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