Specimen Requirements
Title
PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS, SERUM
Specimen Requirement
1 SST/1.0 mL serum. After 30 minutes of clotting, promptly centrifuge and refrigerate.
Methodology
Stability
Refrigerated 7 days
Reference Range
By Report*
Turnaround
2 days
Clinical Use
Evaluate serum protein, nutritional status; work up liver disease, including chronic active hepatitis; useful in the evaluation of myeloma, macroglobulinemia of Waldenstrom, collagen diseases, and monoclonal gammopathies; evaluate inflammatory states; evaluate low back pain, arthritis, amyloidosis; evaluate lymphoma, leukemia, anemia.
Test Code
SPEMC