title: Assay of microalbuminuria using gel electroimmunoassay.
abstract: The possibility of using electroimmunoassay as a technique for assessing microalbuminuria in the diabetic population has been studied. The method was found to be precise (given inter-batch coefficients of variation of 5.7% and 5.8% at levels of 16 mg/l and 23 mg/l respectively), showed adequate sensitivity, and produced results which correlated well (r = 0.971) with these obtained from a routine radioimmunoassay procedure. It is concluded that electroimmunoassay provides a reliable alternative to more sophisticated techniques in the non-specialized laboratory dealing with only moderate numbers of specimens.
mesh_terms: D000419:Albuminuria / Q000652:urine*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000652:urine*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000652:urine; D004586:Electrophoresis; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D011786:Quality Control; D011863:Radioimmunoassay