Thyroxine autoantibody interference is an uncommon cause of inappropriate TSH secretion using the Immulite 2000 assay

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 403, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 136-138

  Glendenning, Paul ^a,b   Siriwardhana, Deepani ^a,c   Hoad, Kirsten ^a   Musk, Alexander ^a  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Inappropriate TSH secretion; T4 autoantibody interference

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; THYROID FUNCTION;

ARTIFACTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 64849110623     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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