Abstract:
:This communication describes and evaluates an improved routine methodology for quantitating clinical proteinuria. Based on investigations of Piscator and of Savory et al., a modified Tsuchiya's reagent (ethanolic HCI-phosphotungstic acid) is used to precipitate proteins at 56 degrees C, followed by biuret spectrophotometry at 540 nm. The accuracy of the proposed procedure was assessed by comparisons with results obtained by using an ultrafiltration membrane that retains solutes with an average molecular weight in excess of 10 000 for separating of urinary proteins before they are measured with the biuret reaction. Precision of the method (coefficient of variation) is typically 2-3%.
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Clin Chemjournal_title
Clinical chemistryauthors
Rice EWsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1975-03-01 00:00:00pages
398-401issue
3eissn
0009-9147issn
1530-8561journal_volume
21pub_type
杂志文章abstract::We compared relative increases in creatine kinase (EC 2.7.3.2) MB isoenzyme (CK-MB) after reperfusion in myocardial infarction for four popular methods: electrophoresis, immunoinhibition, the "Magic Lite" (Ciba-Corning) system, and the Stratus (Dade). In a method comparison study, we confirmed that all four methods co...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Group B streptococcal infections are the leading cause of sepsis and meningitis in newborns. A rapid and reliable method for the detection of this pathogen at the time of delivery is needed for the early treatment of neonates. Isothermal amplification techniques such as recombinase polymerase amplification h...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1373/clinchem.2013.213504
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for determination of light-chain ratios for IgG, IgA, and IgM in serum. A commercial serum with known overall kappa and lambda concentrations was used as standard. To capture the respective immunoglobulins, we used antibodies to gamma, lambda and mu chains coated onto m...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease with focal rupture of vulnerable plaque responsible for major clinical events. Several population-based studies indicate an association between lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) and cardiovascular events. Lp-PLA2 is emerging as a biomarker that may be a p...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1373/clinchem.2006.070672
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Plasma creatinine concentration and calculated creatinine clearance are of limited value as glomerular filtration rate (GFR) markers in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis. We assessed plasma cystatin C as an indicator of GFR in such patients. METHODS:We studied 36 patients with decompensated liver ...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The present assay was developed for quantifying midazolam in plasma of patients hospitalized in intensive-care units or undergoing anesthesia and receiving many other drugs as well. Plasma samples are alkalinized with NaOH and midazolam is extracted into n-hexane. The organic phase is evaporated and reconstituted in n...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1988-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Functional antibody surfaces were prepared on ultraflat polystyrene surfaces by physical adsorption, and the uniform distribution of monoclonal antibodies against hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) on such surfaces and the presence of dense hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) particles captured by immobi...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Extracellular vesicles (EVs) contain a rich cargo of different RNA species with specialized functions and clinical applications. However, the landscape and characteristics of extracellular vesicle long RNA (exLR) in human blood remain largely unknown. METHODS:We presented an optimized strategy for exLR sequ...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1373/clinchem.2018.301291
更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The carboxyl terminal region of corticotropin (ACTH), (Ala34-Phe-Pro-Glu-Leu-Phe39), a region of the hormone conserved during evolution, served as an antigen for the production of a sequence-specific antiserum. In a radioimmunoassay, peptides that extend toward the amino terminal from Ala34, such as [Tyr,Gly]-ACTH34-3...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1981-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Because cyclosporin A (CsA) and glucocorticoids inhibit the production of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and other cytokines, quantitative analysis of cytokine mRNA might constitute a pharmacodynamic measure for immunosuppressive drug effects. We investigated whether immunosuppressive drugs influence cytokine mRNA exp...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe a micro-scale method for determining serum theophylline. The chromatography system includes a muBondapack C18 column and acetonitrile, 70 ml/liter of sodium acetate buffer (10 mmol/liter, ph 4.0) as the mobile phase. Test serum or plasma, 30 mul, is mixed with an equal quantity of a solution containing the...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1977-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Intravascular monitoring of arterial blood gases provides the means to detect precipitous change in cardiopulmonary function almost instantaneously, promising major improvement in the ability to manage critically ill patients. Attempts to miniaturize and repackage conventional electrodes for continuous intravascular u...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency is a recessively inherited defect in the mitochondrial beta-oxidation of fatty acids. A single nucleotide change, the A985 --> G transition, in the MCAD gene accounts for approximately 90% of all the disease-causing mutations in the patients. We have used PCR to am...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Tamoxifen is a standard endocrine therapy for the prevention and treatment of steroid hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. CONTENT:Tamoxifen requires enzymatic activation by cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes for the formation of active metabolites 4-hydroxytamoxifen and endoxifen. As compared with the paren...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1373/clinchem.2008.121756
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Creatine kinase isoenzyme BB (CK-BB) is found in the serum of patients with various types of cancer. Using both radioimmunoassay and agarose electrophoresis, we found abnormal amounts of this isoenzyme in the serum of 15 of 17 patients with untreated prostatic carcinoma. Among patients with other types of adenocarcino...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1979-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Test repetition could be a readily modifiable component of laboratory utilization. Laboratory test repetition has not been rigorously studied at a population-based level. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of, and charges associated with, repetition of eight common laboratory tests. METHODS:We pe...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1373/clinchem.2003.021220
更新日期:2003-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Numerous outcome measures can be used to characterize and compare the performance of alternative quality-control (QC) strategies. The performance measure traditionally used in the QC planning process is the probability of rejecting an analytical run when a critical out-of-control error condition exists. Another perfor...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Analysis of fetal DNA in maternal plasma has recently been introduced as a new method for noninvasive prenatal diagnosis, particularly for the analysis of fetal genetic traits, which are absent from the maternal genome, e.g., RHD or Y-chromosome-specific sequences. To date, the analysis of other fetal geneti...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1373/clinchem.2003.029835
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Crystalline preparations of diiodotyrosine contain trace quantities of thyroxine that can be detected by several competitive radioassays and by chromatography on Sephadex. Spontaneous coupling of diiodotyrosine to thyroxine during iodination of tyrosine and coprecipitation of hormone with diiodotyrosine crystals are l...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1978-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cardiac troponin-I (cTnI) is not found in sera of patients with skeletal muscle disease in the absence of myocardial injury. It is not known, however, whether trace amounts of cTnI are expressed in regenerating human skeletal muscle, as has been observed with creatine kinase MB. Using immunohistochemical and biochemic...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::A gas-chromatographic method for urinary organic acid analysis is described, designed to be used routinely for the diagnosis of organic aciduria. It involves extraction of urine with ethyl acetate, dehydration of extract residues, and trimethylsilylation. Organic acids are identified by using an extensive list of rete...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1980-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The counting of leukocytes and erythrocytes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is still performed microscopically, e.g., using a chamber in most laboratories. This requires sufficient practical experience, is time-consuming, and may constitute a problem in emergency diagnostics. Specific automated systems for CSF ...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We immunoenzymometrically measured creatine kinase (CK) isoenzyme MB in extracts of myocardium and in homogenates of five different skeletal muscles. CK-MB concentrations in the former averaged 80.9 micrograms/g wet tissue; in the skeletal muscles it varied widely, being (e.g.) 25-fold greater in diaphragm than in pso...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Toxicological determinations are crucial to coroners' or medical examiners' judgments that drugs are significantly involved in a death. However, differences in laboratory procedures, thoroughness of screening, and limits of detection may result in artifactual differences in the toxicological results and the subsequent...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1976-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::In photometry, where both the product formed and one or several reactants absorb light at the same wavelength, the absorbance of the "blank" of the sample at the end of the reaction may be less than that measured at the beginning of the reaction, because of consumption of reactant(s). The blank correction factor for t...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1985-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Risk assessments of patients should be based on objective variables, such as biological markers that can be measured routinely. The acute response to stress causes the release of catecholamines from the adrenal medulla accompanied by chromogranin A (CGA). To date, no study has evaluated the prognostic value ...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1373/clinchem.2007.102442
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:C-reactive protein (CRP) is a widely recognized indicator of inflammation and is known to play an important role in atherogenesis. Recent prospective studies have demonstrated that increased CRP concentrations within the reference interval are a strong predictor of myocardial infarction, stroke, sudden cardi...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1373/49.8.1258
更新日期:2003-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The poly-T tract in intron 8 of the cystic fibrosis conductance transmembrane regulator (CFTR) gene exists in three variants, 5T, 7T, and 9T. The 7T and 9T variants generate a predominantly normal transcript, whereas the 5T variant engenders an anomalous product. The analysis of the poly-T tract is assuming increasing...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report here the evaluation of the Abbott TDx assay with a monoclonal antibody for selectively quantifying cyclosporine (CsA) in whole blood. Over the clinically relevant concentration ranges, results with this assay demonstrated within- and between-run CVs of less than 2.5% and 5%, respectively; sensitivity of 25 m...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::We isolated myoglobin from sheep heart by homogenizing cardiac muscle in 70%-saturated ammonium sulfate, followed by chromatography on a column containing carboxymethyl(CM)-Sephadex gel. Two major isoforms of myoglobin, designated Mb 7.9 and Mb 8.1, were separated by chromatofocusing and were distinguished by their di...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-05-01 00:00:00