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.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-60346
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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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Base de dados:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Testes de Gravidez
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Glicoproteínas
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Programas de Rastreamento
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Cromatografia de Afinidade
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Gestantes
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Limite de Detecção
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo de rastreamento
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Gravidez
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of Laboratory Medicine and Quality Assurance
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Artigo