In an example of a noncompetitive, two-stage immunometric assay (IMA), thyroglobulin in the patient's serum is 'captured' by an excessive amount of an anti-human-thyroglobulin monoclonal mouse ...

At the second assessment, undetectable TG with a two-site immunometric assay (IMA) with concurrent TgAb was unmistakably false and the positive thyroid scan confirmed the presence of functioning ...