False-positive troponini I in the MEIA due to the presence of rheumatoid factors in serum: Elimination of this interference by using a polyclonal antisera against rheumatoid factors

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 753-756

  Dasgupta, Amitava ^a   Banerjee, Suman K ^a   Datta, Pradip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

False positive; Rheumatoid factors; Troponin I

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; MYOGLOBIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ANTISERUM; CREATINE KINASE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; ISOENZYME; MICROSPHERE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TROPONIN I;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANALYSIS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CREATINE KINASE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ISOENZYMES; MICROSPHERES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TROPONIN I;

EID: 0033248168     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/112.6.753     Document Type: Article

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