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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 33, 704-707, Copyright © 1987 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Immunoassay of rheumatoid factor by latex particle counting

LA Borque, CL Cambiaso and PL Masson

We assayed rheumatoid factor by instrumental latex particle counting. The calibration curve ranged from 12.5 to 500 int. units/mL. Maximal within- and between-assay CVs were 5 and 11%, respectively. Analytical recoveries ranged from 92.4 to 108%, and the relation between results and dilutions was linear in the range of 15 to 400 int. units/mL. Correlation with an enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA, Cordia kit) was r = 0.934 (n = 58), with turbidimetry r = 0.825 (n = 100), and with the Waaler-Rose test r = 0.834 (n = 73). Of 260 blood donors, 95% gave a value less than 10 kilo-int. units/L, which was taken as the upper normal limit. In a population of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (n = 47), 87.2% had rheumatoid factor greater than 10 kilo-int. units/L.




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