Abstract:
:A simple, direct radioimmunoassay for cortisol in human serum and plasma is described. An antiserum, raised in sheep to a cortisol-3-(O-carboxymethyl)oxime/bovine serum albumin conjugate, is coupled to microcellulose. No extraction is required because plasma samples and standards are incubated with the antiserum and an 125I radioligand in a low-pH buffer, which denatures cortisol-binding globulins. The assay satisfies accepted validation criteria. In addition, results from the radioimmunoassay compare well with those obtained by a gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric technique (r = 0.968; FRIA = 0.97 FGCMS + 2.0 nmol/L). The latter procedure features the very high intrinsic specificity obtained by selected ion monitoring at high mass-spectrometric resolution (M/deltaM = 8500) with a Varian MAT-731 instrument. The simplicity of the radioimmunoassay procedure, with use of reagents prepared "in house," makes this a very practical and economical assay for use in the medium or large endocrine laboratory.
journal_name
Clin Chemjournal_title
Clinical chemistryauthors
Riad-Fahmy D,Read GF,Gaskell SJ,Dyas J,Hindawi Rsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1979-05-01 00:00:00pages
665-8issue
5eissn
0009-9147issn
1530-8561journal_volume
25pub_type
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1982-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1982-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1981-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1979-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1979-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1373/clinchem.2010.152009
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1373/clinchem.2005.051524
更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1373/clinchem.2004.046847
更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1373/clinchem.2005.052522
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The values of apolipoproteins (apo) A-I and B were determined in a population sample of hospital outpatients with a standardized method to verify if the cutpoints calculated in a cross-sectional study in the US are usable with other populations. We also tested the apolipoproteins' ability to discriminate between healt...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1982-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1987-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1980-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1373/clinchem.2008.112151
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1982-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:New genetic forms of hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) or hereditary hyperferritinemia (HF) have been identified over the last few years, and abnormalities of various genes may interact in a single patient. This study aimed to develop a rapid automated method for sequencing the main genes involved. METHODS:We...
journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1373/clinchem.2007.090605
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1988-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-05-01 00:00:00