| Literature DB >> 7381023 |
D W Dawson, I W Delamore, D I Fish, T A Flaherty, A H Gowenlock, L P Hunt, K Hyde, J E MacIver, J A Thornton, H M Waters.
Abstract
Five commercial kits for the determination of folate and six kits for the determination of vitamin B12 were investigated. Their performance has been compared with microbiological methods for the two vitamins and with a non-commercial radioisotopic method for B12. The results show the importance of the determination of the reference range for an individual laboratory for each method. The precision of the kits varied appreciably, as did their performance using specimens from patients with different haematological disorders. In particular, certain kits failed to detect all patients with pernicious anaemia. The relative accuracy of the kits was assessed. Various factors which should be taken into account in the final selection of a satisfactory kit are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID： 7381023 PMCID： PMC1146046 DOI： 10.1136/jcp.33.3.234
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Pathol ISSN： 0021-9746 Impact factor: 3.411