A patient with pseudo-Addison's disease and falsely elevated thyroxine due to interference in serum cortisol and free thyroxine immunoassays by two different mechanisms

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-175

  Saleem, Mohamed ^a   Lewis, John G ^a   Florkowski, Christopher M ^a   Mulligan, Guy P ^b   George, Peter M ^a   Hale, Pamela ^c  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b Med Lab South   (New Zealand)

^c NELSON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROXINE;

EID: 64549112249     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2008.008224     Document Type: Article

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