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  • Title: Dual analyte immunoassay in neural tube defect and Down's syndrome screening: results of a multicentre clinical trial.
    Author: Spencer K, Macri JN, Anderson RW, Aitken DA, Berry E, Crossley JA, Wood PJ, Coombes EJ, Stroud M, Worthington DJ.
    Journal: Ann Clin Biochem; 1993 Jul; 30 ( Pt 4)():394-401. PubMed ID: 7691041.
    Abstract:
    We report a multicentre clinical field trial of a novel dual analyte enzyme immunoassay method for the simultaneous measurement of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and free beta-human choriogonadotropin (hCG) in the same microtitre well. The assay was shown to have good technical performance in the hands of all trial centres, with between assay coefficients of variation better than 10% for both analyte across the whole of the assay ranges. The method compared well with single analyte measuring procedures and produced acceptable performance as judged by external quality assurance criteria. Recovery of added analyte and analyte dilution curves also showed acceptable performance. In clinical evaluation of a large set of neural tube defect cases, good clinical discrimination from unaffected cases was observed using AFP. With over 150 Down's syndrome cases, the combination of AFP and free beta hCG confirmed the high detection rates achievable using this marker combination, with detection rates in excess of 70% in early gestation. We conclude that the combination of clinically superior markers coupled with technologically innovative assay design will lead to more efficient Down's screening programmes.
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