Comparison of the Elecsys calcitonin assay with the Immulite 1000 assay. Describing one case with heterophilic antibody interference

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2016 Feb;54(2):e45-7. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2015-0587.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Heterophile / chemistry
  • Antibodies, Heterophile / immunology*
  • Automation
  • Calcitonin / blood*
  • Calcitonin / immunology
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / blood
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / diagnosis*
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Humans
  • Immunoassay*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / blood
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Heterophile
  • Calcitonin

Supplementary concepts

  • Thyroid cancer, medullary