Heterophilic antibody interference affecting multiple hormone assays: Is it due to rheumatoid factor?

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 240-242

  Mongolu, Shiva ^a   Armston, Annie E ^b   Mozley, Erin ^c   Nasruddin, Azraai ^d  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d PUTRAJAYA HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heterophilic antibody interference; immunoassay interference; immunoassays; PEG precipitation; rheumatoid factor

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ARTIFACT; BLOOD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; ARTIFACTS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 84961885093     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2016.1143113     Document Type: Article

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