title: A rapid and sensitive immunosorbent assay for urinary albumin.
abstract: We describe a fast, simple and sensitive microtiter scale competitive ELISA for the determination of urinary albumin. All reagents are commercially available. In the standard procedure, a minimum concentration of 0.8 mg albumin/L can be measured, although, applying another dilution, 0.04 mg/L can be detected. Within-batch coefficient of variation was 6.9% and 5.6% (at 1:20 and 1:50 dilution, respectively); between-batch variation was 8.6% and 5.6% respectively. The influence of urine pH and other urine components is minimised in the assay diluting with a casein-containing buffer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: van Kamp
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: van Bezu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mulder
mesh_terms: D000419:Albuminuria / Q000652:urine*; D002364:Caseins; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins