When is elevated testosterone not testosterone? When it is an immunoassay interfering antibody

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 886-888

  Ramaeker, Devon ^a   Brannian, John ^b   Egland, Kristi ^b   McCaul, Kelly ^c   Hansen, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; TESTOSTERONE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GAMMOPATHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LABORATORY TEST; PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME POSITIVE CELL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFERTILITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 51449118128     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1295     Document Type: Article

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