Applying a uniform reference range across all adults for serum levels of thyroid stimulating hormone and thyroid hormones makes establishing a diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction challenging and could lead to potentially unnecessary treatment. For the results of thyroid function tests to be meaningful, the reference ranges should reflect individual variation in thyroid function.

中文翻译：

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成人甲状腺功能障碍诊断中的甲状腺功能参考范围

对所有成年人应用统一的促甲状腺激素和甲状腺激素血清水平参考范围使得甲状腺功能障碍的诊断具有挑战性，并可能导致潜在不必要的治疗。为了使甲状腺功能测试的结果有意义，参考范围应反映甲状腺功能的个体差异。