Spurious prostate-specific antigen (PSA) recurrence after radical prostatectomy: Interference by human antimouse heterophile antibodies

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-253

  Park, Sangtae ^a   Wians Jr , Frank H ^b   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical recurrence; Heterophile antibody; Immunoassay; Prostate specific antigen

Indexed keywords

HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; METASTASIS; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33947274012     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01648.x     Document Type: Article

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