ASSESSMENT OF RADIOIODINATED HORMONE PREPARATIONS
1969 ◽
Vol 62
(1_Suppl)
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pp. S134-S144
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ABSTRACT The preparation of radioiodinated human LH and human FSH with specific activities of 50—150 μc/μg for use in specific radioimmunoassay systems is described. Methods for minimising iodination damage, for removing severely damaged fractions after iodination and for assessing the immunological reactivity of the final products are detailed. The obligation upon immunoassayists to demonstrate that their labelled preparations do indeed represent the hormones under consideration is discussed and criteria which may contribute evidence on this question are put forward.