Fluorescence polarization immunoassay of urinary vanillylmandelic acid.
This rapid fluorescence polarization immunoassay for urinary vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) involves use of our previously described antiserum and label and the program for 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in the Abbott TDx fluorimeter. Urine samples were measured directly, without pretreatment. The minimum detectable concentration was 0.3 mg/L, and the range of the standard curve was 0.3-200.0 mg/L. Precision, analytical recovery, and correlation of results with those by the Pisano method (Clin Chim Acta 1962;7:285-91) were all satisfactory. With this procedure one can determine the VMA concentration in 10 urine sample in 22 min. This is the first report of a clinical immunoassay for VMA and should greatly simplify screening for neural crest tumors.[1]References
- Fluorescence polarization immunoassay of urinary vanillylmandelic acid. Mellor, G.W., Gallacher, G. Clin. Chem. (1990) [Pubmed]
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