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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karl-Siegfried Boos, Gauting, DE;
Dietrich Seidel, Feldafing, DE;
Wolf-Dieter Engel, Feldafing, DE;
Angelika Kurrle-Weittenhiller, Tutzing, DE;
Assignee:
Boehringer Mannheim GmbH, Mannheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436 71 ; 436 13 ; 436 17 ; 436175 ;
Abstract
A process and a reagent for the specific and direct determination of the LDL-fraction in the presence of other serum lipoproteins by adding a polymeric LDL-aggregating agent, followed by direct turbidimetric measurement of the LDL aggregate. Preferred are polymers which have a comb or brush type structure with the side groups having acid character, such as branched alkane sulfonic acids.