galway, Ireland FT4 and FT3 assays using UCL's patented labelled-antibody methodology are provided on the Elecsys machine. Might also be worth contacting Dr Alec Ross of the University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (phone 003124 3614276) who used to assay FT3 using his symmetric dialysis technique, which is also well thought of. -- Regards Roger Ekins Molecular Endocrinology University College London Medical School London W1N 8AA Fax +44 20 7580 2737 Phone +44 20 7679 9410 ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/