The “hook effect” causing a negative pregnancy test in a patient with an advanced molar pregnancy

• At high hCG levels in molar pregnancies, a “hook effect” can cause an artificially negative value. • Delay in diagnosis of a molar pregnancy due to the “hook effect” can lead to severe complications. • Suspicion of a molar pregnancy should be communicated so a diluted sample is used to quantify hC...

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Autores principales: Winder, Abigail D., Mora, Adria Suarez, Berry, Emily, Lurain, John R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5475266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28653031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.06.008
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description • At high hCG levels in molar pregnancies, a “hook effect” can cause an artificially negative value. • Delay in diagnosis of a molar pregnancy due to the “hook effect” can lead to severe complications. • Suspicion of a molar pregnancy should be communicated so a diluted sample is used to quantify hCG.
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spelling pubmed-54752662017-06-26 The “hook effect” causing a negative pregnancy test in a patient with an advanced molar pregnancy Winder, Abigail D. Mora, Adria Suarez Berry, Emily Lurain, John R. Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Report • At high hCG levels in molar pregnancies, a “hook effect” can cause an artificially negative value. • Delay in diagnosis of a molar pregnancy due to the “hook effect” can lead to severe complications. • Suspicion of a molar pregnancy should be communicated so a diluted sample is used to quantify hCG. Elsevier 2017-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5475266/ /pubmed/28653031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.06.008 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5475266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28653031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.06.008
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