Open AccessConvenient and Effective Method for Removing Fibrinogen from Serum Specimens before Protein Electrophoresis
Author(s) -
Ling L. Qiu,
Stanley S. Levinson,
Kristen L. Keeling,
Ronald J. Elin
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/49.6.868
Subject(s) - fibrinogen , chemistry , chromatography , centrifugation , electrophoresis , blood proteins , ethanol precipitation , ethanol , biochemistry , extraction (chemistry)
Fibrinogen in serum specimens can be misinterpreted on protein electrophoresis as a monoclonal protein. We evaluated selective precipitation of fibrinogen with ethanol.
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