Interference from heterophilic antibodies in the olympus ferritin method [17]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1623-1624

  Blanco, Milagros ^a   Varela, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COMPLEX OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FC RECEPTOR; FERRITIN; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ACCURACY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANALYZER; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMINESCENCE; TECHNIQUE; TURBIDIMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY;

EID: 33746592861     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.068486     Document Type: Letter

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