Product Information
Insulin Antibody - RIA
RA107/50 and RA108/100
Radio Immuno Assay
for the quantitative determination of
antibodies against Insulin in serum
50 or 100 Determinations
20 µl of patient serum
Precipitation with anti-human-IgG
4 Standards, 2 Positive Controls, lyophilized; 1 Negative Control ready for use
Incubation over-night
Internal medicine, immunology, endocrinology
see Instructions for Use
Negative < 0.4 u/mL; Positive ≥ 0.4 u/mL
100% (n=100) of healthy blood donor sera samples gave values of less than 0.4 units per mL.
Out of 62 type 1 DM patients who had never received insulin treatment, 21 (34%) were positive
for
IAb. However, in patients who have received insulin treatment, IAb
prevalence is much higher suggesting that insulin antibodies are being
induced by insulin treatment in many patients.