Reflective Practive

Pernicious Anaemia

The tests available to support the diagnosis of APS are:

EliA Intrinsic Factor
(14-5668-01)

EliA Intrinsic Factor is a fully automated intrinsic factor test, with the most clinically relevant performance1

tor in 248 clinically defined serum samples: 79 pernicious anaemia patients and 169 disease controls (20 CTD, 10 Diabetes mellitus, 30 H. pylori, 30 Infectious disease, 69 Inflammatory bowel disease, 10 Coeliac disease); internal study.

Cut-off/measuring range

Negative Equivocal Positive Measuring range
EliA Intrinsic Factor <7 EliA U/ml 7-10 EliA U/ml >10 EliA U/ml 0.5 to 480 EliA U/ml

Coating

  • Human gastric intrinsic factor

Dilution

  • 1:100

Sample material

  • Serum or plasma specimens

EliA Parietal Cell
(14-5669-01)

EliA Parietal Cell is a fully automated parietal antibody test, with the most clinically relevant performance1

in 248 clinically defined serum samples: 79 pernicious anaemia patients and 169 disease controls (20 CTD, 10 Diabetes mellitus, 30 H. pylori, 30 Infectious disease, 69 Inflammatory bowel disease, 10 Coeliac disease); internal study.

Cut-off/measuring range

Negative Equivocal Positive Measuring range
EliA Parietal Cell <7 EliA U/ml 7-10 EliA U/ml >10 EliA U/mll 0.2 to 192 EliA U/ml

Coating

  • H+/K+ ATPase of gastric cells

Dilution

  • 1:200

Sample material

  • Serum or plasma specimens

References
  1. Thermo Fisher Scientific. Internal Study.

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