title: An evaluation of the Ramco kit for serum ferritin assay.
abstract: The determination of serum ferritin levels may be of diagnostic importance in medicine. To establish whether values obtained using a commercially available kit (Ramco) were adequate for this purpose, a comparison was undertaken using a two-site immunoradiometric assay that had been developed and standardized in our laboratories. Over the range 6 micrograms/l to greater than 2 000 micrograms/l there was a correlation coefficient between the two methods of 0,8284 (P less than 0.001). It is concluded that the Ramco kit is suitable for use in clinical practice.
mesh_terms: D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D005293:Ferritins