False-negative results in point-of-care qualitative human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) devices due to excess hCGβ core fragment

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1389-1394

  Gronowski, Ann M ^a   Cervinski, Mark ^a   Stenman, Ulf Håkan ^b   Woodworth, Alison ^c   Ashby, Lori ^d   Scott, Mitchell G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DILUTION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 67650077148     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.121210     Document Type: Article

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