Proceedings of a symposium held at the University of Lancaster, March, 1978
edited by A. Milford Ward, J.T. Whicher.
Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1979
(247 pages)
Section One Methods and Problems in Immunochemistry --;1 Electrophoresis and Immunoelectrophoresis --;2 Radial immunodiffusion and rocket Immunoelectrophoresis --;3 Automated immunoprecipitation and laser nephelometry --;4 Antiserum requirements --;5 Problems encountered in immunochemical technique methodology --;6 Specific protein measurement and standardization --;7 Quality control --;Section Two Specific Proteins in Laboratory Diagnosis --;8 Structure and function of the immunoglobulins --;9 Immunoglobulins in blood transfusion --;10 Monoclonal proteins --;11 Iron binding proteins --;12 Albumin --;13 The complement system --;14 Alphafetoprotein in obstetrics --;15 Alphafetoprotein in oncology --;16?1-Antitrypsin --;17 Haptoglobin and orosomucoid in lung and breast tumours --;Section Three Immunochemistry of Other Body Fluids --;18 Urinary proteins --;19 Immunochemistry of CSF proteins --;Discussion.
The rapid growth of specific protein estimations in the clinical laboratory over the last 10 years has been due to advances both in methodology and in the understanding of the role of the various plasma proteins in health and disease.