Falsely elevated human chorionic gonadotropin leading to unnecessary therapy [2] (multiple letters)

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 516-517

  Hammond, Charles B ^a   Butler, Stephen A ^b   Cole, Laurence A ^b   Olsen, Tandy G ^c   Hubert, Paula R ^c   Nycum, Lawrence R ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; READING; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TERATOMA; THORACOTOMY; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036188396     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(01)01774-4     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. T.G Olsen P.R Hubert L.R Nycum Falsely elevated human chorionic gonadotropin leading to unnecessary therapy Obstet Gynecol 98 2001 843 845
2. C.B Hammond False positive hCG Obstet Gynecol 98 2001 719 720
3. S Rotmensch L.A Cole False diagnosis and needless therapy or presumed malignant disease in women with falsely positive human chorionic gonadotropin concentrations Lancet 355 2000 712 715
4. L.A Cole S Shahabi S.A Butler M Foskett E.S Newlands H.R Behrman Utility of commonly used commercial hCG immunoassays in the diagnosis and management of trophoblastic diseases Clin Chem 47 2001 308 315
5. S.A Butler L.A Cole The use of heterophilic antibody blocking agent (HBT) in reducing false positive hCG results Clin Chem 47 2001 1332 1333