Falsely low serum hCG level in a patient with hydatidiform mole caused by the 'High-dose hook effect'

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 431-435

  Yoo, Alice ^b   Zaccaro, Joseph ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; LABORATORY TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

EID: 0033867760     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/6MGR-QNQD-E8HP-5MGB     Document Type: Article

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