Multiple immunoassay interference in a patient with falsely elevated calcitonin
SUMMARY Calcitonin (CT) is a diagnostic and follow-up marker of medullary thyroid carcinoma. Heterophile antibodies (HAbs) may interfere during immunometric assay measurements and result in falsely high CT levels and different markers. A 50-year-old female patient was referred to our institution for...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2024-02-01
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| Series: | Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972024000101603&lng=en&tlng=en |