“…3 A repertoire of assays has been employed to directly measure FT4 concentration in human serum, including equilibrium dialysis, 4 ultrafiltration, 5 radioimmunoassay (RIA), 6 enzyme immunoassay (EIA), 7 time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay (TRFIA), 8 chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) 9 and electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA). 10 Labelled immunoassays, such as RIA, TRFIA, CLIA and ECLIA, are the most popular methods that have currently been used in clinical laboratories for FT4 determination. Based on the assay principle, labelled immunoassays for FT4 detection may be generally divided into three categories, namely, two-step method, 11 one-step labelled analog method 7,12 and one-step labelled-antibody method, 13,14 respectively.…”