Raised tryptase without anaphylaxis or mastocytosis: Heterophilic antibody interference in the serum tryptase assay

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-345

  Sargur, R ^a   Cowley, D ^a   Murng, S ^a   Wild, G ^a   Green, K ^a   Shrimpton, A ^a   Egner, W ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HAMA; Heterophilic antibodies; Interference; Rheumatoid factor; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TRYPTASE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MAST CELLS; MASTOCYTOSIS; MICE; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TRYPTASES;

EID: 79551701749     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2010.04287.x     Document Type: Article

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