Conventional and new diagnostic applications of a two-site immunochemiluminometric assay for parathyroid hormone S. Minisola

S. Minisola, L. Scarnecchia, E. Romagnoli, V. Carnevale, M. T. Pacitti, A. Scarda, R. Rosso, G. F. Mazzuoli

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Abstract

This investigation was carried out to evaluate the clinical utility and diagnostic value of serum intact PTH measurement using a recently introduced immunochemiluminometric assay (ICMA). Studies were carried out in 42 normal subjects, 24 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism, 21 patients on chronic maintenance hemodialysis, 8 patients with postsurgical hypoparathyroidism, 7 patients with cancer hypercalcemia and 6 patients with osteomalacia. A good correlation was found in normal subjects between serum ICMA PTH levels and both intact PTH measured by a two-site immunora-diometric assay (n=42, r=0.67, p

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)483-489
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Endocrinological Investigation
Volume15
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1992

Keywords

  • hypercalcemia
  • hypoparathyroidism
  • Parathyroid hormone
  • primary hyperparathyroidism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Endocrinology
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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