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Heterophilic antibodies influence immunometric assay: a case report and reviews

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Acknowledgments

We profoundly thank our cardiologist Dr. Liu for a great support to the diagnosis which was not AMI.

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  1. Department of Medical Laboratory, Hsinchu Mackay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 30071

    Yao-Feng Hu

  2. Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 30010

    Shinn-Ying Ho

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Hu, YF., Ho, SY. Heterophilic antibodies influence immunometric assay: a case report and reviews. Immunol Res 68, 104–106 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12026-020-09128-6

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