Heterophilic antibodies causing falsely high serum calcitonin values

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 919-923

  Papapetrou, P D ^a   Polymeris, A ^a   Karga, H ^a   Vaiopoulos, G ^b,c  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heterophilic antibodies; High serum calcitonin

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PENTAGASTRIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROXINE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DILUTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINGUAL THYROID; NECK DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 33846518468     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03349197     Document Type: Article

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