Interference from heterophilic antibodies in seven current TSH assays

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 616-

  Ross, H A ^a   Menheere, P P C A ^b   Thomas, C M G ^a   Mudde, A H ^c   Kouwenberg, M ^c   Wolffenbuttel, B H R ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SLINGELAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

CASE REPORT; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MICE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 55949102980     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2008.008066     Document Type: Letter

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