TY - JOUR A1 - Warsinke, Axel T1 - Point-of-care testing of proteins N2 - Point-of-care testing (POCT) is a fast developing area in clinical diagnostics that is considered to be one of the main driving forces for the future in vitro diagnostic market. POCT means decentralized testing at the site of patient care. The most important POCT devices are handheld blood glucose sensors. In some of these sensors, after the application of less than 1 A mu l whole blood, the results are displayed in less than 10 s. For protein determination, the most commonly used devices are based on lateral flow technology. Although these devices are convenient to use, the results are often only qualitative or semiquantitative. The review will illuminate some of the current methods employed in POCT for proteins and will discuss the outlook for techniques (e.g., electrochemical immunosensors) that could have a great impact on future POCT of proteins. Y1 - 2009 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/31993 UR - http://www.springerlink.com/content/100417 SN - 1618-2642 ER -