Abstract
The assay characteristics of a new radioimmunoassay kit for determining urinary albumin at low concentrations were studied. The sensitivity for urinary albumin was 2 mg/l, the analytical range 2 to 40 mg/l, and interassay coefficient of variation less than 12%. In a method comparison study entailing diabetic urine samples covering an albumin concentration of 2 to 150 mg/l the kit compared adequately with radial immunodiffusion (mean difference between methods = 2 mg/l; residual standard deviation = 4.6 mg/l), absolute variation between methods increasing with the concentration. The kit required much less skill than radial immunodiffusion but its capital and running cost were higher.
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