Human anti-animal antibodies interference in the Siemens Immulite chemiluminescent insulin immuno-assay: About one case

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 412, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 668-669

  Cavalier, Etienne ^a   Huberty, Véronique ^b   Carlisi, Agnès ^a   Chapelle, Jean Paul ^a   Vroonen, Laurent ^a   Beckers, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Centre Hospitalier Peltzer La Tourelle   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALYZER; ASTHENIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INSULIN; LUMINESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79551486250     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.12.035     Document Type: Letter

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