Falsely elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level due to macro-TSH

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 435-440

  Sakai, Hiroyuki ^a   Fukuda, Gen ^a   Suzuki, Naoko ^a   Watanabe, Choji ^b   Odawara, Masato ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Roche Diagnostics KK   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti TSH autoantibody; ECLIA; IgG; Interference; Macro TSH

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; AMIODARONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LIOTHYRONINE; MACROGOL; PROTEIN G; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENT IMMUNOASSAY; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; RESUSCITATION; SYMPTOM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; LUMINESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 67650473153     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K08E-361     Document Type: Article

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