Overestimation of serum levels of rheumatoid factor caused by the presence of an incorrect calibrator in the Dade Behring kit

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Journal Article Overestimation of serum levels of rheumatoid factor caused by the presence of an incorrect calibrator in the Dade Behring kit Get access Nobuhide Hayashi, Nobuhide Hayashi Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital,Kobe, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Seiji Kawano, Seiji Kawano Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital,Kobe, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Daisuke Sugiyama, Daisuke Sugiyama Department of Evidence-based Laboratory Medicine (Sysmex), Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine,Kobe, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kunihiro Nishimura, Kunihiro Nishimura Department of Evidence-based Laboratory Medicine (Sysmex), Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine,Kobe, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Takashi Nakazawa, Takashi Nakazawa Division of Clinical Pathology and Immunology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine,7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Akio Morinobu, Akio Morinobu Department of Evidence-based Laboratory Medicine (Sysmex), Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine,Kobe, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Shunichi Kumagai Shunichi Kumagai Division of Clinical Pathology and Immunology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine,7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan Correspondence to: Shunichi Kumagai, Division of Clinical Pathology and Immunology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine,7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan Tel. +81-78-382-6190; Fax +81-78-382-6209 e-mail: kumagais@kobe-u.ac.jp Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Modern Rheumatology, Volume 17, Issue 5, 1 October 2007, Pages 447–449, https://doi.org/10.3109/s10165-007-0623-6 Published: 01 October 2007 Article history Received: 05 March 2007 Accepted: 12 June 2007 Published: 01 October 2007