Falsely increased thyroid-stimulating hormone concentrations attributable to interference from human anti-mouse antibodies [1]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2289-

  Flourié, Françoise ^a   Parant, François ^a   Pénès, Marie Christine ^a   Alcaraz Galvain, Dany ^b  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; HUMAN ANTIMOUSE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYSTYRENE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 18744408437     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/48.12.2289     Document Type: Letter

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