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For blood tests, under a basic metabolic panel, what does tsh 3rd generation mean?

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More sensitive than: Second generation. Third generation TSH assays can detect both hyper and hypo-function of thyroid gland. Second generation can only detect hypo-function.

Answered 6/19/2018

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