ea0028p347 | Thyroid | SFEBES2012
Bacon Olivia
, Lowery Sarah
, Halsall Ian
, Chatterjee V
, Halsall David
Heterophilic antibody interference in serum TSH immunoassays can result in misdiagnosis of patients with suspected thyroid disease. Rheumatoid factor (RhF) is an immunoglobulin with reactivity to the Fc portion of human IgG. Some RhF species also cross-react with animal immunoglobulins so have the potential to act as heterophile antibodies. As part of the Cambridge Supra-Regional Assay service for thyroid function testing five serum samples with strongly positive RhF and posit...