Macro thyrotropin-IgG complex causes factitious increases in thyroid-stimulating hormone screening tests in a neonate and mother [2]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1969-1970

  Newman, Julie D ^a   Bergman, Philip B ^a,b   Doery, James C G ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33749123441     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.073122     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Newman JD, Bergman, PB, Doery JCG, Balazs NDH. Factitious increase in thyrotropin in a neonate caused by a maternally transmitted interfering substance. Clin Chem 2006; 52:541-2.
2. Tamaki H, Takeoka K, Nishi I, Shindoh, Y, Tsukada, Y, Amino N. Novel thyrotropin (TSDH)-TSH antibody complex in a healthy woman and her neonates. Thyroid 1995;5:299-303.