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Abstract
Because of unpredictable stability of urinary erythropoietin, urine has been kept
in the frozen state from the time of collection until the time of assay. Since erythropoietin
assay often requires large volumes of urine and is performed at specialized laboratories,
the collection and transport of urine in the frozen state has been difficult and cumbersome
in the past. The purpose of this study was to develop a more convenient procedure
for the storage and preservation of urinary erythropoietin. The attenuation of urinary
erythropoietin activity was systematically tested under varying conditions of pH,
temperature, and duration of storage, with and without the addition of phenol as a
bacteriostatic agent. Urine samples from patients with high erythropoietin excretion
were compared with urine exogenously seeded with erythropoietin. At near neutral or
alkaline pH, and in the presence of phenol, urinary erythropoietin activity remains
stable at room temperature for 7 days, and at 4 °C. for up to 30 days. Acid pH and
absence of phenol cause a more rapid reduction in erythropoietin activity.
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Publication history
Accepted:
July 31,
1970
Received:
March 23,
1970
Footnotes
☆This investigation was supported by United States Public Health Service Grant AM/CA-11609 and General Research Support Grant FR-05576 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
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© 1970 Published by Elsevier Inc.
