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Use of thyroid function tests in urine: a position statement of the Belgian Thyroid Club

  • Damien Gruson EMAIL logo , Patrick Petrossians , David Unuane , Annick Van den Bruel , Vincent Vander Poorten , Bruno Lapauw , Aglaia Kyrilli , Rodrigo Moreno-Reyes , Maria-Cristina Burlacu and Brigitte Decallonne

Corresponding author: Prof. Damien Gruson, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc and Université Catholique de Louvain, 10 Avenue Hippocrate, 1200 Brussels, Belgium, Phone +32 (0)2 7646747, Fax +32 (0)2 7646930, E-mail:

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Informed consent: Not applicable.

  3. Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  4. Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.

  5. Research funding: None declared.

  6. Data availability: Not applicable.

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Received: 2023-07-09
Accepted: 2023-07-12
Published Online: 2023-07-27
Published in Print: 2024-01-26

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