Heterophile Antibody Interference with Thyroid Assay

• Chin Kek Peng

  Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital

• Pin Yeo Chin

  Department of Pathology (Clinical Biochemistry), Singapore General Hospital

抄録

Immunoassays are one of the main methods of measuring thyroid hormones. They are prone to interference. Interference of the immunoassays has been increasingly recognized as a problem because it may lead to misinterpretation of results resulting in unnecessary investigation and wrong course of treatment. We describe a patient who had interference in her thyroid function measurements (free T4, free T3 and TSH) during the course of treatment for Graves' disease.<br>

収録刊行物

• Internal Medicine

  Internal Medicine 47 (23), 2033-2037, 2008

  一般社団法人 日本内科学会

キーワード

• Graves' disease
• hyperthyroidism
• heterophile antibody interference
• immunoassay

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282679848910080
• NII論文ID: 130000079796
• DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1496
• ISSN: 13497235
• ISSN: 09182918
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/internalmedicine/47/23/47_23_2033/_pdf
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2009159703
• 本文言語コード: en
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