Evaluation of Clinical Usefulness of PREG-Q(TM) as a Screening Test for Pregnancy / 임상검사와정도관리
Journal of Laboratory Medicine and Quality Assurance
;
: 207-210, 2004.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-60346
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Among the many methods estimating the quantity of beta-hCG for pregnancy testing in urine, immunochromatography is one of most widely used semi-quantitative detection method for its convenience to use and also for its rapid result reporting system. PREG-Q(TM) is a newly introduced semi-quantitative immunochromatography method for detecting b-hCG. Clinical usefulness of PREG-Q(TM) was evaluated as a screening test for early pregnancy detection.METHODS:
Accuracy, detection limit, cross-reactivity with various glycoprotein hormones, interference study, and comparison study using total 100 urine samples from pregnant (50 samples) and non-pregnant women (50 samples) was evaluated.RESULTS:
All the 50 urine samples of pregnant women showed positive results, and another 50 urine samples of non-pregnant women showed negative results with PREG-Q(TM). The lower detection limit of PREG-Q(TM) was 25 mIU/mL and the result was not affected by addition of glycoprotein hormones tested. Interfering substance causing false negative or false positive results enrolled didn't affect the test results in this study.CONCLUSIONS:
We conclude PREG-Q(TM) is an excellent test kit for pregnancy test, and is valuable especially for detecting early pregnancy.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pregnancy Tests
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Glycoproteins
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Mass Screening
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Chromatography, Affinity
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Pregnant Women
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Limit of Detection
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Screening study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Laboratory Medicine and Quality Assurance
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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