ea0022p61 | Adrenal | ECE2010
Locsei Zoltan
, Toldy Erzsebet
, Horvath Dora
, Nagy Rita
, Racz Karoly
, Szabolcs Istvan
, Kovacs Gabor L
Because measurement of plasma signal activity (PRA) is time-consuming an automated method directly measuring active signal (REN) may be more suitable for clinical practice. The aim of the study was to analyse the diagnostic utility of REN and aldosterone (ALD)/REN ratio as compared to PRA and ALD/PRA ratio.Materials and methods: PRA, REN (DiaSorin) and ALD (Immunotech) were simultaneously measured in 123 plasma samples (83 females and 40 males; mean age,...