Thyroxin overdose due to rheumatoid factor interferences in thyroid-stimulating hormone assays

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 873-875

  Georges, Agnès ^a   Charrié, Anne ^b   Raynaud, Sophie ^a   Lombard, Christine ^c   Corcuff, Jean Benoît ^a,d  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c University Hospital of Lyon Sud   (France)

^d HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

immunoassay; rheumatoid factor; thyroid

Indexed keywords

HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEVOTHYROXINE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PARAPROTEIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CASE REPORT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG OVERDOSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 79954539455     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.144     Document Type: Article

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