Establishment of an in-house ELISA and the reference range for serum amyloid A (SAA). Complementarity between SAA and C-reactive protein as markers of inflammation

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 72-76

  Wu, Tsu Lan ^a,b   I Chen Tsai, ^a,b   Chang, Pi Yueh ^a,b   Tsao, Kuo Chien ^a,b   Sun, Chien Feng ^a,b   Wu, Lily L ^a,b   Wu, James T ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

CRP; ELISA; Inflammation; Reference range; SAA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALIBRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33845300563     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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