Interference from heterophilic antibodies in D-dimer assessment. A case report

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 277-279

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Ippolito, Luigi ^a   Tondelli, Maria Teresa ^b   Favaloro, Emmanuel J ^c  

^a UO Diagnostica Ematochimica   (Italy)

^b Department of Pediatrics Academic Hospital of Parma ^*  (Italy)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coagulation testing; D dimer; Heterophilic antibodies; Interference

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MIGRAINE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEPSIS; VERTIGO; BLOOD; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; METABOLISM; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VERTIGO;

EID: 84897575136     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: 14735733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0000000000000017     Document Type: Article

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