Journal of Clinical Pathology · 1994 · 12 citations · 1 references
MedicineEndocrinologyAutoimmunityEndocrine Nuclear MedicineImmunopathologyAutoimmune EndocrinopathiesHyperthyroidism EvaluationThyroid DisordersThyroid EndocrinologyThyroid Hormone BiochemistryAutoimmune Thyroid Disease TestingLaboratory InvestigationsSerum Thyroid-stimulating Hormone MeasurementSubclinical HypothyroidismThyroid AutoantibodiesThyroid AutoimmunityThyroid Receptor Antibody TestingThyroid-stimulating Hormone Testing
In the Amerlite MAB FT4 assay, as stated by the manufacturer, FT4 values should be normal in patients with anti-thyroid hormone autoantibodies. The case of a 69 year old woman with a spuriously high FT4 using the Amerlite MAB FT4 assay is reported. Laboratory investigations showed that her spurious FT4 result was likely to have been caused by anti-thyroid hormone autoantibodies.
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