Pitfalls in interpreting thyroid function tests: antibodies causing assay interferences
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|Jul 2015Abstract
Many factors can compromise results of thyroid function tests, leading to possible misinterpretation and misdiagnosis. Presence of antibodies in the human serum can react with the immunoglobulins included in the assay components and cause anomalous results. We describe below three cases where spurious hormone results were obtained due to interfering antibodies.
Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism 2015; 5: 20-22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/sjdem.v5i1.7268 | Journal eISSN: 2012-998X
Language: English
Page range: 20 - 22
Published on: Jul 10, 2015
Published by: Sri Lanka College of Endocrinologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2015 S. Pathmanathan, N. P. Somasundaram, S. Siriwardena, published by Sri Lanka College of Endocrinologists
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.