Dr Urs Wilgen
Publications
Journal Articles
Wilgen, Urs, Pretorius, Carel J., Gould, Michael J. and Ungerer, Jacobus P. J. (2016) Cardiac troponin I carryover by very high patient samples still causes false-positive results on the Beckman Coulter AccuTnI + 3. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 53 1: 177-179. doi:10.1177/0004563215606739
Fagan, Kevin J., Pretorius, Carel J., Horsfall, Leigh U., Irvine, Katharine M., Wilgen, Urs, Choi, Kihoon, Fletcher, Linda M., Tate, Jill, Melino, Michelle, Nusrat, Sharmin, Miller, Gregory C., Clouston, Andrew D., Ballard, Emma, O'Rourke, Peter, Lampe, Guy, Ungerer, Jacobus P. J. and Powell, Elizabeth E. (2015) ELF score ≥9.8 indicates advanced hepatic fibrosis and is influenced by age, steatosis and histological activity. Liver International, 35 6: 1673-1681. doi:10.1111/liv.12760
Wilgen, Urs, Pretorius, Carel J., Gous, Rehna S., Martin, Cameron, Hale, Vincent J. and Ungerer, Jacobus P. J. (2014) Hook effect in Abbott i-STAT beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) point of care assay. Clinical Biochemistry, 47 13-14: 1320-1322. doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2014.05.005
Jenner, Wessel, Klingberg, Sandra, Tate, Jill R., Wilgen, Urs, Ungerer, Jacobus P.J. and Pretorius, Carel J. (2014) Combined light chain immunofixation to detect monoclonal gammopathy: a comparison to standard electrophoresis in serum and urine. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 52 7: 981-987. doi:10.1515/cclm-2014-0023
Wilgen, Urs, Pretorius, Carel J. and Ungerer, Jacobus P. J. (2013) Improved sensitivity of point of care troponin I values using reporting to below 99th percentile of normals. Schneider HG et al.. Clinical Biochemistry, 46 16-17: 1774-1775. doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.06.027
Garizio, Dominique G., Wilgen, Urs, Williams, Bronwyn A. and Kennedy, Glen A. (2012) Clinical utility of ADAMTS-13 testing in suspected thrombotic microangiopathy: an audit of ADAMTS-13 activity assay requests in routine practice from a tertiary hospital. Pathology, 44 7: 638-641. doi:10.1097/PAT.0b013e328359d505