Proceedings of a symposium held at the University of Lancaster, March, 1978
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by A. Milford Ward, J.T. Whicher.
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Dordrecht
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Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1979
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(247 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.