The immunoassay handbook /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Stockton :
[publisher not identified],
[1994]
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Table of Contents:
- Principles
- Antibody structure and function
- Immunoassay design
- Components
- Antibody
- Calibration and standardization
- Separation systems
- Signal generation and detection systems
- Homogeneous immunoassays
- Concepts
- Technical performance concepts
- Clinical concepts
- Calibration curve-fitting
- Examples of calibration curve-fitting methods
- Monitoring the quality of curve-fitting
- Immunological biosensors
- Products
- Abbott Imx
- Baxter stratus immunoassay systems
- Boehringer mannheim ES 300 immunoassay system
- Ciba corning ACS: 180
- DPC milenia
- DPC immulite
- Hybritech icon and tandem icon QSR
- Kodak Amerlex-M radioimmunoassays
- Kodak Amerlite modular system
- Kodak Amerlite processing center
- Kodak surecell
- Microgenics cedia
- PB diagnostics opus, opus plus and opus magnum
- Serono MAIAclone
- Serono MAIA
- Serono serozyme
- Serono SR1 automated immunoassay system
- SYVA ETS plus system (EMIT)
- SYVA microtrak
- SYVA microtrak EIA
- SYVA vista immunoassay system
- Tosoh AIA-600 and AIA-1200.
- (cont) Unipath clearblue one step, clearplan one step and clearview
- Wallac delfia
- Laboratory management
- Subject preparation, sample collection and handling
- Subject preparation
- Timing
- Blood collection by venepuncture
- Interference by tube and stopper components
- Use of serum separators
- Collection of blood by skin puncture
- Urine collection
- Saliva
- Cerebrospinal fluid
- Amniotic fluid
- Semen
- Milk
- Storage and transportation
- Method evaluation
- Laboratory quality assurance
- Staff selection and training
- Equipment maintenance and testing
- Laboratory water
- Sample control
- Reagent and control preparation
- Assay quality control
- Clinical laboratory improvement amendments of 1988
- Immunoassay troubleshooting guide
- Applications
- Thyroid
- Normal thyroid function
- Clinical disorders
- Analytes
- Thyroid testing strategies
- Adrenal cortex
- Normal adrenocortical function
- Clinical disorders
- Calcium metabolism
- Biochemical markers of bone turnover
- Expected analyte changes in hypercalcemia and hypocalcemia.
- (cont) Infertility
- Test strategy for infertility in women
- Hirsutism and virilization in the female
- Pregnancy
- Growth
- Normal childhood growth
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hematology
- Leukemia and lymphoma tests
- Immunological tests used in disorders of hemostasis
- Heart
- Normal heart function
- Cancer markers
- Allergy
- Allergic disease
- Standardization and evaluation
- Autoimmune disease
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Congenital diseases of microbiological origin
- Hepatitis
- Miscellaneous diseases of microbiological origin
- Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)
- Antiarrhythmic drugs
- Antibiotics
- Anticonvulsants
- Chemotherapeutics
- Miscellaneous
- Drugs of abuse
- Applications
- Immunoassays for drugs of abuse
- Immunoassay applications in life-science research
- Tritium radioimmunoassays
- Iodine-125 radioimmunoassays
- Scintillation proximity assay
- Enzyme-immunoassays (colorimetric)
- Enhanced luminescence immunoassays
- Immunofiltration screening assays
- Immunoassay applications in veterinary diagnostics.
- (cont) Infectious disease diagnosis/assessment of immune status
- Feline
- Canine
- Porcine
- Equine
- Bovine
- Avian
- Murine
- Assessment of reproduction/metabolic status.