Misdiagnosis due to the hook effect in prolactin assay

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 429-431

  Yener, Serkan ^a   Comlekci, Abdurrahman ^a   Arda, Nuri ^a   Men, Suleyman ^a   Yesil, Sena ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hook effect, misdiagnosis; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

CABERGOLINE; DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE; LEVOTHYROXINE; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEUROGENIC; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ERGOLINES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREDNISOLONE; PROLACTIN; PROLACTINOMA; THYROXINE;

EID: 49449091861     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000141512     Document Type: Article

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