False increase in C-reactive protein attributable to heterophilic antibodies in two renal transplant patients treated with rabbit antilymphocyte globulin

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1980-1985

  Benoist, Jean François ^a   Orbach, Daniel ^a   Biou, Daniel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TURBIDIMETRY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031754143     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.9.1980     Document Type: Article

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