Research Article

A Novel Signal-Amplified Immunoassay for the Detection of C-Reactive Protein Using HRP-Doped Magnetic Nanoparticles as Labels with the Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance as a Detector

Table 1

Comparison of CRP levels in patient human serum samples ( ) determined using two methods.

Serum samplesThe developed methodThe classical ELIAS
concentration (ng·mL−1) concentration (ng·mL−1)

Sample 18.12 ± 0.218.5
Sample 25.31 ± 0.415.5
Sample 321.1 ± 0.2222
Sample 41.1 ± 0.03ND

*ND: not detected.