Affiliation:
1. Endocrine Clinic, The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh EH3 9YW, Scotland, UK
Abstract
The analytical and diagnostic performance of a new non-isotopic, two-step immunoassay (DELFIA) for the measurement of free thyroxine (free T4) in plasma or serum has been compared with an established second generation analogue radioimmunoassay (SimulTRAC). Both methods had a good diagnostic specificity in pregnancy, thyroid clinic patients, and patients taking anticonvulsant drugs. In patients presenting to a general medical ward the diagnostic specificity of both methods was poor. Two samples appeared to contain substances which produced assay interference by DELFIA but not by SimulTRAC assays. When free T4 was measured by equilibrium dialysis a clear association between sample dilution and free T4 concentration was demonstrated in sick euthyroid patients. In contrast, using samples obtained from patients with known thyroid disease, free T4 was little influenced by sample dilution. The effects of sample dilution on free T4 measured by DELFIA were similar to those found using equilibrium dialysis. It would appear that free T4 measurements have a relatively poor diagnostic specificity in non-thyroidal illness irrespective of the method used.
Subject
Clinical Biochemistry,General Medicine
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