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ea0021p213 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | SFEBES2009

Concordance between thyroglobulin antibody assays

Parkington Damon , Littleboy Sonia , Taylor Kevin , Jeffries Sarah , Simpson Helen , Halsall David

As thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb) are a well recognised cause of interference in thyroglobulin (Tg) immunoassays current guidelines recommend that TgAb should be measured concurrently with Tg when monitoring thyroidectomised thyroid cancer patients. However the concordance between different TgAb assays has been questioned despite the availability of an International TgAb Reference Preparation (MRC 65/93).Four commonly used TgAb assays were tested in 145...