title: Rapid determination of proteins in serum and cerebrospinal fluid by laser-nephelometry.
abstract: The Laser-nephelometric technique is characterized by its easy handling, accuracy, good reproducibility and especially by the short time in which reliable results are available. A very good correlation was found between the results obtained by the electroimmunoassay and those obtained by Laser-nephelometry. In both techniques alpha2-macroglobulin is the largest serum protein that can be determined in normal unconcentrated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). This is of diagnostic significance, since the serum/CSF ratios of both albumin and alpha2-macroglobulin are used as a parameter for the blood-CSF barrier condition.
mesh_terms: D000418:Albumins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007834:Lasers; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry / Q000379:methods; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D001798:Blood Proteins; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D012709:Serum Albumin; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins