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A New Tablet Test for Bilirubin in Urine

1954; BMJ; Volume: 2; Issue: 4881 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/bmj.2.4881.212

0959-8138

J. A. Tallack, Sheila Sherlock,

Metabolism and Genetic Disorders

This paper describes a simple method for the detection of small amounts of bilirubin in the urine.Bilirubin is first concentrated by adsorption on a special test mat and then allowed to react with a stable diazonium com- pound incorporated in a tablet.Results obtained with urine from normal and jaundiced subjects have been compared with those using two standard routine methods for urinary bilirubin, Fouchet's test and the iodine ring test.Methods The tablet test is performed as follows: (1) Place 5 drops of urine on the test mat, which is 19 mm.square and