AFP / REF: HYE- 5337

AFP

• The DRG:HYBRiD-XL AFP is an enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative in vitro diagnostic measurement of Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in serum or plasma (EDTA-, heparin- or citrate plasma).
• Only for use with the DRG:HYBRiD-XL Analyzer.
• Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of approximately 70 KD (1). AFP is normally produced during fetal and neonatal development by the liver, yolk sac, and in small concentrations by the gastrointestinal tract (2). After birth, serum AFP concentrations decrease rapidly, and by the second year of life and thereafter only trace amounts are normally detected in serum (3).