False-negative results from point-of-care qualitative human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) devices caused by excess hCGβ core fragment vary with device lot number

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1885-1886

  Gronowski, Ann M ^a   Powers, Michelle ^a   Stenman, Ulf H ^b   Ashby, Lori ^c   Scott, Mitchell G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUOROMETRY; LETTER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349705637     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2009.133280     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Gronowski AM, Cervinski M, Stenman U-H, Woodworth A, Ashby L, Scott MG. Falsenegative results in point-of-care qualitative human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) devices due to excess hCGβ core fragment. Clin Chem 2009;55:1389-1394