Falsely increased prostate-specific antigen concentration attributed to heterophilic antibodies

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 160-161

  Camacho, T ^a   Mora, J ^b   Segura, A ^a   Guitian J ^a   Lema, F ^a   Bandin J ^a   Rodriguez Espinosa J ^b  

^a Laboratorio Lema and Bandin   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

EID: 0036191429     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0004563021901793     Document Type: Article

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1. False positive hCG assay results leading to unnecessary surgery and chemotherapy and needless occurrence of diabetes and coma
2. False increase in C-reactive protein attributable to heterophilic antibodies in two renal transplant patients treated with rabbit antilymphocyte globulin
3. False increase of cardiac troponin I with heterophilic antibodies
4. False diagnosis and needless therapy of presumed malignant disease in women with false-positive human chorionic gonadotropin concentrations