Ethanol precipitation is not reliable for selectively removing nonmonoclonal peaks seen in the fibrinogen region on capillary zone electrophoresis of serum proteins [3]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1880-1881

  Gijbels, Koenraad ^a   Mariën, Godelieve ^a   Bossuyt, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FIBRINOGEN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY ZONE ELECTROPHORESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; ETHANOL; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; PARAPROTEINS; PRECIPITATION;

EID: 4644231577     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.039677     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Mariën G, Vranken G, Demuylder M, Blanckaert N, Bossuyt X. Clinical capillary zone electrophoresis of serum proteins: balancing high sensitivity and high specificity. Clin Chem 2003;49:1419-20.
2. Qiu LL, Levinson SS, Keeling KL, Elin RJ. Convenient and effective method for removing fibrinogen from serum specimens before protein electrophoresis. Clin Chem 2003;49:868-72.
3. Ibrahim Y, Volkmann M, Hassoun R, Fiehn W, Rossmann H. Serum protein electrophoresis: reptilase treatment is superior to ethanol precipitation for specific removal of fibrinogen from heparinized plasma samples. Clin Chem 2004;50:1100-1.