Heterophilic antibody interference in immunometric assays

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 647-661

  Bolstad, Nils ^a   Warren, David J ^a   Nustad, Kjell ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

HAMA; heterophile antibody; heterophilic antibody; immunoassay; interference

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BUFFER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; REAGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DILUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENSTRUATION; PHYSICIAN; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

HAMA; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; HETEROPHILIC ANTIBODY; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENTS; MICE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885327509     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2013.05.011     Document Type: Review

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