Heterophilic antibody interference in a tryptase immunoassay

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 331-334

  van Toorenenbergen, Albert W ^a   Hooijkaas, Herbert ^a   Heerenbrink, Gerard Klein ^a   Dufour van den Goorbergh, Diana M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Immunoassay; Interference; Mastocytosis; Rheumatoid factor; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BLOCKING AGENT; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; HUMAN ANTI MOUSE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; REAGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TRYPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY INTERFERENCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MASTOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TRYPTASES;

EID: 39149131024     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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