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Case Reports
. 1988 Jan;158(1):99-100.
doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(88)90786-7.

False-positive human chorionic gonadotropin levels caused by a heterophile antibody with the immunoradiometric assay

J H Check  1 , K Nowroozi, J S Chase, C Lauer, B Elkins, C H Wu
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Case Reports

False-positive human chorionic gonadotropin levels caused by a heterophile antibody with the immunoradiometric assay

J H Check et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1988 Jan.

Abstract

A case of a false-positive test for the beta-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin as performed by the immunoradiometric assay is described. Further studies revealed that this problem was secondary to a cross-reacting heterophile antibody.

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