Immunoassay interference by a commonly used blood collection tube additive, the organosilicone surfactant Silwet L-720

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1874-1882

  Bowen, Raffick A R ^a   Chan, Yung ^a   Ruddel, Mark E ^a   Hortin, Glen L ^a   Csako, Gyorgy ^a   Demosky Jr , Stephen J ^b   Remaley, Alan T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMOBILIZED ANTIBODY; LIOTHYRONINE; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL INTERFERENCE; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD COLLECTING TUBE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DESORPTION; DEVICE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; NORMAL HUMAN; SERUM; SOLID;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 25444478307     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.055400     Document Type: Article

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