Falsely elevated thyroid hormone levels caused by antiruthenium interference in the Elecsys assay resembling the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of thyrotropin

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 663-667

  Ohba, Kenji ^a   Noh, Jaeduk Yoshimura ^b   Unno, Tsuyoshi ^c   Satoh, Tomoaki ^c   Iwahara, Kunihiro ^a   Matsushita, Akio ^a   Sasaki, Shigekazu ^a   Oki, Yutaka ^a   Nakamura, Hirotoshi ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ITO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c IVD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti ruthenium interference; Eclusys; Elecsys; Electrochemiluminescent immunoassay (ECLIA); Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; RUTHENIUM; STREPTAVIDIN; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GOITER; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYNDROME OF INAPPROPRIATE SECRETION OF THYROTROPIN; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN SECRETING ADENOMA; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MIDDLE AGED; RUTHENIUM; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 84867902822     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ12-0089     Document Type: Article

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