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B T Doumas, P P Kwok-Cheung, B W Perry, B Jendrzejczak, R B McComb, R Schaffer, L L Hause, Candidate reference method for determination of total bilirubin in serum: development and validation., Clinical Chemistry, Volume 31, Issue 11, 1 November 1985, Pages 1779–1789, https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/31.11.1779
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Abstract
This candidate Reference Method for measuring total bilirubin in serum is based on the Jendrassik-Gróf principle (Clin Chem 29: 297-301, 1983). Standard Reference Material no. 916 bilirubin (National Bureau of Standards) is used as the standard. Bilirubin standard solutions may be prepared either in human serum or in 40 g/L albumin solution (human or bovine), because we found the molar absorptivity of the azopigment at 598 nm to be identical in these media. The absorptivities of the unconjugated and conjugated azopigments appear to be identical, but the conjugated azopigment is completely hydrolyzed in the final reaction mixture. Bilirubin added to serum from adults or neonates was quantitatively accounted for. Interference by hemoglobin (up to 2 g/L), ascorbic acid (up to 20 mg/L), or zinc (at physiological concentrations) is negligible. Of the therapeutic drugs we tested, only L-dopa and alpha-methyldopa interfere. We established normal adult reference values for total bilirubin and examined the intraindividual variation in 19 subjects.