PMID- 2763819
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19890918
LR  - 20190820
IS  - 0001-639X (Print)
IS  - 0001-639X (Linking)
VI  - 67
IP  - 3
DP  - 1989 Jun
TI  - The measurement of IgE in tear fluid: a comparison of collection by sponge or 
      capillary.
PG  - 301-5
AB  - We have used commercially available reference concentrations of immunoglobulin E 
      (IgE) and tear samples from atopic patients to compare the recovery of IgE from 
      fluid collected in cellulose sponges or glass capillary tubes. There was no 
      statistically significant difference in the values for IgE in the reference 
      samples recovered from capillaries or sponges (P = 0.16), but at some 
      concentrations both methods produced a higher reading than the control samples (P 
      less than 0.001). There was no significant difference when the values for IgE in 
      the first or second of paired tear samples were compared using either sponges or 
      capillaries for collection, but the mean value of samples collected by capillary 
      tubes was lower (P = 0.02). The collection of tears in sponges for IgE estimation 
      is less time consuming than capillary collection and for clinical practice it is 
      as sensitive as collection in capillaries.
FAU - Tuft, S J
AU  - Tuft SJ
AD  - Department of Clinical Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, England.
FAU - Dart, J K
AU  - Dart JK
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Denmark
TA  - Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh)
JT  - Acta ophthalmologica
JID - 0370347
RN  - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E)
SB  - IM
MH  - Conjunctivitis/immunology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunoglobulin E/*analysis
MH  - Specimen Handling/*instrumentation/methods
MH  - Tears/*immunology
EDAT- 1989/06/01 00:00
MHDA- 1989/06/01 00:01
CRDT- 1989/06/01 00:00
PHST- 1989/06/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1989/06/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1989/06/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1989.tb01875.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh). 1989 Jun;67(3):301-5. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1755-3768.1989.tb01875.x.