One-Step, Labeled-Antibody Assay for Measuring Free Thyroxin. II. Performance in a Multicenter Trial
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- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Chemistry
- Vol. 38 (1) , 19-25
- https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/38.1.19
Abstract
The technical and diagnostic performance of a labeled antibody radioassay for free thyroxin (Amerlex-MAB* FT4) was examined in a multicenter trial. The overall mean within-assay precision (CV) in eight centers was 6.2% at 30 pmol/L and 3.6% at 13 pmol/L concentrations of FT4. Between-assay precision was 5.4% at 18 pmol/L and 6.8% at 50 pmol/L. The euthyroid central 95% reference range for FT4 was 11.3 to 24.3 pmol/L. Results of the method correlated well with those of an analog radioimmunoassay: [Amerlex-MAB* FT4] = 1.09 [Amerlex-M FT4] + 1.50 pmol/L (r = 0.96, n = 732). Clinical performance of the assay was better than that of first-generation analog tracer assays for sera from patients with nonthyroidal illness or binding-protein abnormalities.Keywords
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