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Heterophile antibodies may falsely increase or decrease thyroglobulin measurement in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma

Published in edoc Publication server (Humboldt University of Berlin) • May 29, 2009
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Authors:
Luca Giovanella
,
Franco Keller
,
Luca Ceriani

Abstract

Background: To examine the prevalence of significant interference from heterophile antibodies (HAb) in the measurement of serum thyroglobulin (Tg), we evaluated a large cohort of samples from patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). Methods: Serum Tg measurements were performed in 406 s...

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