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Chemiluminescence receptor assay for measuring vitamin B12 in serum evaluated.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8149606     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We evaluated a chemiluminescence receptor assay for vitamin B12 in serum (Magic Lite; Ciba Corning Diagnostics), in which an acridinium ester label is used with magnetic particle separation. Within- and between-batch precisions were generally acceptable, except at low analyte concentrations. The reference range determined from 104 elective preoperative patients was 120-610 pmol/L, compared with 150-590 pmol/L for our in-house radioligand-binding assay. Magic Lite discriminated between normal and abnormal results as effectively as the in-house method when local reference ranges were applied. Magic Lite demonstrated a negative bias at low analyte concentrations and was unable to detect any vitamin B12 in two B12-deficient patients. Assay accuracy--judged from analytical recovery and comparisons with the in-house method and two other radioassay kits (Quantaphase, Bio-Rad Labs., and Immophase, Ciba Corning Diagnostics)--was poor at low B12 concentrations when the manufacturer's recommended two-point calibration was used. This problem was partially corrected by using a full set of calibrators.
Authors:
S Wentworth; J A McBride; W H Walker
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical chemistry     Volume:  40     ISSN:  0009-9147     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin. Chem.     Publication Date:  1994 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-05-06     Completed Date:  1994-05-06     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9421549     Medline TA:  Clin Chem     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  537-40     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Henderson General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Chemiluminescent Measurements*
Humans
Kinetics
Magnetics
Microspheres
Quality Control
Radioligand Assay / methods*,  statistics & numerical data
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic / statistics & numerical data
Reference Values
Sensitivity and Specificity
Vitamin B 12 / blood*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; 68-19-9/Vitamin B 12

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