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A simple technique for the measurement of beta-2-microglobulin (beta 2M) in serum was developed. The method was designed as a sandwich technique using rabbit anti-human antibodies, employing commercially available reagents in an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The assay was of high specificity, sensitivity, accuracy and reproducibility. beta 2M in serum was strongly correlated with age (p less than 0.005), but independent of sex. Values in heparin and citrate plasma were significantly lower than in serum (p less than 0.001), whereas values in serum and EDTA plasma were similar. Release of beta 2M from normal blood cells was not observed in vitro before the test procedure. An excellent correlation between the results obtained in the ELISA and a RIA was demonstrated (rS = 0.99, p less than 0.0001).Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3516456 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(86)90100-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Chim Acta ISSN: 0009-8981 Impact factor: 3.786