Heterophilic antibody interference in commercial immunoassays; A screening study using paired native and pre-blocked sera

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2001-2006

  Bolstad, Nils ^a   Warren, David J ^a   Bjerner, Johan ^b   Kravdal, Gunnhild ^c   Schwettmann, Lutz ^d   Olsen, Kari H ^a   Rustad, Pal ^b   Nustad, Kjell ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Furst Medical Laboratory   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d A lesund Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

HAMAs; Heterophile antibody; Heterophilic; Immunoassay; Interference

Indexed keywords

HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY MAK33; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN AGGREGATE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBIDIMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MICE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

MURINAE;

EID: 84856522611     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.702     Document Type: Article

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